Andy Cannizaro

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Andy Cannizaro
position=Shortstop
team=Cleveland Indians
number=38
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|12|19
debutdate=September 5
debutyear=2006
debutteam=New York Yankees
statyear=May 4, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.222
stat2label=Hits| stat2value=2
stat3label=Runs
stat3value=5
teams=
*New York Yankees (by|2006)
*Tampa Bay Rays (by|2008)

Andrew Lee Cannizaro (born December 19, 1978, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an infielder in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball.

Cannizaro was drafted by the Yankees in the seventh round of the 2001 Amateur Draft after two seasons at Tulane University.

He was called up by the Yankees on September 4, 2006, as a September call-up after spending five seasons in the Yankee farm system with the Staten Island Yankees, Tampa Yankees, Trenton Thunder, and Columbus Clippers.

Cannizaro played in his first major league game on September 5, 2006, playing at shortstop for two innings, without an at-bat, against the Kansas City Royals. Cannizaro singled in the first at-bat of his career on September 8, 2006, against Brian Burres of the Baltimore Orioles, and later scored. He hit his first major league home run on September 25, 2006, off of Jon Switzer in a blowout win against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Cannizaro signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays during the by|2007-by|2008 off-season. He made his Rays debut on May 3, 2008. On August 4, 2008, Cannizaro was traded to the Cleveland Indians and assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.

Andy has two younger brothers. Lee Cannizaro, 27, attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he played college baseball. His youngest brother, Garrett Cannizaro, 18, will aslo attend Tulane University where he will play baseball.

External links

* [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=462375 Andy Cannizaro player page on Yankees.com]