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Revision as of 20:12, 25 August 2011
| Jemile Weeks | |
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| Oakland Athletics – No. 19 | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: January 26, 1987 Orlando, Florida | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| June 7, 2011, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Career statistics (through August 25th, 2011) | |
| Batting average | .302 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 19 |
| Stolen Bases | 16 |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2006 Havana | Team |
Jemile Nykiwa Weeks (born January 26, 1987) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.
He is the younger brother of Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks.[1]
Professional career
Weeks was originally drafted by the Brewers in the eighth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose, instead, to attend the University of Miami. The A's then selected him twelfth overall in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.
Weeks was batting .297 in nineteen games for the Kane County Cougars in 2008 when a torn hip flexor ended his season. He played fall ball with the Phoenix Desert Dogs in 2009, and was named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star. At the start of the 2010 season, Weeks was ranked seventh in Oakland's farm system according to Baseball America[2] and appeared as a non-roster invitee for the Athletics in spring 2011.
He was called up to the majors for the first time on June 7, 2011.[3]He won the MLB Rookie of the Month Award for the American League in June of 2011. He batted .309, with seven doubles, three triples, six RBI's, and six stolen bases in this month.
References
- ^ Jemile Weeks comes up big against brother's team
- ^ Oakland's Top-RatedProspects
- ^ Gleeman, Aaron. "A's place Mark Ellis on DL, call up Jemile Weeks from Triple-A". NBC Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Miami Hurricanes bio