Drew Stubbs

Drew Stubbs
Cleveland Indians – No. 6
Centerfielder
Born: (1984-10-04) October 4, 1984 Texarkana, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
August 19, 2009, for the Cincinnati Reds
Career statistics (through 2012 season)
Batting average	.241
Hits	431
Home runs	59
Runs batted in	178
Stolen bases	110
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2009–2012) Cleveland Indians (2013-Present)

Drew Stubbs

Medal record
Men’s baseball
Representing United States
World University Championship
	2004 Tainan	Team

Stubbs in AAA Louisville Bats, 2009.

Andrew Robert "Drew" Stubbs (born October 4, 1984) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians. He plays center field.

Before professional baseball

Drew Stubbs graduated from Atlanta High School in 2003. He was a three-time All-American in baseball and two-time academic All-American at the University of Texas. He hit a game-winning triple for Team USA in the gold medal game against Japan at the 2004 FISU II World University Baseball Championship in Taiwan. Stubbs was the Longhorns' co-MVP, named Big 12 co-Player of the Year, and one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award in 2006.

Professional career

Stubbs was the first round pick (8th overall) of the Cincinnati Reds in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. In his 2006 season at the rookie class Billings Mustangs, Stubbs batted .256 with six home runs and 24 RBIs in 56 games, including three triples, in 210 at-bats.

Earning a promotion to the Class A Dayton Dragons (the low A team), he batted .270 with 12 home runs, 43 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 129 games, including an 11-game hit streak to start the year. His performance earned him a spot in the Midwest League All-Star Game. After the season he was named the 10th best prospect in the Midwest League and the 5th best in the Reds' organization by Baseball America.

In the 2008 season Stubbs started with the Class A Sarasota Reds (the high A team), then was promoted to the Class AA Chattanooga Lookouts, and finally to the Class AAA Louisville Bats. In a combined 131 plate appearances, he batted .277 with 7 home runs, 57 RBIs, and 33 stolen bases. His 33 steals led all Reds minor leaguers.

Stubbs represented the U.S. in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game. As of 2009, he was ranked as the Reds' third best prospect behind first baseman Yonder Alonso and shortstop Todd Frazier.

Stubbs made his major league debut on August 19, 2009. In his second game, he hit a game-winning home run to beat the San Francisco Giants. He finished the season with a .267 average, hitting eight home runs. Drew was named to the 2010 Cincinnati Reds roster for opening day, but did not play. He started in center field for the second game of the season.

He hit his first career grand slam on April 9, 2010, against the Chicago Cubs. On July 4, 2010, he hit 3 home runs against the Chicago Cubs.

On July 24, 2011, Stubbs hit a leadoff walk-off home run on the first pitch from Atlanta Braves reliever Scott Linebrink to give the Reds a 4–3 win.

As of August 30, 2011, Stubbs had 177 strikeouts in 133 games played for the 2011 season. The record for the most strikeouts in a single season stands at 223 by Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2009 season.

Despite concerns with Stubbs' performance at the plate from a team perspective, he continued to be a productive player for baseball fantasy leagues. He was the 14th ranking center fielder for the 2011 season. His combination of speed with 35 stolen bases, power with 15 home runs, and run scoring ability with 85 runs scored (all as of August 30, 2011) made him a valuable fantasy player. He had a 100% ownership rating in ESPN's fantasy baseball leagues, and maintained this rating for a majority of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Stubbs joined Mark Reynolds as the only two players in MLB history to strike out 200 or more times in one season.

In 2011, Stubbs led the major leagues with number of times striking out, totaling 205 times. It was 33 more times than Ryan Howard, who was second in the National League with number of times struck out. He was second in the league in stolen bases, with 40. On September 15, 2012, Stubbs was the unwary catalyst of MLB history when his batted groundball, which would normally be a routine out, was bobbled by Mets SS Jose Reyes; that would turn out to be MLB's 500,000 error.

Stubbs was traded to the Cleveland Indians along with Trevor Bauer of the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 3 team deal that sent Shin-Soo Choo to the Reds, among other players.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• MILB.com