Jeff Frazier
| Jeff Frazier | |
|---|---|
 Frazier in 2005 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: August 10, 1982 Point Pleasant, New Jersey | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 30, 2010, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 15, 2010, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .217 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
| Teams | |
Jeffrey Michael Frazier (born August 10, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in 2010.
Career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Frazier played on Toms River, New Jersey, little league teams that made the 1995 Little League World Series and 1996 Junior League World Series.[1] He attended Toms River High School South, where he was named The Star-Ledger's state player of the year in 2001.[1]
Frazier attended Rutgers University and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. In 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[2][3][4]
Minor leagues
[edit]The Detroit Tigers selected Frazier in the third round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.[5] In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Yorman Bazardo.[6] He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season. He would stay in the Tigers organization through the 2010 season, making a brief Major League appearance in 2010.
In 2011, he signed with the Washington Nationals organization with an invitation to Spring Training, but was ultimately sent down to their farm team, the Syracuse Chiefs. He spent the beginning of the 2012 season with Reynosa Broncos of the Mexican League before being placed on waivers and re–signing with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple–A team of the Detroit Tigers. In 2012, he played for the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.[7]
Major leagues
[edit]He was promoted to the major leagues on July 29, 2010. On July 31, 2010, he recorded his first big league hit.[1] He stayed on the Tigers roster for about two weeks before being been sent down to the Mud Hens.
Personal life
[edit]His younger brother, Todd Frazier, has played in Major League Baseball. Jeff still lives in New Jersey and runs a baseball clinic called “Frazier Baseball” located in Toms River at the Toms River little league field known as Frazier Field with his older brother, Charlie.[citation needed] Jeff is currently a gym teacher at Toms River Intermediate East.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Toms River native, Rutgers alum Jeff Frazier called up by Tigers NJ.com July 29, 2010
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "2003 Chatham As". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "East All-Star Roster: All-Star Game 2003". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Jeff Frazier, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed June 3, 2022. "Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)."
- ^ "M's acquire outfielder from Detroit". February 7, 2007.
- ^ "MiLB Stats | MiLB Team Stats | MiLB Leaders".
External links
[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Broncos de Reynosa players
- Chatham Anglers players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- High Desert Mavericks players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Lakeland Tigers players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Mexican League baseball first basemen
- Mexican League baseball left fielders
- Oneonta Tigers players
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball players
- Sportspeople from Point Pleasant, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Toms River, New Jersey
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Toms River High School South alumni
- West Michigan Whitecaps players
- West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
- American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Estrellas Orientales players
- Tomateros de Culiacán players