Destin Hood
| Destin Hood | |||
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| Miami Marlins – No. 68 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: April 3, 1990 Mobile, Alabama | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 2016, for the Miami Marlins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .240 | ||
| Hits | 6 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Destin D. Hood (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Hood attended St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, where he played on the baseball and football team. In football, he was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was committed to the University of Alabama to play college football for the Crimson Tide.[1]
Hood was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the second round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He signed with the Nationals, forgoing football at Alabama.[3] He made his professional debut that season for the Gulf Coast Nationals. Hood spent 2009 with Gulf Coast and the Vermont Lake Monsters. He spent 2010 with the Hagerstown Suns and 2011 with the Potomac Nationals. In 2012, he played for the Auburn Doubledays and Harrisburg Senators.[4] In 2013, he returned to Harrisburg.[5] After returning to Harrisburg for a third straight year in 2014, he was promoted to the Syracuse Chiefs early in the season.[6]
Hood started 2015 with the Cleveland Indians organization. He was released and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in July.
Hood signed with the Miami Marlins organization for the 2016 season. The Marlins promoted Hood to the major leagues on September 1, 2016.[7] He recorded his first career hit with a 5th inning double off of Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco
References
- ↑ "Destin Hood". yahoo.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Alabama football signee Destin Hood goes 55th in MLB draft". AL.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "UA football signee Destin Hood agrees to terms with Nationals". AL.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Byron Kerr: Nationals excited about Destin Hood's "upside" in 2013". MASNsports. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Healthy again, Destin Hood making strides at the plate for Harrisburg Senators". PennLive.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Syracuse Chiefs outfielder Destin Hood leaves football in the dust to pursue baseball dream". syracuse.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)