Andy Tracy

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Andy Tracy
position=First baseman
team=Philadelphia Phillies
number=33
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1973|12|11
birthplace=city-state|Bowling Green|Ohio
debutdate=April 25
debutyear=2000
debutteam=Montreal Expos
statyear=August 24, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.224
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=13
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=41
teams=
*Montreal Expos (by|2000-by|2001)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2004)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2008-present)

Andrew Michael Tracy (born December 11, 1973 in Bowling Green, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University.

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the by|1996 MLB amateur draft, Tracy would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Expos on April 25, mlby|2000.

After making his debut for the Expos at the beginning of the 2000, Tracy would compile what would become a career high .260 batting average with 11 home runs and 32 RBI. Tracy split time backing up Expos starting first baseman Lee Stevens and starting third baseman Michael Barrett.

Tracy entered spring training of the mlby|2001 competing for the starting third base position. The position was vacated when Barrett moved to the catcher position. Tracy competed with Geoff Blum, Fernando Tatis, Mike Mordecai, and Ryan Minor for the position, which ultimately went to Blum. After compiling a mere .109 batting average with 2 home runs and 8 RBI throughout the season, Tracy was selected off waivers from the Expos by the New York Mets on March 27, mlby|2002.

Tracy would not appear at the major league level again until themlby|2004 season. He spent the 2002 and by|2003 seasons in the minor league systems of the New York Mets and Colorado Rockies, respectively. Tracy would resurface at the major league level in 2004, appearing in 15 games for the Rockies, serving primarily as a pinch hitter. A .188 batting average with no home runs and one RBI was Tracy's offensive results by season's end.

Tracy would begin the by|2005 season playing for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Rockies. Midway through the season he would leave the Rockies organization and finish the season playing for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League. The by|2006 and by|2007 seasons saw Tracy return to playing in the minor league systems of MLB's Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets, with no appearances in the majors.

Tracy was invited to attend spring training with the Philadelphia Phillies as a non-roster invitee prior to the by|2008 season, but was assigned to minor league camp on March 9, 2008. Tracy was assigned to the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, in Allentown, Pennsylvania until his call up to Philadelphia on August 23, mlby|2008. Before his call-up Tracy had not appeared at the Major League level since October 3, 2004. Tracy was disgnated for assignment on August 27 and was sent outright to the minors, but returned when the rosters expanded on September 1.

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