Trayce Thompson
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Trayce Thompson at bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers during Spring Training 2016
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 21 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: March 15, 1991 Los Angeles, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 4, 2015, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .249 | ||
| Home runs | 18 | ||
| Runs batted in | 48 | ||
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Trayce Nikolas Thompson (born March 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Chicago White Sox.
Thompson attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, and committed to play college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
The Chicago White Sox selected Thompson in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft, and he signed rather than enroll at UCLA. Thompson started his baseball career in 2009 at the Rookie level with the Bristol White Sox and Great Falls Voyagers. In 2009 combined, Thompson hit .198 in 106 at-bats. In 2010, Thompson played the whole season for the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2010, Thompson hit .229 in 210 at-bats. In 2011, Thompson again played the whole season with Kannapolis hitting .241 in 519 at-bats. In 2012, Thompson moved up to through the White Sox farm system starting with the Winston-Salem Dash of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, then moved up to the Birmingham Barons of the Class AA Southern League and the Charlotte Knights of the Class AAA International League. In 2012, Thompson hit a combined .253 in 517 at-bats. Before the 2013 season, Thompson was ranked the White Sox #2 prospect. Thompson spent the entire 2013 season at Double-A Birmingham where he hit .229 in 507 at bats.
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