Brent Rooker
Brent Rooker | |
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Minnesota Twins – No. 50 | |
Outfielder / First baseman | |
Born: Germantown, Tennessee | November 1, 1994|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 4, 2020, for the Minnesota Twins | |
MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
Batting average | .212 |
Home runs | 10 |
Runs batted in | 21 |
Teams | |
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Terry Brent Rooker Jr. (born November 1, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career[]
After a high school career at Evangelical Christian School and redshirting for the 2014 season at Mississippi State, Rooker played in 34 games in 2015, hitting .257/.325/.378 with 2 home runs and 12 RBIs. In 2016, he helped lead the Bulldogs to an Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship, hitting .324/.376/.578 with 11 home runs and 54 RBIs. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[1]
In 2017, Rooker was named Collegiate Baseball national Player of the Year[2] and SEC Player of the Year after leading the conference with a .387 batting average, 23 home runs, and 82 RBIs, winning only the second triple crown in SEC history, along with a .495 on base percentage, .810 slugging percentage, 30 doubles, and 18 stolen bases.[3] He also won the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, given to Mississippi's top college baseball player.[4][5]
Professional career[]
The Minnesota Twins selected Rooker with the 35th overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He signed with the Twins for a $1.935 million signing bonus.[6] Rooker was assigned to the Elizabethton Twins and was later promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle. In 62 games between both clubs, he batted .281/.364/.566 with 18 home runs, 52 RBIs, and a .930 OPS.[7]
He spent 2018 with the Chattanooga Lookouts. He batted .254/.333/.465 with 22 home runs (2nd in the Southern League), 79 RBIs (leading the league), 32 doubles (tied for the league lead), and 150 strikeouts (4th) in 130 games.[8]
He spent 2019 with the Rochester Red Wings,[9] earning International League All-Star honors.[10] Over 65 games, he hit .281/.398/.535 with 14 home runs and 47 RBIs.[11] After the season, on October 10, he was selected for the United States national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier 12.[12] In the tournament he batted .300/.333/.800 with three home runs and five RBIs in 20 at bats.[13] He was named the best designated hitter in the tournament.[14]
On September 4, 2020, Rooker was promoted to the major leagues for the first time[15] and made his major league debut that day against the Detroit Tigers.
References[]
- ^ "#34 Brent Rooker - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "2017 NCAA Div 1 Baseball All-Americans. Collegiate Baseball's All-Americans Announced". Collegiate Baseball. June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ Sammon, Will (May 24, 2017). "Rafael Palmeiro rooting for Brent Rooker to capture Triple Crown". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Brent Rooker Claims 2017 C Spire Ferriss Trophy". HailSTate.com.
- ^ "Brent Rooker Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Twins officially sign former college slugger Brent Rooker". Twin Cities. June 16, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ "Brent Rooker Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "Brent Rooker Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "IL baseball: Rochester Red Wings post 19 runs for second time this month". Democratandchronicle.com. June 27, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "Brent Rooker Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ "USA Baseball Names Premier12 Roster". USA Baseball. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Japan's Seiya Suzuki leads amazing All World Team".
- ^ "Twins Place Max Kepler on Injured List, Promote Brent Rooker".
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Mississippi State Bulldogs bio
- 1996 births
- Living people
- All-American college baseball players
- Baseball players from Tennessee
- Brewster Whitecaps players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Elizabethton Twins players
- Fort Myers Miracle players
- Gulf Coast Twins players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Minnesota Twins players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players
- People from Germantown, Tennessee
- Rochester Red Wings players
- St. Paul Saints players
- United States national baseball team players
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players