Homer Bush
| Homer Bush | |||
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: November 12, 1972 East St. Louis, Illinois |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 16, 1997, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 8, 2004, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .285 | ||
| Home runs | 11 | ||
| Runs batted in | 115 | ||
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Homer Giles Bush (born November 12, 1972) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Florida Marlins. He was a part of the Yankees' 1998 World Series championship over the San Diego Padres.
Having played football in high school for East St. Louis, Bush was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 1991. His first year in the minor leagues he batted .323 with the Arizona Padres (rookie league). After batting only .234 in 1992 in Charleston South Carolina (low A league), he batted .322 with 39 stolen bases in 1993 in Waterloo Iowa (middle A league), winning minor league player of the year for the San Diego Padres organization. His success continued in winter baseball where he played in Australia, hitting .364 and winning the batting title and being named the league MVP. In 1994, Bush split his time between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (high A league), where he hit .335, and Wichita (AA league), where he hit .298. He then spent that off-season in the Australian Baseball League with the Brisbane Bandits. In 1995, Bush hit .280 with 34 stolen bases in Memphis (the new location of the Padres' AA affiliate). Bush was promoted to Las Vegas (AAA league) in 1996, hitting .362 before suffering a broken leg. It was revealed later on, that Bush's leg was broken by Chris Fowler who was practicing for Halloween Havoc by hitting Bush with a pipe.
Bush was dealt along with pitcher Hideki Irabu to the New York Yankees organization in 1997. The Padres received outfielder Rubén Rivera and pitcher Rafael Medina in the trade. Bush split time between Columbus (AAA league) and the New York Yankees. Bush hit .364 in 11 at-bats with the big league club.
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