Cameron Maybin

Cameron Maybin
San Diego Padres – No. 24
Center fielder
Born: April 4, 1987 (1987-04-04) Asheville, North Carolina
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 17, 2007 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.255
Home runs	22
Runs batted in	85
Runs	175
Teams
Detroit Tigers (2007) Florida Marlins (2008–2010) San Diego Padres (2011–present)

Cameron Keith Maybin (born April 4, 1987 in Asheville, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres. He was the tenth over-all pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft and drafted by the Detroit Tigers. Also known as "Cocoa Diablo," he was consistently ranked as the Tigers top minor league prospect while in the organization.

High school

Maybin played high school baseball for T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina. As a freshman, he led his team to a state title and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Joe Hayden, his manager with the Midland Redskins, said he had "the same instincts in the outfield and at the plate" as Ken Griffey, Jr., who Hayden also coached in the Connie Mack division, an amateur baseball league for players 18 and younger. The summer before his senior season, Maybin won the Connie Mack World Series batting title and World Series MVP award in Farmington, New Mexico.^{[citation needed]} Maybin was also named the 2004 Baseball America Youth Player of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

Minor leagues

After graduating from high school, Maybin entered the Major League draft. In their pre-draft rankings, Baseball America tabbed him as the most promising available outfielder and the third-best hitting prospect overall. He fell to the Tigers in tenth spot in the 2005 draft, in part due to speculation he'd be difficult to sign. He signed in September for a $2.65 million bonus.

In 2006, Maybin played his first professional season for the Class-A West Michigan Whitecaps, helping them win the Midwest League championship. He had a batting average of .304, hit nine home runs and stole twenty-seven bases. He was chosen to participate in the All-Star Futures Game.

In late November 2006, Cameron was given the Class A Playoff Performer Award by MiLB.com. He began the 2007 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the High-A Florida State League. On August 9, 2007, Maybin was promoted from the Single-A Lakeland Flying Tigers to the Double-A Erie Seawolves.

Maybin last played in the minors for the Double-A Carolina Mudcats where he was hitting .262 with 12 home runs, 38 RBIs and 17 stolen bases to go along with a hefty 99 strikeouts in 309 at-bats (82 games).

Minor league honors

• 2× All-Star Futures Game selection
• Southern League Player of the Week
• Arizona Fall League Rising Stars
• Southern League Mid-Season All-Star
• Baseball America High Class A All-Star
• Florida State League Postseason All-Star
• Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star
• MiLB.com Class A Best Playoff Performer
• Baseball America Low Class A All-Star
• Midwest League Postseason All-Star
• Midwest League Prospect of the Year

Major Leagues

Detroit Tigers

Maybin during his tenure with the Florida Marlins in 2010 spring training.

Maybin was called up to the Tigers on August 17, 2007, and made his Major League debut that day, going 0-4. He was the youngest player in the American League (20 years old). In his second game, August 18, 2007, Maybin picked up his first career hit, (a single), and first career home run, both off of Roger Clemens. During his next plate appearance, he was hit by a Clemens fastball. In the same game, Maybin also earned his first Major League stolen base. Thus, Maybin received his first Major League hit, home run, hit-by-pitch and stolen base in the same game.

Florida Marlins

On December 5, 2007, the Tigers traded Maybin, Andrew Miller, Mike Rabelo, Dallas Trahern, Eulogio De La Cruz, and Burke Badenhop to the Florida Marlins for Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera.

On September 16, 2008, Maybin was called up to the Florida Marlins. He went 16 for 32 (.500 average) with 4 stolen bases in 8 Major League games.

In 2009, Maybin was the starting center fielder for the Florida Marlins when they faced the Washington Nationals on Opening Day. Maybin was sent back down in May to the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs after a poor start to the 2009 season.^{[citation needed]}

In his final season with the Marlins, Maybin hit .234 with 9 stolen bases in 82 games.

San Diego Padres

Following the 2010 season, Maybin was traded to the Padres for Ryan Webb and Edward Mujica. In 2011, he became the ninth player in Padres history to steal 40 bases. He hit .264 with nine home runs and 40 RBIs and was the Padres' 2011 nominee for the Hank Aaron Award. The San Diego Union-Tribune praised Maybin's defense and called his acquisition "one of the best trades in Padres history" and named him the team's MVP. MLB.com wrote that his defense in center field was "Gold Glove-caliber".

Personal

Maybin is a cousin of NFL linebacker Aaron Maybin, NBA guard Rashad McCants, WNBA guard/forward Rashanda McCants and a third cousin of Canadian Football League running back John Avery.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Minor League statistics at MiLB.com

Preceded by Carlos Gonzales

Midwest League Prospect of the Year 2006

Succeeded by Clayton Kershaw