Austin Romine
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Romine with the New York Yankees
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| New York Yankees – No. 27 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: November 22, 1988 Lake Forest, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 11, 2011, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 29, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .232 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 47 | ||
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Austin Allen Romine (born November 22, 1988) is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He participated in the All-Star Futures Game in 2010 and made his MLB debut in 2011.
Romine attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California, where he played on the school's baseball team with Nolan Arenado. He was drafted by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.
Going into the 2009 season, he was rated the Yankees' fourth best prospect and their second best prospect for 2010, according to Baseball America. In 2009, Romine was named the Florida State League Player of the Year. In 2010, he was named as a participant in the All-Star Futures Game.
After competing for the big league backup catcher job in spring training, Romine was assigned to the Double-A Trenton Thunder to begin the 2011 season. The Yankees promoted Romine to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on September 1. After injuries to two catchers, first to Russell Martin and then Francisco Cervelli, the Yankees promoted him to the major leagues on September 10. In the seventh inning of the September 11 game against the Angels, Romine made his major league debut behind the plate. On September 12, he got his first Major League hit off of Mariners reliever Dan Cortes.
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