Tyler Flowers
| Tyler Flowers | |
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 Flowers in 2011. |
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| Chicago White Sox – No. 17 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: January 24, 1986 Roswell, Georgia |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 3, 2009 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Batting average | .197 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 16 |
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Cole Tyler Flowers (born January 24, 1986 in Roswell, Georgia) is a catcher/infielder for the Chicago White Sox.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Atlanta Braves
Flowers was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2005 MLB Draft.[1]
In 2006 Flowers played 34 games played in his first professional season for the Rookie League Danville Braves. He hit .279 with 36 hits, 5 home runs and 16 RBIs playing 22 games at first and 8 as a catcher.
In 2007 he was the everyday first baseman/DH for the A-ball Rome Braves. He played in 106 games with a batting average of .298 with 116 hits (led the team), 12 homers (third most) 70 RBIs (tops on the club) and a .488 slugging percentage (third highest on the team). He started off slow in May (.238) and June (.257) before heating up in July (.352), August (.317) and September (.444)
In 2008 Flowers played for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of Advanced-A. He played 122 games, all at catcher. He had a .288 batting average, .427 on base percentage, and .494 slugging percentage.
[edit] Chicago White Sox
On December 4, 2008, Flowers and fellow Braves prospects Brent Lillibridge, Jonathan Gilmore and Santos Rodriguez were traded to the Chicago White Sox for Javier Vázquez and Boone Logan.[2]
On September 1, 2009, Flowers was called up from AAA Charlotte Knights after hitting .297 with 15 home runs and 56 RBI between AA Birmingham Barons and AAA Charlotte Knights. He served as the Chicago White Sox third catcher. Flowers had his first major league hit on September 19, 2009 against the Kansas City Royals. In 10 games, Flowers finished the 2009 season batting .188 with no home runs and no RBIs.
Flowers started the 2010 season at AAA Charlotte. He hit .220 with 16 home runs and 53 RBI in 346 at bats before getting another September call up. Flowers played in 8 games with the White Sox and only had 1 hit in 11 at bats.
Flowers again started the 2011 season at AAA Charlotte. There he hit .261 with 15 home runs and 32 RBI in 222 at bats. He was then called up in July to serve as the backup to A.J. Pierzynski after Ramón Castro went down with an injury. Flowers then became the stating catcher mid-August because of an injury to Pierzynski. Flowers hit his first Major League home run on August 13, 2011 against Luke Hochevar and the Kansas City Royals. Flowers blasted his first Major League grand slam on August 28, 2011 against Jason Vargas and the Seattle Mariners.
[edit] References
[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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