- Chris Basak
Infobox MLB player
name = Chris Basak
width = 200
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team = New York Yankees
number = --
position = Infielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|12|6
birthplace = city-state|North Platte|Nebraska
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = June 9
debutyear = 2007
debutteam = New York Yankees
statyear = 2007
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .000
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 0
teams =
*New York Yankees (by|2007)Christopher Joseph Başak (born
December 6 ,1978 , in city-state|North Platte|Nebraska) is aninfielder in theNew York Yankees organization ofMajor League Baseball .He attended
Minooka High School inMinooka, Illinois , then went to college at the University of Illinois, where he played shortstop.He was drafted in the 6th round (185th overall) of the 2000 draft by the
New York Mets . Through 2006, in his minor league career he had hit .265 with 161 stolen bases in 814 games, primarily at shortstop.He signed with the Yankees in the 2006-07 offseason, and in the following spring training he hit .311.
Capable of playing third base, shortstop, second base, and a bit of first, Basak also played both corner outfield positions for the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees , where he had a team-leading 14 doubles in 52 games, and was second on the club with 9 stolen bases.He spent his entire career in the minor leagues, until being called up to the Yankees onJune 6 ,2007 . He saw his first action onJune 9 , pinch running for (and subsequently replacing) third basemanAlex Rodriguez . After playing sparingly, he was optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre onJuly 1 ,2007 and replaced byEdwar Ramirez .On
July 27 , he was called up from Triple-A, asKei Igawa was optioned down. Basak was optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre onAugust 1 . OnAugust 15 , he was designated for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster forAndrew Brackman . On August 16, 2007 he was claimed off waivers by the Twins. He played for the Twins' Triple-A affiliateRochester Red Wings most of the 2008 season.On
June 19 , he rejoined his old team. He was in uniform at game time.References
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Chris-Basak.shtml Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=$01193&position=SS Fangraphs]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=8045 ESPN.com Profile]
* [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=431150 Yankees bio]
* [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:Xd8wSz5qingJ:mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp%3Fymd%3D20070605%26content_id%3D2007166%26vkey%3Dnews_mlb%26fext%3D.jsp%26c_id%3Dmlb+chris+basak+%22university+of+illinois%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us mlb.com]
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