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Samuel John Travis (born August 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on May 24, 2017.
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- Sam travis indiana university 3b highlight reel
- Baseball media day 1b sam travis
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- References
Baseball media day 1b sam travis
Amateur career
Travis attended Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, Illinois, and Indiana University Bloomington. In his third season with the Indiana Hoosiers, Travis earned the 2013 Big Ten Most Outstanding Player of the Year honors after hitting a slash line of .347/.415/.576 in 59 games, including 16 doubles, two triples and 12 home runs, while scoring 55 times and driving in 58 runs, the most in the Big Ten Conference.
Travis also played for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod Baseball League after claiming Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in the summer of 2012, when he finished with a sixth-best average of .339 and seventh-best OBP of .415, while adding 12 doubles, four homers and 35 RBI. A Cape League All-Star, he was named to the All-League team at the end of the summer. Additionally, he won the Chicago Tribune Illinois Player of the Year distinction in 2011 and was on Team USA in 2013.
In his college tenure, Travis had a walk-to-strikeout ratio of 93 walks and 94 strikeouts in 721 plate appearances (7.67 PA/SO).
Professional career
The Red Sox selected Travis in the second round (67th overall) of the 2014 MLB Draft, signing him for the full slot fall of $846,800. Travis has moved quickly through the system, reaching his fourth level in under a calendar year. Travis started his professional career with the Short Season Class Lowell Spinners in their 2014 season. He slashed .333/.364/.448 in 40 games for Lowell, including four home runs, 17 doubles, 28 runs scored and 30 RBI. He then was promoted to the Class A Greenville Drive, where hit .290/.330/.495 with 12 runs and 14 RBI in 27 games.
Travis opened 2015 with the High-A Salem Red Sox, where he blossomed and quickly earned a promotion to Double-A Portland Sea Dogs after 66 games. In 131 games between the two teams, Travis hit .307/.381/.452 with 32 doubles, six triples, nine homers and 78 RBI, and was named to the Carolina League All-Star team. After that, Travis played in the Arizona Fall League, batting .344/.394/.505 in 23 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions and earning an All-Star berth.
Travis was invited by the Boston Red Sox to participate on its 2016 spring training. He batted a .536 average (15-for-28), with two home runs and two doubles while driving in a team-leading 13 runs. He then was promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox to start the regular season. In 2016, Travis suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee in May and lost the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery. At the time of the injury, Travis was leading the International League with 29 RBI while hitting .272 with a .756 OPS. He was expected to be ready for the 2017 season.
The Red Sox promoted Travis to the major leagues on May 23, 2017. He had the first hit of his major league career on May 24, in the fifth inning against the Texas Rangers.
Travis was optioned back to Pawtucket on June 9, and recalled to Boston on June 20; in the Red Sox' game against the Kansas City Royals that day, Travis had his first major league RBI.