Aaron Bates
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Aaron Bates playing for Puerto Rico at the 2013 Caribbean Series
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: March 10, 1984 Manhattan, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 6, 2009, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 12, 2009, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .364 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Aaron Bates (born March 10, 1984) is an American retired professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox in 2009.
Bates played college baseball for both the NC State Wolfpack and the San Jose State Spartans. He was a freshmen All American for the San Jose State Spartans and twice named All American for the NC State Wolfpack. His best year coming in 2005, when he had arguably the greatest offensive season in wolfpack history hitting .425-12-64 and was drafted in the 8th round by the Florida Marlins. However, he returned to school for his junior season and hit .356-10-56 and was then selected by the Boston Red Sox in 2006.
He played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Brewster Whitecaps in the summer of 2005. He was named a Cape Cod League All Star alongside future MLB stars Evan Longoria, Justin Masterson, Daniel Bard and Chris Coghlan. Bates also won the 2005 All Star game Home Run Derby.
He was drafted in 2006 in the 3rd round by the Boston Red Sox. His first professional season was split between the Lowell Spinners and Greenville Drive. In 2007, Bates began the year with the Lancaster JetHawks before being promoted to the AA Portland Sea Dogs. He played with Sea Dogs until June 2009, when he was promoted to AAA Pawtucket Red Sox.
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