Austin Dean

Austin Dean
Dean in 2018
Miami Marlins – No. 44
Outfielder
Born: (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993
Spring, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 15, 2018, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through September 22, 2018)
Batting average .219
Home runs 4
Runs batted in 13
Teams

Austin James Dean (born October 14, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Dean was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas.[1] He made his professional debut that season with the Gulf Coast Marlins[2] and spent the whole season there, batting .223 with two home runs and 15 RBIs in 47 games.

In 2013, he played for the Batavia Muckdogs and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, posting a combined .262 batting average with three home runs and 22 RBIs in 63 total games, and in 2014, he returned to Greensboro,[3] slashing .308/.371/.444 with nine home runs and 58 RBIs in 99 games. He spent 2015 with the Jupiter Hammerheads where he batted .268 with five home runs, 52 RBIs, and 32 doubles in 136 games, 2016 with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp where he compiled a .238 batting average with 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 130 games, and 2017 back with Jacksonville where he batted .282 with four home runs, 30 RBIs, and a .750 OPS in 61 games.[4]

Dean made his Major League debut on August 15, 2018 against the Atlanta Braves, going 0-for-3.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Klein Collins standout heads list of local draft picks". Ultimate Astros. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Outfielder Dean makes strides in instructional league". Miami Marlins. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hoppers' Austin Dean aims for a championship". News-Record.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Austin Dean Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves Box Score, August 15, 2018". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
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