| Brandon Drury | |||
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 62 | |||
| Second baseman | |||
| Born: August 21, 1992 Grants Pass, Oregon |
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Brandon S. Drury (born August 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career[edit]
Drury was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Grants Pass High School in Grants Pass, Oregon.[1] He made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast Braves. He finished the year hitting .198/.248/.292 with three home runs over 192 at-bats. In 2011 he played for the Danville Braves.[2] In 63 games, he hit .347/.367/.525 with eight home runs in 265 at-bats. He was camed the MVP of the Appalachian League along with Eddie Rosario.[3][4] In 2012, while playing for the Rome Braves, he hit only .229/.270/.333 with six home runs in 445 at-bats.
On January 24, 2013, Drury, along with Martín Prado, Randall Delgado, Zeke Spruill and Nick Ahmed were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Justin Upton and Chris Johnson.[5] He played his first season in the Diamondbacks organization with the South Bend Silver Hawks.[6] In 134 games, he hit .302/.362/.500 with 15 home runs. He started the 2014 season for the Visalia Rawhide.[7] He had a .299 batting average, 23 home runs and 95 RBI.
The Diamondbacks promoted Drury to the major leagues on September 1, 2015, and he made his debut that day going 0-4 with four ground-outs.
Drury collected his first MLB hit off of Jonathan Gray of the Colorado Rockies with a sharp single right back up the box.
Drury hit his first Major League home run on September 22, going deep off of Adam Liberatore of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
References[edit]
- ^ Three Oregon high school stars get first-year call in MLB draft
- ^ Drury's patient approach leads to early run, D-Braves' home victory
- ^ Rosario, Drury named Appy's best
- ^ Drury continues co-MVP season in D-Braves' loss to Johnson City
- ^ Braves get Justin Upton in big deal
- ^ Silver Hawks: After a cold start, Drury heating up
- ^ 3B prospect Brandon Drury could be bright spot in Upton trade
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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