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Nick Hundley 
San Diego Padres — No. 4 Catcher Born: September 8, 1983 Bats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut July 4, 2008 for the San Diego Padres Career statistics
(through September 11, 2011)Batting average .256 Home runs 29 Runs batted in 123 Teams - San Diego Padres (2008–present)
Nicholas John Hundley (born September 8, 1983, in Corvallis, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres. He was called up to the majors for the first time on July 3, 2008. As a 12-year-old he played on the Santa Clarita Mudcats. Other Mudcats alumni are Ryan Braun and James Shields. On July 26, 2008, Hundley hit his first career home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Against the Florida Marlins on August 21, 2011, Hundley hit his fifth triple of the season, tying the Padres single season record for triples by a catcher set by Benito Santiago in 1990. It was also Hundley's fourth triple in his last six games.[1]
Hundley is not related to former Major League Baseball catchers Randy or Todd Hundley.[2] Hundley's father, Tim, is a former assistant football coach at UCLA, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon State.[3]
References
- ^ "Padres walk off in ninth to finish four-game sweep of Marlins". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 2011-08-21. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310821125. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Q&A with Nick Hundley". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 2008-07-12. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/jul/12/q-nick-hundley/. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Vagabond childhood prepares Nick Hundley for life behind the plate". The Oregonian. 2008-06-20. http://www.oregonlive.com/pbeavers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1213932327307280.xml%20=7. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
With the Padres in 2008.
San Diego Padres current roster Active roster 1 Orlando Hudson | 2 Everth Cabrera | 3 Andy Parrino | 4 Nick Hundley | 7 Chase Headley | 8 Jason Bartlett | 12 Logan Forsythe | 13 Chris Denorfia | 14 Alberto González | 15 Jesús Guzmán | 18 Cedric Hunter | 22 James Darnell | 23 Blake Tekotte | 24 Cameron Maybin | 25 Will Venable | 27 Anthony Rizzo | 28 Aaron Cunningham | 29 Luis Martínez | 32 Rob Johnson | 37 Drew Carpenter | 38 Mat Latos | 39 Ernesto Frieri | 40 Erik Hamren | 44 Josh Spence | 45 Anthony Bass | 46 Tim Stauffer | 47 Jeremy Hermida | 49 Wade LeBlanc | 52 Cory Luebke | 53 Jeremy Hefner | 54 Joe Thatcher | 57 Luke Gregerson | 58 Brad Brach | 59 Jeff Fulchino | 64 Jeudy Valdez | 88 Kyle Blanks | -- Simón Castro
Inactive roster Disabled list 26 Dustin Moseley | 33 Clayton Richard | 55 Evan Scribner
Coaching Staff Manager 20 Bud Black | Bench Coach 17 Rick Renteria | 1st Base Coach 10 Dave Roberts | 3rd Base Coach 30 Glenn Hoffman | Hitting Coach Phil Plantier | Pitching Coach 36 Darren Balsley | Bullpen Coach 48 Darrel Akerfelds | Bullpen Catcher 80 Justin Hatcher | Bullpen Catcher 71 Mark Merila
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Eugene Emeralds players
- Fort Wayne Wizards players
- Lake Elsinore Storm players
- San Antonio Missions players
- Portland Beavers players
- San Diego Padres players
- People from Corvallis, Oregon
- Baseball players from Oregon
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