Aaron Whitefield | |||
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Minnesota Twins | |||
Outfielder | |||
Born: Brisbane, Queensland |
2 September 1996 |||
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Aaron James Whitefield (born 2 September 1996) is an Australian professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins organization.
Whitefield began his career playing softball. He plays for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League. Whitefield played for the Gulf Coast Twins of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2015 and 2016. He played for the Australian national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifier and played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He opened the 2017 season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League.
Whitefield's father, John, played softball for New Zealand's national team, and his mother, Nicole Molander, played softball in Queensland.