Xavier Scruggs
| Xavier Scruggs | |||
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| Miami Marlins | |||
| First baseman | |||
| Born: September 23, 1987 Diamond Bar, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 4, 2014, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .246 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 9 | ||
| Teams | |||
Xavier Scruggs (born September 23, 1987) is an American professional baseball first baseman who is currently in the Miami Marlins organization. He has played for the St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Scruggs was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 50th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of Poway High School in Poway, California, but did not sign and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to play college baseball for the UNLV Rebels. During his three years at UNLV he hit .328/.427/.652 with 34 home runs and 112 runs batted in. After his junior year, Scruggs was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 2008 Draft and signed with the Cardinals.[1]
Scruggs called up to the majors for the first time on September 4, 2014.[2][3] He made his major league debut that day, but his major league action in 2014 was brief. He started the next season at Memphis. After batting .274 with five home runs and 16 RBI in 17 games in April, he was named the Cardinals' organizations Player of the Month.[4] The Cardinals recalled him from Memphis on June 19, 2015.[5] Four days later against the Miami Marlins, he provided three hits and two RBI, including a game-tying double, in an eventual 4–3 win.[6] Another three-hit, two-RBI effort followed on June 27 in an 8–1 win over the Chicago Cubs.[7]
On November 30, 2015, Scruggs signed a minor league deal with the Miami Marlins.[8]
References
- ↑ Scruggs signs with Cardinals
- ↑ Cards promote Scruggs to add depth at first base
- ↑ Brewers: Cardinals set to add AAA slugger Xavier Scruggs for Milwaukee series
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- UNLV Rebels bio
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Diamond Bar, California
- Baseball players from California
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- UNLV Rebels baseball players
- Batavia Muckdogs players
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Springfield Cardinals players
- Memphis Redbirds players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
