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Harrison Joseph Bader (born June 3, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He attended the University of Florida and played college baseball for the Florida Gators.
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- Harrison bader rf florida 2015 draft
- Amateur career
- Professional career
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Amateur career
Bader attended the Horace Mann School in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City, and played for the school's baseball team. In October 2011, Bader committed to the University of Pittsburgh to play for the Panthers baseball team. However, he had not signed a National Letter of Intent and decommitted from Pittsburgh in May 2012, and committed to the University of Maryland, to play for the Terrapins. However, Maryland did not offer him a scholarship. In July, he decommitted from Maryland, and committed to the University of Florida to play for the Gators, as Florida offered him a partial scholarship. In 2014, his sophomore year, he was suspended for 19 games after a scooter accident that occurred while he was driving under the influence of alcohol. He was named to the All-Tournament Team in the 2015 College World Series.
Professional career
In the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Bader in the third round, with the 100th overall selection. He signed with the Cardinals, receiving a $400,000 signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the State College Spikes of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, hitting two home runs in his first game. The Cardinals promoted Bader to the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League (MWL) in July. He was the MWL Player of the Week for August 24–30 after batting .448 in seven games with two home runs, six RBI, one double and two triples.
Bader began the 2016 season with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League. He authored a hit streak in April 2016 that extended one game short of tying the Springfield club record. Bader was named an outfielder for the Texas League mid-season All-Star Game, in which he collected four hits in five at bats with a double and a run scored. He was promoted to the Class AAA Memphis Redbirds on July 6, 2016. In their updated 2016 mid-season ranking, Baseball America rated Bader in the top-100 for the first time, at 89th. He was selected to play in the 2016 All-Star Futures Game. Bader finished the 2016 season batting .267 with 19 home runs and 58 RBI's. MLB Pipeline named him the Cardinals 2016 Minor League Player of the Year. After the season, the Cardinals assigned Bader to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). Through July 25, he had a .297 batting average, 19 home runs, and 48 RBIs in 97 games MLB Pipeline named him the Cardinals 2016 Minor League Player of the Year.
On July 25, 2017, the Cardinals promoted Bader to the major leagues. Bader recorded his first major league hit that day.