Thomas Pham
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 28 | |||
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Born: March 8, 1988 Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 2014, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 5, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .248 | ||
| Home runs | 15 | ||
| Runs batted in | 37 | ||
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Thomas "Tommy" James Pham (born March 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on September 9, 2014.
Pham attended Durango High School in Spring Valley, Nevada where he was a pitcher and infielder. As a senior, Pham was named the Class 4A All-State Player of the Year by the Reno Gazette-Journal and a second team All-American after finishing with a .633 batting average. As a pitcher, Pham's fastball touched 93 miles per hour but, despite drawing more interest as a pitching prospect, Pham wanted to play the field. He originally committed to play college baseball at Arizona before switching his choice to Cal State Fullerton. Pham was ultimately selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 16th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He received a $325,000 signing bonus, higher than most players drafted as late as the 16th round.
The start to Tommy Pham's professional baseball career has taken a number of detours due to injury. He suffered a broken wrist in 2010. In a 2011 game while attempting to deny a home run ball, he tore a ligament. He played 40 games and batted .294. In early 2012, while diving for a baseball, Pham noticed a pop in his shoulder. The opinion of team doctors was that it was not serious. He continued play but it worsened, and later examination showed a torn labrum, costing him nearly all of the season. After promotion to AAA Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 2013, he tore his other labrum. He returned to Springfield after rehabilitation and batted .301 in 45 games. Pham played most of the 2014 season for Memphis, appearing in 104 games, and he batted .324 with a .395 on-base percentage (OBP), .491 slugging percentage (SLG), 63 runs scored, 16 doubles, six triples, 10 home runs (HR) and 44 runs batted in (RBI).
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