Todd Frazier
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Frazier with the Chicago White Sox in 2016
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| Chicago White Sox – No. 21 | |||
| Third baseman | |||
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Born: February 12, 1986 Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
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| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .250 | ||
| Home runs | 148 | ||
| Runs batted in | 422 | ||
| Stolen bases | 58 | ||
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| Men's Baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| World University Championship | ||
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2006 Havana | National team |
Todd Brian Frazier (born February 12, 1986) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Cincinnati Reds. Frazier is 6'3, 215 lb, right-handed, was a shortstop in college, and was converted to the outfield in 2009. He Is nicknamed "ToddFather".
Todd Frazier was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, as the youngest of three boys and of partial Scottish ancestry from his father's side. He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey.
He was a member of the 1996 Junior Pee-Wee National Champions. He played high school baseball at Toms River High School South.
At the age of 12 and measuring 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) and 104 pounds (47 kg), Frazier was a star on the Toms River East American Little League All-Star team that won the New Jersey state championship and then, the US East regional championship to advance to the 1998 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Dubbed the "Beasts of the East" for their skill, power and lucky charm stuffed gorilla, the team went undefeated in the tournament, and Frazier saved his best performance for the world championship game against the Far East and International champion Kashima Little League from Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan on August 29 at Howard J. Lamade Stadium. Beginning the game at shortstop, not only did he go 4-4 with a leadoff home run, but he was also the winning pitcher and recorded the game-winning strikeout that sealed a 12-9 Toms River win and the world championship – the first American Little League world championship since 1993.
To celebrate their world championship, the Toms River team was invited by the New York Yankees to Yankee Stadium on September 1, 1998, as the Yankees faced the Oakland Athletics, and each Toms River player was introduced publicly to the crowd and invited to stand next to his Yankee position counterpart during the national anthem, which meant that Frazier, as shortstop, was standing next to New Jersey-born Derek Jeter. Fittingly, when he made it to the majors, Frazier would not only play against Jeter in the 2014 All-Star Game—Frazier's first and Jeter's last—but just days later would also help the Reds honor the Yankee captain's final year in baseball in a special pre-game tribute.
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