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Batting average
  
.243

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Preston Tucker


Runs batted in
  
33

Home runs
  
13

Weight
  
98 kg

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Current team
  
Parents
  
Mike Tucker, Lisa Fernandez

Siblings
  
Kyle Tucker, Hannah Tucker


Similar
  
Kyle Tucker, Aaron Brooks (baseball), Daniel Mengden

Profiles

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Preston M. Tucker (born July 6, 1990) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Amateur career

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Tucker attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. He enrolled at the University of Florida and played college baseball for the Florida Gators baseball team from 2009 to 2012. As a freshman, he was the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman Hitter of the Year and the Southeastern Conference Co-Freshman of the Year. He set school records for most hits with 341, Runs batted in with 258 and at-bats with 1,035. He finished second in school history with 57 Home runs and batted .329.

Professional career

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Tucker was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 16th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Florida. He was then drafted by the Houston Astros in the seventh round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.

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Tucker started his professional career with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, hitting .321/.390/.509 with 8 home runs and 38 runs batted in 42 games. He started the 2013 season with the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League after hitting .326/.384/.544 with 15 home runs in 75 games. In 60 games with Corpus Christi he hit .262/.347/.456 with 10 home runs.

Preston Tucker (baseball) Astros prospect Preston Tucker sees bright baseball future

Tucker began the 2015 season with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. With George Springer suffering a concussion on May 6, the Astros promoted Tucker to the major leagues the next day. On May 21, 2015, Tucker hit his first major league home run in a game against the Detroit Tigers. The solo shot came in the top of the ninth inning off Tigers' closer Joakim Soria, tying the game at 5–5 and handing Soria his first blown save of the season.

On March 28, 2017 he was optioned back to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

Personal life

Tucker's younger brother, Kyle Tucker, played baseball at Plant High, and was selected by the Astros with the fifth overall selection of the 2015 MLB draft.

References

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