Hunter Renfroe | |||
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Renfroe with the Lake Elsinore Storm in 2014
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San Diego Padres – No. 10 | |||
Outfielder | |||
Born: Jackson, Mississippi |
January 28, 1992 |||
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MLB debut | |||
September 21, 2016, for the San Diego Padres | |||
MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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Batting average | .371 | ||
Home runs | 4 | ||
Runs batted in | 14 | ||
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Dustin Hunter Renfroe (born January 28, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He attended Mississippi State University, where he played college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Padres selected Renfroe in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft.
Hunter Renfroe was born in Jackson, Mississippi to parents Todd and Tammy. He was raised in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. He attended Copiah Academy in Gallman, Mississippi, where he played for the school's baseball team.
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 31st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, Renfroe did not sign. He enrolled at Mississippi State University, where he played college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. On April 15, 2013, he was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week. He has also been named to the Golden Spikes Award watchlist and was the 2013 recipient of the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, given to the best college baseball player in Mississippi. From 2011 - 2012, Renfroe played for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, where he broke the Big Train record for most runs, home runs, runs batted in, slugging percentage, and total bases in a season in 2012. Renfroe's number "11" was retired by the Big Train in 2012 and sits high above the field on a light post in left center field where many of his home runs eventually landed.