- Mike Baxter (baseball)
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Mike Baxter 
Baxter playing for the Fort Wayne Wizards, Single-A affiliates of the San Diego Padres on August 31, 2005.New York Mets — No. 23 Right Fielder Born: December 7, 1984
Queens, New YorkBats: Left Throws: Right MLB debut September 6, 2010 for the San Diego Padres Career statistics
(through 2011)Batting average .363 Home Runs 1 Runs batted in 5 Triples 1 Hits 9 Teams - San Diego Padres (2010)
- New York Mets (2011–present)
Michael Joseph Baxter (December 7, 1984 in Whitetone, New York) is an American professional baseball Right Fielder and partly Left fielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.
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Personal life
Mike Baxter was born and raised in the Queens, NYC neighborhood of Whitestone where he attended St. Luke's Parish school. He graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in 2002 . Baxter attended Columbia University, and then Vanderbilt University. He was selected by San Diego Padres in the 4th round (128th overall) of the 2005 amateur entry draft.[1][2]
Major Leagues
His contract was purchased by the Padres and he was promoted to the major leagues on September 6, 2010.[3]
After being placed on the 60-day disabled list in March 2011, Baxter began his rehab in Single-A, before being claimed off waivers by the New York Mets on July 22.[4] He was called-up by New York on August 8. In his first game, he hit an RBI double against San Diego to bring the Mets closer to what would end up being a come-from-behind victory for the Mets.
On September 28, 2011, the final game of the Mets' season, Baxter hit his first career major league home run. It gave the Mets a 3-0 lead, and was the last home run and RBI of the season for the Mets.
Awards/Honors
- 2008 Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team[5]
References
- ^ Savage, Denis (January 12, 2006). "Scouting Padres Prospect #38 Mike Baxter". scout.com. http://padres.scout.com/2/488097.html. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ Lyman, Austin (May 6, 2007). "Baxter sticks to the plan". scout.com. http://padres.scout.com/2/641871.html. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100906&content_id=14378534¬ebook_id=14378784&vkey=notebook_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd
- ^ Nicholson-Smith, Ben. "Mets Claim Mike Baxter". MLBTradeRumors.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/07/mets-claim-mike-baxter.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ http://sanantonio.missions.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Mike%20Baxter&pos=RF&sid=t510&t=p_pbp&pid=488689
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
New York Mets current roster Active roster 2 Justin Turner | 3 Josh Satin | 5 David Wright | 9 Ronny Paulino | 11 Rubén Tejada | 13 Mike Nickeas | 16 Ángel Pagán | 19 Daniel Herrera | 21 Lucas Duda | 23 Mike Baxter | 26 Fernando Martínez | 27 Pedro Beato | 28 Daniel Murphy | 29 Ike Davis | 30 Josh Thole | 32 Jenrry Mejía | 34 Mike Pelfrey | 35 Dillon Gee | 39 Bobby Parnell | 40 Tim Byrdak | 43 R. A. Dickey | 44 Jason Bay | 46 Manny Acosta | 49 Jon Niese | 57 Johan Santana | 63 Chris Schwinden | 63 Jordany Valdespin | 64 Josh Stinson | 65 Zach Lutz | 66 Armando Rodríguez | 77 D. J. Carrasco | -- Robert Carson | -- Jeurys Familia | -- Wilmer Flores | -- Reese Havens | -- Juan Lagares | -- Kirk Nieuwenhuis | -- Cesar Puello
Inactive roster Disabled list Coaching Staff Manager 10 Terry Collins | Bench Coach -- Bob Geren | 1st Base Coach -- Tom Goodwin | 3rd Base Coach -- Tim Teufel | Hitting Coach 52 Dave Hudgens | Pitching Coach 59 Dan Warthen | Bullpen Coach -- Ricky Bones | Bullpen Catcher 54 Dave Racaniello
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Fort Wayne Wizards players
- Lake Elsinore Storm players
- San Antonio Missions players
- Portland Beavers players
- San Diego Padres players
- New York Mets players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Columbia University alumni
- Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- American baseball outfielder, 1980s birth stubs
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