Ben Gamel | |||
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Gamel with the Yankees in 2016
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Seattle Mariners – No. 16 | |||
Outfielder | |||
Born: Neptune Beach, Florida |
May 17, 1992 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 6, 2016, for the New York Yankees | |||
MLB statistics (through July 30, 2017) |
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Batting average | .305 | ||
Hits | 113 | ||
Home runs | 7 | ||
Runs batted in | 41 | ||
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Benjamin Joseph Gamel (born May 17, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the New York Yankees.
Gamel attended Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Florida. The New York Yankees selected Gamel in the 10th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Yankees and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. He played in 2011 for the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League and in 2012 with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. He began the 2013 season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League before being promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. He returned to Trenton in 2014 and played for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League in 2015. The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.