Eric Reed (baseball)

Eric Reed
Center fielder
Born: (1980-12-02) December 2, 1980 (age 43)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 3, 2006, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
July 18, 2007, for the Florida Marlins
MLB statistics
Batting average.098
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Eric Shane Reed (born December 2, 1980) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Florida Marlins in 2006 and 2007.

Amateur career

A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Reed attended Monticello High School in Monticello, Arkansas where he was a letterman in football, baseball, and powerlifting, and garnered all-state honors in both football and baseball. He attended Texas A&M University, and in 2001 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and won the league's Thurman Munson Award for leading all hitters with a .365 batting average.[1][2][3] Reed was drafted in the 9th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins.

Professional career

Reed made his Major League Baseball debut with the Florida Marlins on April 3, 2006, against the Houston Astros. He started the season 4-for-35 (.114) with three stolen bases and was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on May 17. On May 19, 2008, Reed signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets and was assigned to Double-A Binghamton, but was released in early July.

References

  1. ^ "2001 Wareham Gatemen". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "West Division All Stars". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wareham and Chatham win 1st games". capecodbaseball.org. August 7, 2001. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

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