Gookie Dawkins

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Kansas City Royals
position=Shortstop
team=Kansas City Royals
number=2
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1979|5|12
debutdate=December 3
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.163
stat3label=Hits
stat3value=16
stat2label=Runs scored
stat2value=8
teams=
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1999-by|2000, ly|2002)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2003)

Travis Sentell "Gookie" Dawkins (born May 12, 1979 in Newberry, South Carolina) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals organization.

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the by|1997 MLB amateur draft, Dawkins would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on September 3, by|1999.

Dawkins spent the by|2007 season, playing for the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners and the Ottawa Lynx, the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Dawkins was resigned by the Phillies on December 7, 2007, to a minor league contract.

Dawkins signed with the Chicago White Sox and was assigned to their Triple-A team, the Charlotte Knights. Dawkins was traded to the Kansas City Royals on June 11, by|2008.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dawkitr01.shtml Page at "Baseball Reference"]