Batting average .295 Role Baseball player Home runs 5 Weight 95 kg | Runs batted in 16 Salary 171,939 USD (2015) Name Trayce Thompson | |
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Parents Mychal Thompson, Julie Thompson Siblings Klay Thompson, Mychel Thompson Similar People | ||
Trayce thompson chicago white sox
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.
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- Trayce thompson chicago white sox
- Dodgers media day trayce thompson
- Early career
- Minor leagues
- Chicago White Sox
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Personal
- References
Dodgers media day trayce thompson
Early career
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).
Minor leagues
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.
Chicago White Sox
Thompson was added to the White Sox' 40-man roster on November 20, 2013. The White Sox promoted Thompson to the major leagues on August 3, 2015, and he made his debut the next day. He hit his first major league home run on August 11 against Hector Santiago.
Los Angeles Dodgers
On December 16, 2015, Thompson, along with Micah Johnson and Frankie Montas, were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three team trade that sent Todd Frazier to the White Sox and José Peraza, Brandon Dixon and Scott Schebler to the Cincinnati Reds. He made the Dodgers' 2016 opening day roster. He played in 80 games for the Dodgers, hitting .225 with 13 homers and 32 RBI. He was placed on the disabled list on July 16 with a sore back. When his injury did not respond to treatment, he underwent an X-Ray which revealed that he had multiple fractures in his back, which kept him out of action for the rest of the season.
After recovering from his injuries, Thompson was optioned to the Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2017 season, but was called up to the parent club partway through the season.
Personal
Thompson is the son of Mychal Thompson, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Thompson also has two brothers who have played in the NBA: Mychel and Klay.