Scott Sizemore
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Sizemore with the Oakland Athletics
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| Free agent | |||
| Infielder | |||
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Born: January 4, 1985 Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 5, 2010, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2014 season) |
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| Batting average | .240 | ||
| Home runs | 14 | ||
| Runs batted in | 74 | ||
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Scott Daniel Sizemore (born January 4, 1985) is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees.
Sizemore was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and graduated from Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. He played college baseball at the Virginia Commonwealth University.
Sizemore was drafted by the Tigers in the fifth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of Virginia Commonwealth University.
In 2009, Sizemore was rated Detroit's 7th best prospect by Baseball America.
On October 23, 2009, Sizemore broke his left leg during a collision while playing in the Arizona Fall League the previous day. On October 27, 2009, Sizemore had surgery on his fractured left ankle including screws being place to stabilize his ankle joint. He was able to return to action in time for Spring Training in 2010.
Although Sizemore has not been known as a Major League shortstop, he has, according to his baseball card from 2007 Bowman Heritage Signs of Greatness, played that position while in the minor leagues.
On April 9, 2010, Sizemore got his first major league hit (a single) against the Cleveland Indians. Detroit won the game 5–2.
On April 11, 2010, Sizemore got his first extra base hit (a double) and an RBI in the bottom of the Seventh at Comerica Park against the Cleveland Indians. Jensen Lewis was pitching.
Sizemore hit his first major league home run off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Joel Piñeiro on April 30, 2010. Coming in the same inning as Brennan Boesch's first career home run, it was the first time two Tigers had hit their first career home runs in the same inning since Pop Dillon and Kid Elberfeld did it in 1901.
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