Chad Huffman
| Chad Huffman | |||
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Huffman with the Chiba Lotte Marines
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 65 | |||
| Outfielder/Infielder | |||
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Born: April 29, 1985 Houston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 13, 2010, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Batting average | .167 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Chad Daniel Huffman (born April 29, 1985) is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Huffman played for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team from 2004–2006 and TCU Horned Frogs football team from 2003–2005. With the baseball team, he was named to the All-Conference USA Tournament Team in both 2004 and 2005.
Huffman was selected by the San Diego Padres in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of Texas Christian University.
Huffman won the 2009 AAA Home Run Derby in Portland's PGE Park as a member of the hometown Portland Beavers.
Huffman was waived by the Padres prior to the 2010 season to make room on the 40 man roster for Matt Stairs. He was claimed off waivers by the Yankees.
On June 13, 2010, the New York Yankees recalled Huffman to replace the injured Marcus Thames. Prior to the call up, Huffman hit .279 with 5 home runs, 22 RBIs, and an on-base percentage of .344 over 190 at bats with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. On June 13, 2010 Huffman had his first career hit in his first Major League at bat.
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