Dexter Fowler
| Dexter Fowler | |
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| Colorado Rockies – No. 24 | |
| Center fielder | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| September 2, 2008, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| Career statistics (through 2010 season) | |
| Batting average | .259 |
| Home runs | 10 |
| Runs batted in | 70 |
| Stolen bases | 40 |
| Teams | |
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 Fowler meets President George W. Bush at the 2008 Summer Olympics. | ||
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  United States
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| Men's baseball | ||
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2008 Beijing | Team |
William Dexter Fowler (born March 22, 1986, in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Colorado Rockies.
Baseball career
Fowler was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 14th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Milton High School in Alpharetta, Georgia. He rejected offers from Harvard and the University of Miami in order to play for the Rockies.[1] In 2008, he was selected by Major League Baseball to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Yankee Stadium
Fowler was batting .337 with nine home runs, 61 RBI and 20 stolen bases for the Rockies' Double-A Texas League affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers, when he took a break from his minor league season in order to represent the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[2] He and the U.S. team ended up winning the bronze medal in the Olympics by defeating Japan, 8-4, in the bronze medal game.[3]
Fowler was called up to the Major Leagues for the first time on September 2, 2008. He made his debut that same day in a 6-5 extra innings home win over the San Francisco Giants, coming in as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 10th inning; he was subsequently picked off at first base.[4] In Fowler's first at-bat in the bottom of the third inning of a 9-2 home loss against the Giants the following day, he flew out to right field.[5]
On September 10, 2008, Fowler recorded his first hit, an infield single, off of Will Ohman in the top of the seventh inning of a 9-5 road loss against the Atlanta Braves.[6]
On April 8, 2009, Fowler hit his first career home run off Doug Davis of the Arizona Diamondbacks, as part of a 9-2 road win. He hit the home run on the first pitch of the game, becoming the first player in Rockies history to do so.[7]
On April 27, 2009, Fowler tied a modern day rookie record when he stole five bases against the San Diego Padres in a 12-7 victory. [8]
In 2010, Fowler led the Majors in triples, accumulating 14 on the season. In 439 at bats on the year, he had six home runs, 36 RBI, 73 runs scored, and 114 total base hits. His .260 batting average was third-best on the Rockies that year, among players with 400 at bats or more (finishing behind only Carlos González and Troy Tulowitzki).
References
- ^ Baseball America Prospect Handbook
- ^ 2008 Minor League Olympians
- ^ Bronzed in history: U.S. gets medal
- ^ Rockies' Fowler picked on in debut
- ^ Zito keeps up hot streak to slow Rockies' improved play
- ^ Atlanta scores five in 7th to rally, dent Rockies' playoff hopes
- ^ First things first: Fowler goes deep
- ^ Fowler ties modern-day record with 5 SBs; Hawpe taken to hospital
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Colorado Rockies players
- African American baseball players
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Olympic baseball players of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- People from Atlanta, Georgia
- Casper Rockies players
- Asheville Tourists players
- Modesto Nuts players
- Tulsa Drillers players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players