Keon Broxton
| Keon Broxton | |||
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| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 23 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: May 7, 1990 Lakeland, Florida | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 21, 2015, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .239 | ||
| Home runs | 9 | ||
| Runs batted in | 19 | ||
| Stolen bases | 24 | ||
| Runs scored | 31 | ||
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Keon Darell Broxton (born May 7, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Career
Broxton was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies out of Lakeland Senior High School in the 29th round of the 2008 MLB Draft. He did not sign and attended Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida to play baseball. Broxton was then drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2009 MLB draft.[1] He was added to the team's 40-man roster on November 20, 2012. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in March 2014.[2] Broxton was called up by the Pirates on September 20, 2015.[3] Broxton was used mainly as a pinch runner, going 0-for-2 at the plate, as well as 1 stolen base and 3 runs scored.[4]
On December 17, 2015, the Pirates traded Broxton and Trey Supak to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jason Rogers.[5] Broxton was one of nine players competing to be the Brewers center fielder for the 2016 season.[6] He won the competition and started on Opening Day.[7]He had his first multi home run game on August 21, 2016 vs the Seattle Mariners.
References
- ↑ Durham, Craig (January 15, 2014). "D-backs' Broxton hard at work in Australia". MLB.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ↑ Charlie Wilmoth. "Pirates trade for Keon Broxton". Bucs Dugout.
- ↑ http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/pirates-bring-up-of-keon-broxton/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Keon Broxton". ESPN.com.
- ↑ John Dreker. "Pirates Trade Keon Broxton and Trey Supak For Jason Rogers".
- ↑ http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/article/165355808/nine-brewers-competing-for-center-field-job
- ↑ Sorgi, Jay (April 4, 2016). "Brewers newcomer Keon Broxton: Opening Day is something he 'dreamed about'". WTMJ.com. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)