John Lindsey

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name = John Lindsey
position = First Baseman
team = Los Angeles Dodgers
number =54
bats = Right| throws = Right| birthdate = birthdate and age|1977|1|30 John William Lindsey (born January 30, 1977 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a first baseman in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A affiliate the Las Vegas 51s.

A football and baseball star in high school in Hattiesburg [ [http://www.lvrj.com/sports/8107857.html ReviewJournal.com - Sports - SPOTLIGHT: 51S: 'Mayor' stays in running ] ] , Lindsey was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 13th round of the by|1995 draft. He played in the Rockies farm system from 1995-by|2001 with stops in Portland, Asheville and Salem, never rising above class "A" Ball. In by|2002, seeking a fresh start, he signed with the Seattle Mariners and played for the "A" ball San Bernardino Stampede and the "AA" San Antonio Missions from 2002-by|2004. His best season was in 2002 with San Bernardino when he hit .297 with 22 home runs and 93 runs batted in. Never able to move past "AA" ball and frustrated by a brief stint with the Florida Marlins "A" ball team in Jupiter Hammerheads in by|2005, he signed with the New Jersey Jackals of the independent Can-Am League. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/John-Lindsey.shtml John Lindsey Statistics - The Baseball Cube ] ] He played well with New Jersey, hitting .311 with 10 homers in 69 games in by|2006 before being sidelined by a leg injury during a home plate collision [ [http://www.canamleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1182524820 CanAmLeague.com - Official Website of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball ] ] .

Ready to call it a career after the 2006 season, he went back home to Mississippi, enrolled at Pearl River Junior College and was preparing for life after baseball. Lorenzo Bundy, a former roving instructor for the Rockies during Lindsey's time there was now the manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A team, the Las Vegas 51s and he convinced the Dodgers to bring Lindsey to spring training. He had a good spring training and the Dodgers signed him and sent him out to start the season at Double-A Jacksonville. He hit .286 with 11 home runs and 33 RBIs for the Suns and when a spot opened up with the 51s, Lindsey got his first promotion to Triple-A. [ [http://www.lvrj.com/sports/8107857.html ReviewJournal.com - Sports - SPOTLIGHT: 51S: 'Mayor' stays in running ] ] He hit .333 with 19 home runs and 88 RBI for the 51s in 77 games during the 2007 season and received a non-roster invite to Major League camp in 2008 as a result.

Lindsey spent the entire 2008 season with the Las Vegas 51s. He had one of his best seasons to date, batting .316 with 26 home runs and 100 RBIs. For the second year in a row, and the only player in franchise history to do so, John won the annual Mayor's Trophy [ [http://lasvegas.51s.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080830&content_id=452568&vkey=news_t400&fext=.jsp&sid=t400 51s Announce Season Awards On Fan Appreciation Night ] ] .

He is nicknamed "Mayor" thanks to a name that is similar to John Lindsay, who was mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973. [ [http://www.lvrj.com/sports/8107857.html ReviewJournal.com - Sports - SPOTLIGHT: 51S: 'Mayor' stays in running ] ]

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