Mike Olt
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Olt with the San Antonio Missions in 2016
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| Boston Red Sox | |||
| Third baseman | |||
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Born: August 27, 1988 New Haven, Connecticut |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 2, 2012, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .168 | ||
| Home runs | 16 | ||
| Runs batted in | 43 | ||
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Michael George Olt (born August 27, 1988) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Boston Red Sox organization. He played college baseball at the University of Connecticut, and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers in 2012. He has also played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
Olt attended Branford High School in Branford, Connecticut, where he played for the school's baseball team. He started at shortstop for the school's varsity baseball team in all four years at Branford. In 2006, Branford won the Connecticut state championship. After graduating high school, Olt was not selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.
Olt enrolled at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, where he played college baseball for the Connecticut Huskies. He was named a freshman All-American. Olt played for the New England Collegiate Baseball League's Danbury Westerners in 2008.
The Rangers drafted Olt in the supplemental first round, with the 49th overall selection, of the 2010 MLB Draft. After he signed, Olt played for the Spokane Indians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. In 2011, Olt played for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced, where he batted .267 with 14 home runs. He broke his collarbone in a collision in June, and missed ten weeks of the season. Olt participated in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) after the 2011 season. Olt led the AFL with 13 home runs.
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