Matt Joyce (baseball)
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Joyce with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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| Oakland Athletics – No. 23 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: August 3, 1984 Tampa, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 2008, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 10, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .242 | ||
| Home runs | 107 | ||
| Runs batted in | 379 | ||
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Matthew Ryan Joyce (born August 3, 1984) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Pittsburgh Pirates. Joyce was an All-Star selection in 2011.
Joyce began his career at North Brandon Little League in Brandon, Florida. He graduated from Armwood High School, Seffner, Florida.
Joyce played baseball for Florida Southern College, and participated in the 2005 season which saw them win their ninth Division II national title. While playing for FSC Joyce participated in an exhibition game against the Detroit Tigers in which the teams tied 2–2 after 10 innings. Just days after the final game, Joyce was one of four players from that team selected in the draft; the others were Geoff Strickland, Jeff Howell, and Matthew Mercurio.
The Detroit Tigers selected Joyce in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB draft and assigned him to the Single-A Oneonta Tigers, where he batted .332 on the year.
In 2006, Joyce moved up to the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps, where he batted .258 with 11 home runs and 86 RBIs as the Whitecaps captured the Midwest League's championship for the second time in three years.
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