Steve Pearce (baseball)
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Pearce with the Baltimore Orioles
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 28 | |||
| Utility player | |||
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Born: April 13, 1983 Lakeland, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 1, 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .254 | ||
| Hits | 416 | ||
| Home runs | 66 | ||
| Runs batted in | 215 | ||
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| Men’s baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| Baseball World Cup | ||
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2007 Tianmu | National team |
Steven Wayne Pearce (born April 13, 1983) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, and Baltimore Orioles.
Pearce is a 2001 graduate of Lakeland High School (Fla.), where he was a three-year letterman in baseball and posted a career .383 batting average.
Pearce was selected twice in the MLB Draft, but did not sign; taken in the 45th round in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by Minnesota and in the 10th round in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft by Boston. He played two seasons (2004–05) of NCAA baseball at the University of South Carolina and led the Gamecocks in batting average, home runs and RBIs both years and hit 42 home runs in his two seasons with USC to become the first player in school history to reach the 40-homer plateau that quickly.
As a senior in 2005, he hit .358 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI and was a Second-Team All-SEC selection, a Baseball America Second-Team All-American and the NCBWA District IV Player of the Year. Pearce was named to the watch lists for both the Golden Spikes Award (USA Baseball's top amateur baseball player) and the Dick Howser Trophy (top collegiate baseball player) prior to the 2005 season. As a transfer junior in 2004, he hit .346 with 21 home runs and 70 RBI to lead the Gamecocks to their third consecutive appearance in the College World Series and was named USC's Rookie of the Year and was selected to both the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team and the College World Series All-Tournament Team. He set a South Carolina school record with a 1.000 fielding percentage (416 PO, 22 A, 0 E) in 50 games at first base.
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