Scott Van Slyke
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Van Slyke with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 33 | |||
| Outfielder / First baseman | |||
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Born: July 24, 1986 Chesterfield, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 9, 2012, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .249 | ||
| Home runs | 27 | ||
| Runs batted in | 92 | ||
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Scott T. Van Slyke (born July 24, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
The son of All-Star outfielder Andy Van Slyke, he was selected by the Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2005 MLB Draft out of John Burroughs School in Missouri.
Scott Van Slyke was born in Chesterfield, Missouri, to Andy and Lauri Van Slyke. He grew up in St. Louis, where his father, Andy, played with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1983-86. Scott is the second of four children; his older brother, A. J., played in the Cardinals' minor league system from 2005-08. At the age of seven, he rescued his three-year-old brother Jared from drowning in a hot tub near the Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training camp in Bradenton, Florida.
Van Slyke began playing baseball at age five. He attended John Burroughs High School in Ladue, Missouri, where he was named Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Van Slyke made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 2005, appearing in 24 games and hitting .282.
Van Slyke played for the Ogden Raptors in 2006, the Great Lakes Loons in 2007 and 2008 and the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino in 2008–09 before he was promoted to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes at the end of the 2009 season. He was named to the California League Post-season All-Star team in 2009. He began 2010 with the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Double-A Southern League, and again returned to Albuquerque to finish the season.
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