Mark Bellhorn
| Mark Bellhorn | |||
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Bellhorn with the San Diego Padres in 2006
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| Second baseman / Third baseman | |||
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Born: August 23, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 10, 1997, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 2007, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .230 | ||
| Home runs | 69 | ||
| Runs batted in | 246 | ||
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Mark Christian Bellhorn (born August 23, 1974) is a former American professional baseball infielder. In his ten-year Major League Baseball career, Bellhorn was best known for being the starting second baseman for the Boston Red Sox during their 2004 World Series championship season.
Bellhorn was born in Boston and was raised in the Orlando, Florida suburb of Oviedo, where he attended St. Luke's School and graduated from Oviedo High School. Bellhorn went on to attend Auburn from 1993 to 1996.
Mark Bellhorn has one brother, Todd, who played in the New York Mets minor league system in 1998 and 1999. Bellhorn married his longtime girlfriend, Lindsey Bopp, in May 2013. Their first child was born in June 2014.
Bellhorn was drafted out of high school in the 37th round of the 1992 Free Agent Draft by the San Diego Padres, but did not sign. Instead, he attended Auburn University, where he played in the 1994 College World Series.
After playing college ball at Auburn, Bellhorn broke in the majors with the Oakland Athletics in 1997, drafted in the second round. That year he managed a .228 batting average with six home runs and 19 runs batted in. Over the next three seasons with the Athletics he saw only limited playing time, batting .131 with one homer and five RBI.
In 2002, Bellhorn was traded to the Chicago Cubs and hit .258 with 27 home runs and 56 RBI.
On August 29, 2002, Bellhorn became the first player in National League history to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same inning, doing so in the Cubs' ten–run 4th inning at Miller Park. Bellhorn also tied a team record with five RBI in the inning. His 2002 campaign was a record-setting season for the Cubs: his 27 home runs was the most-ever by a Cubs switch-hitter, and he became the first player in Cubs history to hit a home run from all four infield positions.
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