Travis Jankowski
| Travis Jankowski | |||
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| San Diego Padres – No. 16 | |||
| Center fielder | |||
| Born: June 15, 1991 Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 21, 2015, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 19, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .210 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 13 | ||
| Stolen bases | 6 | ||
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Travis Paul Jankowski (born June 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
College career
As a sophomore for the Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team in 2011, Jankowski earned first-team All-America East Conference honors after hitting .355, setting a school record for stolen bases and going the entire season without an error.[1] That summer, Jankowski was invited to play for the Bourne Braves, where he led the Cape Cod Baseball League in hits, runs, and triples, earning league most valuable player honors.[1][2]
In 2012, Jankowski had a break out year, breaking his previous school record for stolen bases and setting school records in batting average, hits, runs, and triples.[1] In leading the Seawolves to their first ever College World Series appearance, Jankowski earned First Team All-American and America East Player of the Year honors.[1][3]
Professional career
Jankowski was drafted in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres; he was signed by the Padres' Northeast Scouting Director, Jim Bretz.[3][4] After just two games with the AZL Padres, he was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Padres' Class A affiliate, for the remainder of the 2012 season. With the TinCaps, Jankowski hit .282 with 17 stolen bases in 59. He spent the 2013 season with the Class A-Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm.[5]
On August 21, 2015, Janikowski made his MLB debut. In his first major league at-bat, he recorded a single against the St. Louis Cardinals' John Lackey.
On August 21st, 2015, Jankowski had his 2nd at-bat go for an RBI single. He would then later on, produce a run when Yangervis Solarte would hit a 2 run blast to Right Field.
Jankowski is the first ever Padre to record 2 hits in his first 2 at bats in Padres history.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1991 births
- All-American college baseball players
- Arizona League Padres players
- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- El Paso Chihuahuas players
- Eugene Emeralds players
- Fort Wayne TinCaps players
- Lake Elsinore Storm players
- Living people
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- San Antonio Missions players
- San Diego Padres players
- Sportspeople from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Stony Brook Seawolves baseball players
