Blake Tekotte

Blake Tekotte
Blake Tekotte
Long Island Ducks – No. 6
	Outfielder
	Born: May 24, 1987 (age 37); Columbia, Missouri
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
	May 25, 2011, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics ; (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.188
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	3
Teams
	San Diego Padres (2011–2012); Chicago White Sox (2013);

Blake Aaron Tekotte (born May 24, 1987) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox.

Career

Tekotte attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri and the University of Miami, where he played for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. He was drafted by San Diego Padres in the third Round (101st overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.

Tekotte was called up by the Padres for the first time on May 23, 2011.^[1]

Tekotte made his major league debut on May 25, 2011, one day after his 24th birthday, pinch-hitting for Mat Latos, lining out to the right fielder Jon Jay.^[2]

On November 7, 2012, Tekotte was traded to the Chicago White Sox for minor league pitcher Brandon Kloess after being designated for assignment on November 2.^[3] On August 9, 2013, Tekotte hit his first Major League home run against Minnesota Twins pitcher Liam Hendriks. He was outrighted off the White Sox roster on December 6, 2013.

Tekotte was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 3, 2014.

Tekotte signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on January 10, 2015.

Tekotte signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball on March 21, 2016.