Hank Conger
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Conger with the Tampa Bay Rays
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| Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: January 29, 1988 Federal Way, Washington |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 11, 2010, for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | |||
| MLB statistics (through July 19, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .221 | ||
| Home runs | 31 | ||
| Runs batted in | 114 | ||
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최현 |
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| Revised Romanization | Choe Hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Hyŏn |
Hyun Choi "Hank" Conger (born January 29, 1988) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He previously played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Houston Astros. He is of Korean descent.
Conger was born in Federal Way, Washington, but raised in Huntington Beach, California. Conger originally played basketball due to his size, but began playing baseball at the age of eight and turned his focus there instead. Conger graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 2006, where he was a second team All-American and Gatorade Player of the Year. Conger had planned to attend the University of Southern California if he had not been drafted in the first round.
Conger was drafted 25th overall by the Angels in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He was selected to represent the United States in the 2010 All-Star Futures Game. He hit a three-run home run, earning him MVP honors.
He was promoted to the major leagues as part of September call-ups on September 7, 2010. He made his major league debut on September 11, 2010, as a pinch hitter for Hideki Matsui. His first hit in the major leagues came off of Cleveland Indians pitcher Jeanmar Gómez on September 15, 2010. His first home run came off of Jeff Niemann on April 5, 2011.
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