Chris Parmelee

Chris Parmelee
Twins 2006 First Round Draft Pick
Minnesota Twins — No. 64
First Base
Born: February 24, 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 23) Long Beach, California
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 6, 2011 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.355
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	14
Teams
Minnesota Twins (2011–present)

Christopher Matthew Parmelee^[1] (born February 24, 1988) is a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He stands 6'1" and weighs 230 lbs., and bats and throws left handed.

The Twins selected Parmelee with their first round (20th overall) pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft after he hit .407 with 11 home runs and 26 runs batted in as a senior at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California. As soon as the Twins signed Parmelee, he instantly became one of the organizations top power hitting prospects and they are projecting him to be a potential impact player in the middle of their lineup within the next few years.^[2]

Parmelee began the 2009 season assigned to the Twins' advanced A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle-- with whom he batted .244 with five home runs and 28 RBIs in the first half of the season. He joined teammates David Bromberg, Carlos Gutierrez, Steven Hirschfeld, Spencer Steedley, Daniel Lehmann, Chris Cates, Steve Singleton and Ben Revere as All-stars for the Florida State League's Southern division, and won the home run derby held before the game.^[3]

After clubbing 74 home runs and driving in 370 over a six year minor league career, Parmelee received his first call to the majors in September 2011. He, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks all started for the Twins in their big-league debuts on September 6.^[4]. He hit a single in his first major league at bat to lead off the second, but was stranded at third as the Twins were shutout by Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy.^[5] The following day, he collected his first two major league RBIs with a double to center off John Danks in the Twins' 5-4 victory over the ChiSox.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Minor League Baseball". http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Chris%20Parmelee&pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=476633. Retrieved 2009-04-13. 
2. ^ Kelly Thesier (June 6, 2006). "Parmelee a powerful pick for Twins". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/min/y2006/m06/d06/c1491189.jsp. 
3. ^ Nick Krueger (February 1, 2011). "Spring training: Ex-Miracle Chris Parmelee biding time while waiting for shot with Twins". Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/feb/22/spring-training-chris-parmelee-biding-time-while-w/. 
4. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110912&content_id=24586574&vkey=affililiate&c_id=min
5. ^ "Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota Twins 0". Baseball-Reference.com. September 6, 2011. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201109060.shtml. 
6. ^ "Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 4". Baseball-Reference.com. September 7, 2011. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201109070.shtml. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)