- Joe Mather
Infobox MLB player
name = Joe Mather
width = 250
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team = St. Louis Cardinals
number = 62
position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|7|23
birthplace = city-state|Sandpoint|Idaho
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = May 30
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals
statyear = September 22, 2008
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .241
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 8
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 18
awards =
teams =
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|2008-present)Joseph T. Mather (born
July 23 ,1982 in city-state|Sandpoint|Idaho) is aMajor League Baseball outfielder for theSt. Louis Cardinals . He has the nickname "Joey Bombs" which he earned in Double-A Springfield.High school career
At
Mountain Pointe High School inAhwatukee ,Arizona , Mather was an All-State performer inbaseball . He also set the school record for the most RBI andhome run s in a career. [cite web |url=http://www.ahwatukee.com/sports/mather_3372___article.html/home_first.html|title=Mather, ’01 MP grad, makes Major League debut
publisher=Ahwatukee.com |accessdate=2008-06-12] Mather also earned nicknames such as "Jo-Jo" and JoeCotton Mather , a reference to the 17th century puritan minister.Professional career
Minor leagues
In 38 games with the
Memphis Redbirds before his promotion to the St. Louis Cardinals, Mather hit .315 with 12 home runs, 24 RBI, and slugged .671. [cite web |url=http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Joe%20Mather&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=458628 |title=Joe Mather (statistics) |publisher=MiLB.com |accessdate=2008-05-30]t. Louis Cardinals
On
May 30 , mlby|2008, Mather was promoted from Triple-A to the Major league club after outfielderChris Duncan was optioned to Triple-A . On the same day as his call-up, he was in the starting lineup as theright fielder for the Cardinals. He picked up his first major league hit and RBI in the 7th inning, driving in the game-winning run.References
External links
* [http://stlcardinals.scout.com/a.z?s=321&p=8&c=1&nid=3488982 Mather player profile at Scout.com]
*http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/sections/sports/sports/article_288564.php
*http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-79854352.html
*http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Pujols/Pujols_bio.html
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