Eric Reed (baseball)
Eric Shane Reed (born December 2, 1980) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of Texas A&M University. Reed was drafted in the 9th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins.
| Eric Reed | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Center fielder | |||
| Born: December 2, 1980 Little Rock, Arkansas | |||
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| 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 runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
| Teams | |||
High school years
Reed attended Monticello High School in Monticello, Arkansas and was a letterman in football, baseball, and powerlifting. Reed garnered All-State honors in both football and baseball.
College career
Reed attended Texas A&M University. In 2001, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he won the league's Thurman Munson Award for leading all hitters with a .365 batting average.[1]
Pro 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.
Reed was once considered to be one of the Marlins' future cornerstones, but never quite showed the Marlins what they expected to see from him. As a result, he was removed from the 40-man roster.
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
- "Wareham and Chatham win 1st games". capecodbaseball.org. August 7, 2001. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)