Brett Phillips (baseball)

Brett Maverick Phillips (born May 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals.

Brett Phillips
Phillips with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2019
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 35
Outfielder
Born: (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994
Seminole, Florida
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 5, 2017, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.202
Home runs10
Runs batted in34
Teams

Early life

Phillips attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida.

Professional career

Houston Astros

Phillips was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB draft.[1] He signed with the Astros rather than play college baseball at North Carolina State University.[2]

In 2012, Phillips made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Astros of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, hitting .251 in 54 games. He played in 41 games in 2013 between the Greeneville Astros of the Rookie-level Appalachian League and Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League, hitting .242/.347/.331 in 157 at-bats.

Phillips started 2014 back with Quad Cities and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League after posting a .883 on-base plus slugging (OPS) and 13 home runs in 103 games.[3] He finished the year hitting .310/.375/.529 with 17 home runs and was named the Astros' Minor League Player of the Year after the season.[4][5]

Milwaukee Brewers
Phillips with the Brewers in 2017

On July 30, 2015, the Astros traded Phillips, Domingo Santana, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gómez and Mike Fiers.[6] He finished the season with the Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League.[7] The Brewers invited Phillips to spring training, where he was to compete to be the Brewers center fielder for the 2016 season.[8] However, he strained an oblique muscle and was sent to minor league camp before he could appear in a game.[7] The Brewers opted to assign Phillips to Biloxi to start the 2016 season.[7][9] The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[10] He started the 2017 season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

On June 5, 2017, Phillips was called up to the Brewers to make his MLB debut. In limited action he hit .276 with 4 homers and 12 RBI, and set a Statcast record with a 104 miles per hour (167 km/h) throw against the Pittsburgh Pirates to put David Freese out at home plate.

Phillips began the 2018 season in the minors and only saw 24 plate appearances with the Brewers, hitting just .182 with no homers and 4 RBI.

Kansas City Royals

On July 27, 2018, Phillips and Jorge López were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Mike Moustakas.[11]

Tampa Bay Rays

On August 27, 2020, the Royals traded Phillips to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Lucius Fox.[12] He was activated on September 4, making his Rays debut as a pinch-runner in a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins.[13] On October 24, in Game 4 of the 2020 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Phillips recorded his first career postseason hit, a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning that yielded two runs (one coming on an error), giving the Rays an 8–7 victory.[14] He became the first player since Kirk Gibson in 1988 to have a walk-off hit with two outs with his team trailing in the World Series.[15]

Personal life

Phillips is married to Bri Phillips, the daughter of Miami Marlins third base coach Trey Hillman.[16][17] He is a Christian.[18]

References
  1. "Florida high school sports - Seminole's Phillips drafted by Astros in sixth round". tampabay.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  2. Richardson, Brad (June 19, 2012). "Seminole's Phillips signs with Astros". Tampa Bay Newspapers. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  3. "Houston Astros prospect Brett Phillips stays hot with first career five-hit night for Lancaster JetHawks - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  4. River Bandit Phillips named Astros' top Minor Leaguer
  5. "Astros name Josh Hader and Brett Phillips as top minor league players for 2014". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  6. "Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers traded to Houston Astros for prospects". ESPN.com. July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  7. Rosiak, Todd; Haudricourt, Tom (March 30, 2016). "Promising outfielder Brett Phillips finally gets to play for Brewers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  8. "Nine Brewers competing for center-field job". MLB.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  9. "Brewers prospect Brett Phillips shows power potential for Shuckers". Sun Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  10. http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/article/209166820/brewers-brinson-hader-added-to-40-man-roster/
  11. Haudricourt, Tom (July 27, 2018). "Brewers trade for Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas; Travis Shaw will move to second base". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  12. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article245302855.html
  13. Solondz, Neil. "Brett Phillips will make his Tampa Bay debut as a PR".
  14. Passan, Jeff (October 25, 2020). "Tampa Bay Rays stun Dodgers in Game 4 on dramatic finish at plate". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  15. "Dodgers vs. Rays score: Tampa takes World Series Game 4, evens series on ridiculous walk-off". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  16. "'We were screaming': Brett Phillips' family reacts to his World Series heroics". The Athletic. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  17. "brett_phillips8". Instagram. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  18. Ackerman, Jon. "Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Brett Phillips embraces role as 'keep-it-simple' coach". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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