David Thompson (baseball)
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Thompson in 2014
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Third baseman | |||
Born: Miami, Florida |
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David Thompson (born August 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the New York Mets organization in Minor League Baseball. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.
Career
Thompson attended Westminster Christian School in Miami, Florida.[1] He played baseball, football and basketball. During his career he hit 55 home runs which broke the Florida state record for career home runs which had been held by Alex Rodriguez.[2] He was also a quarterback in football, throwing for 2,055 yards and 20 touchdowns with 11 rushing touchdowns as a senior. Thompson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 38th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
Thompson originally committed to the University of Miami to play both college baseball and college football.[3][4] However, he left the football team to focus on baseball full-time. As a freshman, Thompson started 51 of 52 games between first and third base. He hit .286/.368/.462 with six home runs and 46 runs batted in (RBI) over 182 at-bats. As a sophomore he played in only 30 games due to a blood clot and thoracic outlet syndrome.[5][6] In 108 at-bats he hit .278/.368/.352 with 15 RBI. Thompson returned in 2015 and was named a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy.[7][8]
The New York Mets selected Thompson in the fourth round, with the 119th overall selection, of the 2015 MLB draft.[9] After signing with the Mets, Thompson made his professional debut for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.[10]
References
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- ↑ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-hurricanes/hurricanes-blog/sfl-um-slugger-david-thompson-drafted-by-mets-in-fourth-round-20150609-story.html
- ↑ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150814&content_id=143084042&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Miami Hurricanes bio
- Use mdy dates from June 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Miami, Florida
- Baseball players from Florida
- Baseball third basemen
- Miami Hurricanes baseball players
- Brooklyn Cyclones players
- Columbia Fireflies players