Nick Hundley
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Hundley playing for the Colorado Rockies in 2015
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| San Francisco Giants – No. 5 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: September 8, 1983 Corvallis, Oregon |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 4, 2008, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 10, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .249 | ||
| Home runs | 72 | ||
| Runs batted in | 305 | ||
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Nicholas John Hundley (born September 8, 1983) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, and Colorado Rockies.
Hundley was born in Corvallis, Oregon to Pam and Tim Hundley. He grew up with his brother, Jake, and they would play catch with their father when he came home from his job as an American football assistant coach with Oregon State. When their father was late, Hundley would pressure his mom to fill in.
Hundley played baseball for Lake Washington High School and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Florida Marlins but opted to attend college instead.
Hundley played three seasons with the University of Arizona Wildcats and was named by Baseball America to the second All-America team in 2005.
Hundley was drafted in 2005 by the San Diego Padres in the second round.
Hundley began 2006 with the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards and was promoted in July to the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He played all of 2007 with the Double-A San Antonio Missions, batting .247 with 20 home runs. He began 2008 with the Triple-A Portland Beavers where he batted .189 through May, but raised his average to .232 before his call-up on July 3. He also threw out 38% of base stealers in his 57 games.
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