Chris Getz

Chris Getz
Kansas City Royals — No. 17
Second baseman
Born: August 30, 1983 (1983-08-30) (age 28) Southfield, Michigan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 12, 2008 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.254
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	76
Stolen bases	62
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2008-2009) Kansas City Royals (2010-present)
Career highlights and awards
Topps All-Star Rookie Second Baseman (2009)

Chris Getz with the Chicago White Sox in 2009.

Christopher Ryan Getz (born August 30, 1983 in Southfield, Michigan) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Getz bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

Early life

Getz was born in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and was raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan by Art and Betsy Getz. He attended Grosse Pointe South High School ('South'), where he was a 3 time All-Michigan selection in football and baseball and holds the South career records for batting average (.465), doubles, stolen bases, walks, and saves. Getz was a member of South's State Championship baseball team during his junior year. He shared the title of "Michigan's Mr. Baseball" in 2002 and also lettered in football and golf. Getz was drafted in the 6th round by the Chicago White Sox in 2002, but opted to play baseball at Wake Forest University where his father had attended college. Getz transferred to the University of Michigan to play baseball,. after just one season. He holds the single season Big Ten records for at bats, hits, and was an All Big Ten Selection in 2004 and 2005.

Professional career

Chicago White Sox

Getz was again selected by the Chicago White Sox in the fourth round of the 2005 draft. In 2005, he played 6 games for the Great Falls White Sox, the Sox rookie league affiliate before being promoted to the Single-A Kannapolis Intimidators where he played in 55 games. In 2006, Getz played in 130 games for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. Limited by injury, Getz played in just 72 games for Birmingham during the 2007 season, batting .299.

In 2008, Getz was named the All-Star Futures Game,^[1] he was called up to the White Sox on August 10, 2008.^[2] He first appeared in a game against the Kansas City Royals three days later on August 12, where he recorded his first hit and RBI off Royals pitcher Josh Newman in his one and only at-bat during the 8th inning. The next day, he had his first Major League start, replacing Alexei Ramirez at second base. He went 1-3 with a single.

With Ramirez moving over to shortstop for the 2009 season, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen announced that Getz had won the starting role at second base out of spring training.^[3] In 2009, Getz ranked tied for first among AL rookies in multi-hit games (28) and 92.6 stolen base percentage (25-for-27) led the league. After season he was named 2009 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster.^[4]

Kansas City Royals

Getz was traded to the Kansas City Royals on November 6, 2009 along with Josh Fields for Mark Teahen.^[5]

References

1. ^ Sheehan, Joe (July 14, 2008). "BP: Futures Game offers glimpse of stars, moments to come". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/14/sheehan.futuresgame/index.html. Retrieved February 17, 2010. 
2. ^ "International League News and Notes". oursportscentral.com. August 14, 2008. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3701559. Retrieved February 17, 2010. 
3. ^ Associated Press (March 22, 2009). "Guillen endorses Getz for 2B job". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2009/news/story?id=4005307. Retrieved February 17, 2010. 
4. ^ "Topps names Chris Getz to 2009 Major League Rookie All-Star Team". MLB.com. November 25, 2009. http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091125&content_id=7715992&vkey=pr_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc. Retrieved February 17, 2010. 
5. ^ "Royals acquire Chris Getz and Josh Fields from White Sox for Mark Teahen and cash considerations". MLB.com. November 6, 2009. http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091106&content_id=7631314&vkey=pr_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc. Retrieved February 17, 2010. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Getz, Chris
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Date of birth	August 30, 1983
Place of birth	Southfield, Michigan
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