Anthony Recker
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Recker with the New York Mets in 2015
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| New York Mets – No. 20 | |||
| Catcher | |||
| Born: August 29, 1983 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 25, 2011 for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .185 | ||
| Home runs | 16 | ||
| Runs batted in | 55 | ||
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Anthony Vito Recker (born August 29, 1983) is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs.
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Amateur career[edit]
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Recker attended Catasauqua High School where he also starred in football, and later continued his baseball career at Alvernia College, a small NCAA Division III school in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1] Despite growing up in Pennsylvania, Recker's favorite team growing up was the Oakland Athletics.[2]
Professional career[edit]
2005 Draft[edit]
Recker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of Alvernia College. He began catching and, on occasion, playing first base professionally.
2011[edit]
On August 23, 2011, he was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[3] He was named to the All-PCL Team in 2011.[4]
2012[edit]
Recker was traded to the Cubs for Blake Lalli on August 27, 2012. On October 24, 2012, Recker was designated for assignment. He was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets.
2013[edit]
He started his first game for the Mets on April 7, 2013 in a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins. Although Recker is a position player, he pitched the ninth inning for the New York Mets to preserve their regular pitchers in a lopsided game on June 30, 2013, where the Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals by a score of 13-2. He was optioned to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s on August 19. He was later called back up on August 28 as a back up to Travis d'Arnaud due to the trade that sent catcher John Buck and outfielder Marlon Byrd to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2014[edit]
Recker made the Opening Day roster in 2014 as a backup to Mets' catcher Travis d'Arnaud. On April 4, he threw out Cincinnati Reds' young speedster Billy Hamilton who was trying to steal second base. On April 12, Recker hit a solo home run in the top of the 13th off Matt Shoemaker to break the 6-6 tie between the Mets and Angels and win the game for the Mets 7-6.
2015[edit]
On May 14, 2015, Recker had his first career multi-homer game against the Chicago Cubs.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Recker married Kelly Shepardson on November 2, 2013. His wife Kelly gave birth to their first child Camden Anthony Recker,December 30th 2014 [6]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/09/catasauquas_anthony_recker_enj.html
- ^ http://articles.mcall.com/2011-08-23/sports/mc-recker-0822-20110823_1_catty-s-recker-anthony-recker-major-league
- ^ http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110823&content_id=23620806&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak
- ^ http://www.i70baseball.com/2011/08/29/2011-all-pcl-team-announced/
- ^ "Recker hits 2 HRs, but passed ball sinks Mets". mlb.com. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/sports/baseball/six-mets-players-get-engaged-in-off-season.html?_r=0
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Anthony Recker on Twitter
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Lehigh Valley
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Oakland Athletics players
- Chicago Cubs players
- New York Mets players
- Alvernia Crusaders baseball players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Kane County Cougars players
- Stockton Ports players
- Midland RockHounds players
- Leones del Escogido players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Las Vegas 51s players