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Matt Carson 
Minnesota Twins — No. -- Outfielder Born: July 1, 1981
Newport Beach, CaliforniaBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut September 18, 2009 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics
(through June 15, 2010)Batting average .233 Home runs 2 Runs batted in 6 Teams - Oakland Athletics (2009-2010)
Matthew Reese Carson (born July 1, 1981, in Newport Beach, California) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. He is 6'2" and he weighs 200 pounds.[1]
Prior to playing professionally, he attended Yucaipa High School and then Brigham Young University. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2002 amateur draft.
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College
At BYU, he majored in mechanical engineering.[2]
Minor league career
Carson began his minor league career in 2002 with the Staten Island Yankees, hitting .203 in 48 games. He spent the next season with the Battle Creek Yankees, hitting .259 with 11 home runs and 100 strikeouts in 119 games. In 2004, he played for the Battle Creek Yankees and Tampa Yankees, hitting a combined .271 with 15 home runs and 111 strikeouts in 132.
He split the 2005 season between Tampa and the Trenton Thunder, batting .238 with nine home runs in 112 games. In 2006, he played for those two teams again, hitting .248 with ten home runs in 69 games. He spent all of 2007 with Trenton, hitting .248 with 16 home runs, and in 2008 he played for Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, hitting .285 with 15 home runs in 111 games.
For the 2009 season, he found himself in the Athletics organization, with the Sacramento RiverCats. He had a career year, hitting .264 with 25 home runs and 77 RBI, and was subsequently called up to the major leagues.[3]
Major league career
Carson made his major league debut on September 18, 2009, against the Cleveland Indians. In his first game, he struck out twice in three at-bats.[4]
Three days later, he hit his first major league home run in the 9th inning off of the Texas Rangers' Eddie Guardado. Carson was outrighted to the minors after the 2010 season.
After the 2011 season, he elected free agency.[5] He signed signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on November 17, 2011.
References
- ^ Baseball Reference
- ^ http://www.byucougars.com/Profile.jsp?ID=216
- ^ Baseball Reference Minors
- ^ Game log
- ^ Axisa, Mike. "22 Triple-A Players Elect Free Agency". MLBTradeRumors.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/22-triple-a-players-elect-free-agency.html. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:- Living people
- 1981 births
- Oakland Athletics players
- Baseball players from California
- Águilas Cibaeñas players
- Trenton Thunder players
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