Jamie Romak | |||
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Romak with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
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San Diego Padres | |||
Right fielder / First baseman | |||
Born: London, Ontario, Canada |
September 30, 1985 |||
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Professional debut | |||
MLB: May 28, 2014, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
NPB: March 25, 2016, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |||
MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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Batting average | .167 | ||
Home runs | 0 | ||
Runs batted in | 4 | ||
NPB statistics (through 2016) |
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Batting average | .113 | ||
Home runs | 0 | ||
Runs batted in | 2 | ||
Teams | |||
Medal record | ||
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Men's baseball | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Baseball World Cup | ||
2011 Panama City | National team | |
Pan American Games | ||
2011 Guadalajara | National Team |
James "Jamie" Robert Romak (born September 30, 1985) is a Canadian professional baseball right fielder and first baseman in the San Diego Padres organization. He has also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Romak has also competed for the Canadian national baseball team.
Romak attended A.B. Lucas Secondary School in London, Ontario, Canada.
He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth round (127th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Braves of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2003, and played for the Danville Braves of the Rookie-level Appalachian League in 2004 and 2005. He was promoted to the Rome Braves of the Class-A South Atlantic League (SAL) in 2006, where he had a .247 batting average, 26 doubles, 16 home runs and 68 runs batted in.
Before the 2007 season, the Braves traded Romak with Adam LaRoche to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Brent Lillibridge. The Pirates assigned Romak to the Hickory Crawdads of the SAL, before promoting him to the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class-A Advanced Carolina League. Before the 2008 season, Baseball Prospectus rated Romak as the Pirates sixth best prospect. Romak split the 2008 and 2009 seasons with the Hillcats and Altoona Curve of the Class-AA Eastern League.