Anthony Recker
| Anthony Recker | |
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| New York Mets – No. 20 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: August 29, 1983 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| Aug. 25, 2011 for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics (through May 17, 2013) |
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| Batting average | .160 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 7 |
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Anthony Vito Recker (born August 29, 1983) is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs.
Career [edit]
Recker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of Alvernia College. He began catching and, on occasion, playing first base professionally.
On August 23, 2011, he was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[1] He was named to the All-PCL Team in 2011.[2]
Recker was traded to the Cubs for Blake Lalli on August 27, 2012.
On October 24, 2012, Recker was designinated for assignment. He was claimed off of waivers by the New York Mets. He started his first game for the team on April 7th in a 4-3 victory over the Marlins.
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External links [edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Kane County Cougars players
- Stockton Ports players
- Midland RockHounds players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Alvernia Crusaders baseball players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Chicago Cubs players
- New York Mets players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Baseball catcher stubs
