Jamey Carroll | |||
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Carroll with the Minnesota Twins
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Infielder | |||
Born: Evansville, Indiana |
February 18, 1974 |||
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MLB debut | |||
September 11, 2002, for the Montreal Expos | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 27, 2013, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .272 | ||
Home runs | 13 | ||
Runs batted in | 265 | ||
Teams | |||
Jamey Blake Carroll (born February 18, 1974) is an American former professional baseball infielder and currently works as a special assistant to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals. He was primarily a second baseman but also spent some time at third base and shortstop.
Carroll was born in Evansville, Indiana. In 1992, he graduated from Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana. He then attended and graduated from the University of Evansville where he led the Purple Aces to a 4-yr record of 137-95, a runner-up finish in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference tourney; he was selected as an All-American infielder after his senior season (1996). He appears 27 times in the Purple Aces' record book. He resides in Rockledge, Florida.
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 14th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball amateur draft, Carroll would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Expos on September 11, 2002 against the Chicago Cubs. He played third base and got two hits in three at-bats in that game. His first hit was a single to left field in the fourth inning against Alan Benes.