Joe Sclafani
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Born: Brooklyn, New York | April 22, 1990||||||||||||||
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Joe Carlo Sclafani (born April 22, 1990) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round in 2012.
Amateur career[]
Sclafani played college baseball at Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012. He played in 172 games, hitting .326/.408/.490 with 11 home runs and an Ivy League record 19 triples.[1]
Professional career[]
Sclafani was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 2012 MLB draft.[2] He signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats.[3] In 2013, he started with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks during the season.[4] In 2014, Sclafani started with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks and was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks.[5] In 2015, Sclafani spent time with the Hooks and Fresno Grizzlies. He was invited to major league spring training for the 2016 season but was released on March 31, 2016.[6]
Post-baseball career[]
In June 2016, Sclafani joined the Toronto Blue Jays player development department as an assistant. Sclafani was promoted to a coordinator for the 2018 season and became the Assistant Director of player development in January 2019.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Spotlight on Joe Sclafani". DartmouthSports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Laurel Pfahler. "Astros take Sclafani in 14th round of draft". TCP. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Ivy Leaguer tops 'Cats class". Times Union. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Astros' Ivy Leaguer Sclafani preps for Majors". Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Oklahoma City RedHawks: RedHawks' Joe Sclafani likes challenge of utility role". NewsOK.com. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Joe Sclafani Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com".
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-sclafani-94590428
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Dartmouth Big Green bio
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Adelaide Bite players
- Baseball players from New York (state)
- Baseball shortstops
- Baseball second basemen
- Baseball third basemen
- Corpus Christi Hooks players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Greeneville Astros players
- Lancaster JetHawks players
- Oklahoma City RedHawks players
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Sportspeople from Brooklyn
- Tri-City ValleyCats players
- United States national baseball team players
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- American expatriate baseball players in Australia
- American baseball infielder stubs