Jamie D'Antona

Infobox MLB player
name = Jamie D'Antona


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caption =
team = Arizona Diamondbacks
number = 21
position = Third baseman
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|5|12
birthplace = city-state|Greenwich|Connecticut
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = July 22
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks
statyear = September 12, 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .214
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 1
teams =
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2008-present)
awards =

James Joseph D'Antona (born May 12, 1982 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is a Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks. D'Antona played college baseball for Wake Forest University where he had a .354 career batting average and 58 home runs. In by|2003, he was the ACC leader in slugging percentage, home runs, and RBI. D'Antona played third and first base in college and continued to play both positions while in the D'Backs organization.

Minor leagues

Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, D'Antona finished the 2003 season with Low Single-A Yakima, where he hit 15 home runs in only 70 games. He was also a Short-Season Single-A All-Star and Northwest League All-Star. In by|2004, he played with High Single-A Lancaster, where he batted .315 and earned a late-season promotion to Double-A El Paso. With Double-A Tennessee in by|2005, D'Antona struggled to hit for average, only .249, which caused his home run total to drop to 9. In by|2006, again with Double-A Tennessee, he bounced back with a .312 batting average and was promoted to Triple-A Tucson for by|2007.

In by|2008, D'Antona batted near .400 for the first 2 1/2 months, was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game, and won the Triple-A Home Run Derby in triple overtime against Detroit Tigers minor league infielder Mike Hessman.

Major leagues

D'Antona made his major league debut on July 22, collecting his first major league hit, a single, on the same day and in his first at-bat. D'Antona was called back up to the D'Backs as a September call up.

Personal

D'Antona currently resides in South Carolina.

External links

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