Aaron Cunningham
| Aaron Cunningham | |
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| Cleveland Indians – No. 2 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: April 24, 1986 Anchorage, Alaska |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 31, 2008 for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Batting average | .231 |
| Home runs | 6 |
| Runs batted in | 44 |
| Teams | |
Aaron Roe Ward Cunningham (born April 24, 1986, in Anchorage, Alaska) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians.
[edit] Baseball career
Cunningham was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. After two years in the White Sox organization, he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Danny Richar on June 16, 2007.
On December 14, 2007, he was acquired by the Oakland Athletics in the trade that sent Dan Haren to the Diamondbacks.[1] He was called up from the minors for the first time on August 30, 2008.[1]
On January 16, 2010, Cunningham and Scott Hairston were traded to the San Diego Padres for Kevin Kouzmanoff and Eric Sogard.[2] In Cunningham's first start as a San Diego Padres player he hit a grand slam to center field in his first at bat.
On December 16, 2011, Cunningham was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Minor League pitcher Cory Burns.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "A's announce five roster moves". MLB.com. August 30, 2008. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080830&content_id=3392637&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ Gonzalez, Alden (January 16, 2010). "A's land Kouzmanoff in deal with Padres". MLB.com. http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100115&content_id=7925900&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "Indians Acquire Aaron Cunningham". mlbtraderumors.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/12/indians-acquire-aaron-cunningham.html. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
[edit] External links
- 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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