Chris Dickerson (baseball)

Chris Dickerson
New York Yankees — No. 27
Left fielder
Born: April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10) (age 29) Hollywood, California
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 12, 2008 for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.266
Home runs	9
Runs batted in	42
Runs	71
Stolen bases	24
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2008–2010) Milwaukee Brewers (2010) New York Yankees (2011–present)

Christopher Charles Dickerson (born April 10, 1982 in Hollywood, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the New York Yankees.

Baseball career

Early career

Dickerson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 32nd round (968th overall) of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. He instead went to the University of Nevada, where he played baseball for three seasons (2001–2003).

Cincinnati Reds

Dickerson during Reds Spring Training in 2009

Dickerson was drafted again, in the 16th round (471st overall) in 2003, this time by the Cincinnati Reds. He made his major league debut with the Reds on August 12, 2008. He hit his first career home run on August 15, 2008, against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Dickerson earned the starting job in the outfield rotation with Jay Bruce and Willy Taveras entering the 2009 season, due to Ken Griffey and Adam Dunn's departures. In the first month of the season, Dickerson was only batting .205 with a homer and 5 RBIs. However, by the end of May he boosted his average to .271. He also was featured in highlight reels for his defensive plays while filling in for Tavares at center field.^[1]

On August 9, 2010, Dickerson was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for OF Jim Edmonds.

Milwaukee Brewers

Dickerson batted .208 with 5 RBIs in 25 games after the trade to Milwaukee.

New York Yankees

On March 25, 2011, Dickerson was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for pitcher Sergio Mitre.^[2] He made his Yankees debut on May 17, 2011 going 1-for-3 with one run batted in. ^[3] He was promoted again to the Major Leagues in September.

Community

Along with fellow baseball player Jack Cassel, Dickerson is a founder of Players for the Planet, a foundation that brings professional athletes together to inspire communities to build awareness of the growing environmental crisis.^[4] Several athletes including Chase Utley, Jay Bruce, Ryan Braun, Matt Cassel, and Jacoby Ellsbury are on board to spread the awareness.^[5]

References

1. ^ By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com (May 30, 2009). "New attitude helping Dickerson's game | reds.com: News". Cincinnati.reds.mlb.com. http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090602&content_id=5099982&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin. Retrieved September 17, 2010. 
2. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110325&content_id=17112866&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
3. ^ http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_05_17_nyamlb_tbamlb_1&mode=box&c_id=nyy
4. ^ "Players for the Planet". playersfortheplanet.org. http://www.playersfortheplanet.org/. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
5. ^ "Players for the Planet". playersfortheplanet.org. http://www.playersfortheplanet.org/?page_id=31. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 

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	Dickerson, Chris
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Date of birth	April 10, 1982
Place of birth	Hollywood, California
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