Kelly Shoppach
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 10 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: April 29, 1980 Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 28, 2005 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Career statistics (through August 20, 2011) |
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| Batting average | .227 |
| Home runs | 55 |
| Runs batted in | 176 |
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Kelly Brian Shoppach (pronounced SHOP-ick; born April 29, 1980) is an American professional baseball catcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He is nicknamed Shop.
Shoppach was traded to the Indians from the Boston Red Sox organization on January 28, 2006, as part of the deal that saw outfielder Coco Crisp sent to Boston and Andy Marté to Cleveland.
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[edit] High school
Shoppach attended Brewer High School in White Settlement, Texas, and was a student and a letterman in baseball and football. In football, he played running back and linebacker, was a three-time All-District selection and as a senior, he was named the District Most Valuable Player.
[edit] College career
Shoppach played three seasons at Baylor University, hitting .333 (168-for-505) with 26 home runs and 121 RBIs. He recorded a .993 career fielding percentage, with 7 errors in 953 total chances.
As a junior in 2001, Shoppach received the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's top collegiate catcher after hitting .397 with 12 home runs and 61 RBIs in 69 games in his final college season. He also posted a .998 fielding percentage with only one error in 406 chances.
In addition to being selected "Big 12 Player of the Year", Shoppach was named First Team All-America in 2001 by Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
[edit] Minor league career
In 2004, Shoppach appeared in a career-best 101 games behind the plate for Pawtucket and threw out 35 of 101 potential base stealers (35 percent) on his way to a spot on the International League's end-of-season All-Star Team. He also set a single-season home run record for PawSox catchers with 21 and also hit one as a designated hitter. His 22 homers matched his previous career total over two years and 208 games. Shoppach added career bests with 62 runs scored and a .461 slugging percentage.47 of his 93 hits (51 percent) went for extra bases.[1]
[edit] Major League career
On May 26, 2005, Shoppach was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. He was hitless in 15 at-bats with seven strikeouts.[2] He did better in 2006 after he was traded to Cleveland. He went 27 for 110.[2] On June 26, 2007, Shoppach hit a pinch-hit 3-run walk off home run to defeat the Oakland Athletics 8–5.
On July 30, 2008, Shoppach became the second American League player in history, and eighth player overall in Major League Baseball, to record five extra-base hits in a game. He had three doubles and two home runs (including a game-tying HR in the ninth inning) against the Detroit Tigers. He came to bat twice in extra innings with a chance to get a sixth extra-base hit, but he was intentionally walked in the 10th and struck out in the 12th inning. The Indians lost, 14–12, in 13 innings.
On April 16, 2009, Shoppach drove in the first-ever run at the new Yankee Stadium; his fourth inning double driving in Ben Francisco. On July 26, 2010, Shoppach caught a no hitter thrown by Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays.
On September 30, 2011, Shoppach, in the first game of the 2011 ALDS against the Texas Rangers, he has hit two home runs, accounting for 5 RBIs.
On December 13, 2011 Shoppach signed a 1 year, $1.35 million contract with the Boston Red Sox with up to $400K in incentives. He was expected to replace Red Sox Captain Jason Varitek and allow prospect Ryan Lavarnway to return to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox to complete his minor league development.[3]
[edit] Trades
On January 27, 2006, Shoppach was traded from the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians, along with prospect Andy Marté, pitcher Guillermo Mota, a player to be named later, and cash considerations. The Indians in turn sent outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Josh Bard, and pitcher David Riske.[4] The Indians received minor league pitcher Randy Newsom from the Red Sox to complete the deal.[5]
On December 1, 2009, Shoppach was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Tampa Bay Rays for pitcher Mitch Talbot.[6]
[edit] Awards and highlights
- Portland Sea Dogs player of the year (2003)
- International League All-Star (2004)
- Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Month (April 2005)
- 2005 Pawtucket Red Sox Player of the Year
- Led AL in Hit By Pitch (2009)
- Caught Matt Garza's no hitter (July 26, 2010)
[edit] References
- ^ "Kelly Shoppach Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=shoppa001kel. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "Kelly Shoppach Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shoppke01.shtml. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ Speier, Alex (December 13, 2011). "Kelly Shoppach agreement spells likely end for Jason Varitek with Red Sox". WEEI. http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2011/12/13/kelly-shoppach-agreement-spells-likely-end-for-jason-varitek/. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (January 27, 2006). "Tribe finalizes two deals in a day". MLB.com. http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060127&content_id=1302209&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ Winston, Lisa (August 3, 2007). "Newsom climbs ladder unconventionally". MLB.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070802&content_id=283620&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ Beck, Jason (December 1, 2009). "Indians deal Shoppach to Rays". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091201&content_id=7733628&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Boston Red Sox players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Tampa Bay Rays players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Baylor University alumni
- Baylor Bears baseball players
- Baseball players from Texas
- People from Fort Worth, Texas
- Sarasota Red Sox players
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- Pawtucket Red Sox players
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