Michael McKenry

Mike McKenry
Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 5
Catcher
Born: March 4, 1985 (1985-03-04) (age 26) Knoxville, Tennessee
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 2010 for the Colorado Rockies
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.213
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	11
Teams
Colorado Rockies (2010) Pittsburgh Pirates (2011–present)

Michael Charles McKenry (born March 4, 1985 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

Career

McKenry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut with the Rockies in 2010.

On March 29, 2011, McKenry was traded to the Boston Red Sox for minor league RHP Daniel Turpen.^[1] On June 13, 2011, he was traded to the Pirates for cash or a player to be named later.^[2] McKenry made his debut for the Pirates on June 13 and recorded his first major league hit, a single off of Astros starter J.A. Happ, two days later. He hit his first major league home run on July 8, 2011 against the Chicago Cubs.

References

1. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110329&content_id=17184302&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
2. ^ Brink, Bill (2011-06-13). "Pirates acquire catcher from Red Sox in trade". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11164/1153407-100.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 

External links

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

Persondata
Name	Mackenry, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	March 4, 1985
Place of birth	Knoxville, Tennessee
Date of death
Place of death