Curtis Thigpen

Curtis Thigpen
Curtis Thigpen

Catcher
Born: April 19, 1983 (1983-04-19) (age 28)
Dallas, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
June 6, 2007 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics
(through 2008 season)
Batting average     .229
Home runs     1
Runs batted in     12
Stolen bases     2
Teams

Curtis Barnard Thigpen (born April 19, 1983 in Dallas, Texas) is a right-handed Major League Baseball catcher. Thigpen can also play first base, second base, and third base. He spent his college career at the University of Texas and won the College World Series in 2002 during which he was named to the All-Tournament Team. Thigpen was selected by the Blue Jays in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft with the 57th overall pick.

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Minor league career

In 2007, he started the season playing for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Major league career

Toronto Blue Jays

He was called up from the minors on June 5, 2007, and made his major league debut on June 6, 2007, at Rogers Centre in Toronto against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, when he went 1-4 playing first base. After the 2007 season, he finished hitting .238 with 0 home runs, 11 RBIs, a .294 on-base percentage and a .287 slugging percentage over 47 games. During the 2008 season, Thigpen saw less playing time with Rod Barajas coming to Toronto. During the 2008 campaign, Thigpen hit his first home run, and finished the season hitting .176 with one home run and one RBI.

On February 4, 2009, Thigpen was designated for assignment to clear a roster spot for newly-acquired pitcher Brian Burres.[1] On February 6, Thigpen was sent outright to the Blue Jays' AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s.

Oakland Athletics

On March 27, 2009 Thigpen was traded to the Oakland Athletics.[2] He was released in 2010.

Post-playing career

Thigpen and former Longhorns teammate J. B. Cox returned to the Texas Longhorns as volunteer student assistants in 2010.[3]

Personal

Thigpen plead guilty to a 2004 DWI in Dallas County, TX. He completed a 24 month probationary sentence on case MB0423115.[4]

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