Drew Stubbs

Drew Stubbs
Cincinnati Reds — No. 6
Centerfielder
Born: October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04) (age 27) Texarkana, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 19, 2009, 2009 for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics (through 2011 Season)
Batting average	.251
Hits	326
Home runs	45
Runs batted in	138
Stolen bases	80
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2009–Present)

Medal record
Men’s baseball
Competitor for  United States
World University Championship
Gold	2004 Tainan	Team

Stubbs in AAA Louisville Bats, 2009.

Andrew Robert "Drew" Stubbs (born October 4, 1984 in Texarkana, Texas) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds. He plays center field.

Before professional baseball

Drew Stubbs graduated from Atlanta High School in 2003. He was a three-time All-American in baseball and two-time academic All-American at the University of Texas. He hit a game-winning triple for Team USA in the gold medal game against Japan at the 2004 FISU II World University Baseball Championship in Taiwan. Stubbs was the Longhorns' co-MVP, named Big 12 co-Player of the Year, and one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award in 2006.

Professional career

Stubbs was the first round pick (8th overall) of the Cincinnati Reds in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. In his 2006 season at the rookie class Billings Mustangs, Stubbs batted .256 with six home runs and 24 RBIs in 56 games, including three triples, in 210 at-bats.

Earning a promotion to the Class A Dayton Dragons (the low A team), he batted .270 with 12 home runs, 43 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 129 games, including an 11-game hit streak to start the year. His performance earned him a spot in the Midwest League All-Star Game. After the season he was named the 10th best prospect in the Midwest League and the 5th best in the Reds' organization by Baseball America.

In the 2008 season Stubbs started with the Class A Sarasota Reds (the high A team), then was promoted to the Class AA Chattanooga Lookouts, and finally to the Class AAA Louisville Bats. In a combined 131 plate appearances, he batted .277 with 7 home runs, 57 RBIs, and 33 stolen bases. His 33 steals led all Reds minor leaguers.

Stubbs represented the U.S. in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game. As of 2009, he was ranked as the Reds' third best prospect behind first baseman Yonder Alonso and shortstop Todd Frazier.

Stubbs made his major league debut on August 19, 2009. In his second game, he hit a game-winning home run to beat the San Francisco Giants. He finished the season with a .267 average, hitting eight home runs. Drew was named to the 2010 Cincinnati Reds roster for opening day, but did not play. He started in center field for the second game of the season.

He hit his first career grand slam on April 9, 2010, against the Chicago Cubs. On July 4, 2010, he hit 3 home runs against the Chicago Cubs.

On July 24, 2011, Stubbs hit a leadoff walk-off home run on the first pitch from Atlanta Braves reliever Scott Linebrink to give the Reds a 4–3 win.

As of August 30, 2011, Stubbs had 177 strikeouts in 133 games played for the 2011 season. The record for the most strikeouts in a single season stands at 223 by Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2009 season.

Despite concerns with Stubbs' performance at the plate from a team perspective, he continued to be a productive player for baseball fantasy leagues. He was the 14th ranking center fielder for the 2011 season. His combination of speed with 35 stolen bases, power with 15 home runs, and run scoring ability with 85 runs scored (all as of August 30, 2011) made him a valuable fantasy player. He had a 100% ownership rating in ESPN's fantasy baseball leagues, and maintained this rating for a majority of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Stubbs joined Mark Reynolds as the only two players in MLB history to strike out 200 or more times in one season. ^[1]

In 2011, Stubbs led the major leagues with 205 strikeouts, 33 more than Ryan Howard, who was second in the National League. ^[2] He was second in the league in stolen bases, with 40.^[3]

References

1. ^ FinalWed, Sept 28 (August 19, 2009). "Drew Stubbs Stats, News, Pictures, Bio, Videos". Espn.go.com. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/29611/drew-stubbs. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
2. ^ "2011 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2011-batting-leaders.shtml. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
3. ^ "Drew Stubbs Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stubbdr01.shtml. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• MILB.com

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Name	Stubbs, Drew
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Date of birth	October 4, 1984
Place of birth	Atlanta, Texas
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