Justin Christian
| Justin Christian | |||
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| Free agent | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: April 3, 1980 Lincoln, Nebraska |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 24, 2008, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2012 season) |
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| Batting average | .203 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 12 | ||
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Justin Barnett Christian (born April 3, 1980) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 2008 and the San Francisco Giants in 2011 and 2012.
Christian attended Borel Middle School in San Mateo and then attended Aragon High School in San Mateo, California from 1995–98, where he played varsity baseball all four years for John Arents and later Mike Trimble.
He began his college baseball career with two years at Skyline College where he was All-Conference for both years. He took the scholarship he had earned to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, but transferred after missing most of the 2002 season with a torn labrum to Southeast Missouri State University, where he became an All-American and was voted "Newcomer of the Year." At Skyline he was a shortstop, but was moved to second base at Auburn. He was mostly an infielder at SEMO as well.
After going undrafted in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, he signed with the River City Rascals of the Frontier League, winning the starting second base job and playing 30 games during the 2003 season.
In the fall of 2003, he went back to Auburn as a student assistant coach while trying to set up scout workouts; he set up several of these but was unsuccessful in getting signed.
He returned to the Rascals for the 2004 season, where he hit .450 with 26 steals in 30 games.
The New York Yankees signed him sight unseen. In 2004, he played on the GCL Yankees and the Staten Island Yankees.
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