Mitch Haniger

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Mitch Haniger
Arizona Diamondbacks
Outfielder
Born: (1990-12-23) December 23, 1990 (age 34)
Santa Clara, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Mitchell Evan Haniger (born December 23, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder. He plays in Minor League Baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Career

Haniger attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California. While playing for the school's baseball team, he was recruited by California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), Cal State Fullerton, University of California, Berkeley, the University of Oregon, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Davis, all of whom wanted Haniger to play on their college baseball team.[1] The New York Mets selected Haniger in the 31st round of the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, but Haniger did not sign with the Mets.[2] Instead, he enrolled at Cal Poly, to play for the Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team. At Cal Poly, Haniger played right field as a freshman and sophomore, and center field as a junior.[3] In 2012, he was named the Big West Conference's player of the year,[4] and an All-American. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Haniger in the first round, with the 38th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft.[2][5] After he signed, he played in 14 games for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League.[6]

In 2013, Haniger began the season with Wisconsin, before being promoted to the Brevard County Manatees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. Combined, Haniger had a .264 batting average, a .348 on-base percentage, 11 home runs, and 68 runs batted in.[7] After the 2013 season, the Brewers assigned Haniger to play for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.[6][8] He was named co-player of the week, along with Kris Bryant, in the first week of the fall league season.[9]

The Brewers invited Haniger to spring training in 2014.[7] They assigned him to the Huntsville Stars of the Class AA Southern League to begin the season.[10] On July 31, the Brewers traded Haniger and Anthony Banda to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gerardo Parra.[11] The Diamondbacks assigned him to the Mobile BayBears of the Southern League.[12] Haniger began the 2015 season with Mobile. Though he batted .281 for Mobile, the Diamondbacks demoted Haniger to the Visalia Rawhide of the Class A-Advanced California League in June sp that he could play more frequently.[13][14]

References

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