Reid Brignac
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Brignac with the Tampa Bay Rays
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| Houston Astros | |||
| Shortstop | |||
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Born: January 16, 1986 St. Amant, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 4, 2008, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| Career statistics (through May 9, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .219 | ||
| Home runs | 12 | ||
| Runs batted in | 83 | ||
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Reid Michael Brignac (pronounced Brin-yac) (born January 16, 1986) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Houston Astros organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies.
Brignac was drafted by Tampa Bay Rays in the second round (45th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of St. Amant High School as a shortstop. He made his professional debut on August 4 with Advanced Rookie Princeton, where in 25 games, he hit .361 with 1 HR and 25 RBI. He also had a 3-game stint with Single-A Charleston, where he went 7-14. Brignac played all of 2005 with Single-A Southwest Michigan, where in 127 games as the Devil Rays shortstop, he hit .264 with 15 HR, 61 RBI, 77 runs and 39 doubles. He was also the Eastern Division's starting shortstop in the Midwest League All-Star Game. Brignac had a breakout year with High-A Visalia, hitting .326 with 21 HR, 83 RBI, 82 runs, 26 doubles and a league-leading .939 OPS in 100 games as the Oaks shortstop. He earned a promotion to Double-A Montgomery for the last month of the season, along with third baseman Evan Longoria, and in 28 games with the Biscuits, he hit .300 with 3 HR, 16 RBI and 18 runs. He was a Mid and Post-Season All-Star in the California League, and he was named the League's MVP and Rookie of the Year.Baseball America rated Brignac as the 17th best MLB prospect in 2007 and 39th best in 2008.
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