- Fred Lewis
Infobox MLB player
name=Fred Lewis
width = 300
position=Outfielder
team=San Francisco Giants
number=14
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|12|9
birthplace=city-state|Hattiesburg|Mississippi
debutdate=September 1
debutyear=2006
debutteam=San Francisco Giants
statyear=September 7, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.279
stat2label=On base percentage
stat2value=.350
stat3label=Slugging percentage
stat3value=.439
stat4label=Home run s
stat4value=9
stat5label=Runs batted in
stat5value=39
stat6label=Stolen base s
stat6value=21
teams=
*San Francisco Giants (by|2006–present)Frederick Deshaun Lewis (born
December 9 ,1980 in city-state|Hattiesburg|Mississippi) is anoutfielder for theSan Francisco Giants ofMajor League Baseball . He made his debut onSeptember 1 , 2006 with the Giants. He is the cousin of former Major League outfielderMatt Lawton . Lewis also hit the 46th Splash Hit atAT&T Park .High school and college
Lewis graduated from Stone High School in city-state|Wiggins|Mississippi in 1999, where he was a three sport star in
basketball ,football , andbaseball . He went on to attendMississippi Gulf Coast Community College , where he played both football and baseball.After graduating in 2001, he was drafted in the 20th round (585th overall) by theMontreal Expos , but opted not to sign, instead attendingSouthern University in city-state|Baton Rouge|Louisiana to play baseball. While attending Southern University, Lewis flipped a truck he was driving on a rainy night, and three of the occupants in the car were killed.Professional career
Minor leagues
2002
Lewis was drafted in the second round (66th overall), and was sent to the short season-A
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes . While there, earnedNorthwest League All-Star honors, leading the league with a .322batting average , while finishing 5th for both hits (77) andon-base percentage (.396). Lewis also was named co-Player of Month for July, along withDan Ortmeier andGreg Bruso .2003
Lewis spent all of 2003 with the
Hagerstown Suns , where he finished the season second in the Giants organization with 30 stolen bases. He also led the team with 61 runs scored, while ranking 3rd in games (114) and doubles(17). Lewis finished the season with a .250 batting average, but as a result of leading the team in walks with 68, wound up with a .361 on-base percentage.2005
Lewis starred on the
Norwich Navigators inNorwich, Connecticut , where it was customary for fans to shout his name while he was at bat, on deck, running in from the field or anywhere else in view. Lewis would choose the loudest fans to join him in Fred Lewis' Pancake Breakfaststm.Major Leagues
2006
Lewis was a September call-up in 2006, making his debut on
September 1 atWrigley Field against theChicago Cubs ; he had a base hit in each of his first three at bats. Lewis finished the year 5-11 with 2RBI .2007
Lewis made his first appearance on a major league 25-man roster on
May 10 , 2007, and hit for the cycle onMay 13 , Mother's Day, in only his 16th game in the majors at Colorado. Lewis doubled leading off the game, then hit a three-run opposite-field home run in the fourth inning (both againstTaylor Buchholz ), followed by an RBI triple in the fifth (against Tom Martin) and a single leading off the seventh inning (againstDenny Bautista ). Lewis' cycle was the 22nd in Giants franchise history. Lewis is one of only a handful of major league baseball players to hit his first homer as part of a cycle.On
June 1 , Lewis hit his first MLB grand slam against thePhiladelphia Phillies . Little over a month later, onJuly 4 , Lewis hit another grand slam against theCincinnati Reds , becoming the first player in San Francisco Giants history to hit two grand slams in his rookie season.cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070513&content_id=1962940&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Giants rookie Lewis hits for the cycle| last=Haft| first=Chris| work=MLB.com | date=2007-05-13 ]tatistics
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Hitting for the cycle References
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NAME= Lewis, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Lewis, Frederick Deshaun
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American baseball outfielder
DATE OF BIRTH=1980-12-9
PLACE OF BIRTH=city-state|Hattiesburg|Mississippi,United States
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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