Brent Morel
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Morel with the Orix Buffaloes
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| Third baseman | |||
| Born: April 21, 1987 Bakersfield, California |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: September 7, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| NPB: March 25, 2016, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||
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| July 24, 2015, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .227 | ||
| Hits | 150 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 59 | ||
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Brenton Andre Morel (born April 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Career
Morel attended Centennial High School in Bakersfield, California, and California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, where he played college baseball for the Cal Poly Mustangs.
Chicago White Sox
Morel was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He was called up to the majors for the first time on September 2, 2010.[1] He had his first major league hit and home run in the same at bat on September 10 against Kansas City Royals pitcher Bruce Chen.
Toronto Blue Jays
Morel was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays on December 23, 2013.[2] He was designated for assignment on February 21, 2014, to make room for Liam Hendriks.[3]
Pittsburgh Pirates
Morel was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates on February 24, 2014.[4] He was optioned to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians on March 21, 2014.[5] He was recalled on May 9, 2014.[6] He was outrighted off the roster on November 20, 2014. On July 25, 2015, he was designated for assignment. Rather than accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A, he became a free agent.[7]
Oakland Athletics
Morel signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics on July 30, 2015. He played the rest of the 2015 season with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds and elected to become a free agent after the season.
Orix Buffaloes
Morel signed with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2016 season.
References
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External links
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Brent Morel on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pages with broken file links
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California
- Baseball players from California
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Chicago White Sox players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Cal Poly Mustangs baseball players
- Great Falls Voyagers players
- Kannapolis Intimidators players
- Winston-Salem Dash players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Charlotte Knights players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Peoria Javelinas players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Orix Buffaloes players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
