Jack Hannahan

Infobox MLB player
name = Jack Hannahan


width = 300
caption =
team = Oakland Athletics
number = 22
position = Third baseman
birthdate = birth date and age|1980|3|4
birthplace = city-state|St. Paul|Minnesota
bats = Left
throws = Right
debutdate = May 25
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Detroit Tigers
statyear = 2008 season
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .229
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 12
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 71
teams =
*Detroit Tigers (by|2006)
*Oakland Athletics (by|2007-present)

John Joseph "Jack" Hannahan IV (born March 4, 1980 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an infielder currently with the Oakland Athletics. He is mainly a third baseman, but has also played first base. Hannahan's older brother, Buzz, was the 1998 Division III Baseball Player of the Year at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Buzz played several years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Hannahan went to Cretin-Derham Hall High School, the same one as Minnesota Twins All-Star catcher Joe Mauer. He played American Legion baseball for the Hamline Hamchucks and attended The University of Minnesota for college and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft. Following his junior season, Hannahan was named an All-American and Big Ten Conference Player of the Year.

Hannahan made his major league debut on May 26, mlby|2006, playing first base. He would go 0-9 with the Tigers in 2006.

On August 13, by|2007, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Jason Perry. He had been with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Tigers Triple-A team, for the whole season up until the trade. He hit .295 with 13 home runs and led the International League with a .422 on-base percentage at the time of the trade. The Athletics purchased his contract the next day.

On August 15, mlby|2007, Hannahan got his first major league hit, which was a double, off Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox. It was the 14th at-bat of his career. On August 20, 2007, against the Toronto Blue Jays, Hannahan hit his first career home run off Shaun Marcum.

In mlby|2008, Hannahan was on the major league roster the entire season serving as the primary third baseman while Eric Chavez was on the disabled list most of the year.

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External links

* [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7774 Jack Hannahan at Yahoo Sports]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=435219 Jack Hannahn at *MLB]
* [http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/292452/rss Jack Hannahan at CBS *Sportsline]
* [http://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.htm?ID=8609 Jack Hannahan at Rotowire]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/7774/ Jack Hannahan at Sports Illustrated]