Batting average .121 Role Baseball player Education Cypress High School Name Josh Vitters Salary 500,000 USD (2014) | Runs batted in 5 Weight 91 kg Home runs 2 Height 1.88 m | |
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Number 27 (Chicago Cubs / Outfielder), 1 (Iowa Cubs / Outfielder) Similar People Joe Maddon, Manny Ramirez, Dave Martinez | ||
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Joshua Warren Vitters (born August 27, 1989) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
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- Josh vitters hits a double cubs prospect arizona fall league
- Josh vitters
- Amateur career
- Chicago Cubs
- Bridgeport Bluefish
- Sioux City Explorers
- Personal
- References
He formerly played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs.
Josh vitters
Amateur career
Vitters was an AFLAC All-American Prep Third Baseman for Cypress High School in Cypress, California. He was also named the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for California in 2007. Vitters committed to attend Arizona State University on a scholarship, to play for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team.
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs drafted Vitters with the third overall selection of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Cubs of the Arizona League. On 2014 April 3, he hit his first home run for the Iowa Cubs in a 10-2 loss to the Memphis Redbirds.
Vitters was selected to appear in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game. In mid-2009, the Cubs promoted Vitters from the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League to the Daytona Cubs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He spent the 2010 season with Daytona and the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League.
The Cubs promoted Vitters and fellow prospect Brett Jackson from the Iowa Cubs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on August 5, 2012. He made his Major League debut later that day as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers On August 7, 2012, Vitters' was pinch hitting for pitcher Jeff Beliveau and made his first MLB hit for a double against the San Diego Padres in the seventh inning, scoring both Steve Clevenger and Darwin Barney. His first major league home run was on August 20, 2012 in the fifth inning against Mark Rogers of the Milwaukee Brewers. On October 11, 2012, He was started playing in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League with Leones del Caracas and appeared 2 games. He started playing in the Minors in Triple A. On November 4, 2014, He granted Free Agency.
Bridgeport Bluefish
On March 15, 2016, Vitters signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Sioux City Explorers
On March 16th, 2017, Vitters signed with the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
Personal
Josh's brother, Christian, played minor league baseball.