Grayson Greiner

Grayson Greiner
Greiner (center) catching for the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2015
Detroit Tigers – No. 17
Catcher
Born: (1992-10-11) October 11, 1992
Columbia, South Carolina
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 2018, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average .219
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 12
Teams

Grayson James Greiner (born October 11, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Greiner played college baseball for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks from 2012 to 2014. He played in 179 games during his career, hitting .278/.358/.435 with 18 home runs.

Greiner was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.[1][2] He signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut with the West Michigan Whitecaps.[3] He played in 26 games before a broken hamate bone in his left wrist ended his season. He hit .322/.394/.444 with two home runs.[4] Greiner spent 2015 with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, where he struggled, batting only .183 in 89 games. However, Greiner improved greatly in 2016, where he split time between Lakeland, the Erie SeaWolves, and the Toledo Mud Hens, posting a combined .293 batting average with seven home runs and 42 RBIs between the three clubs.[5] After the season, the Tigers assigned Greiner to the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League.

In 2017, he played for both Erie and Toledo, batting a combined .237 with 14 home runs and 44 RBIs in 103 total games between the two teams.[6] The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[7] On May 4, 2018, the Tigers called up Greiner.[8] He made his major league debut two days later, and hit a single in his first-ever major league at-bat.[9] Greiner was sent back down to Toledo on May 31.[10] He was recalled by Detroit on June 12.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Detroit Tigers draft Gamecocks teammates Grayson Greiner, Joey Pankake". Post and Courier. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Fox Sports. "Tigers might have uncovered a third-round gem in Grayson Greiner". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Catcher Grayson Greiner becomes first member from Tigers 2014 draft class to join Whitecaps". MLive.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Injury, surgery end Grayson Greiner’s season in minors Archived December 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Grayson Greiner Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Grayson Greiner Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tigers add seven prospects to 40-man roster, sign LHP Ryan Carpenter". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  8. ↑ "Tigers calling up catcher Grayson Greiner after injury to Miguel Cabrera". MLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  9. ↑ Bezjak, Lou (2018-05-06). "Gamecock great Grayson Greiner earns spot in history in first game in majors". thestate.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  10. ↑ McCosky, Chris (May 31, 2018). "Tigers call up infielder Ronny Rodriguez, send down Greiner". detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ Woodbery, Evan (June 12, 2018). "Tigers call up catcher Grayson Greiner from Toledo". mlive.com. MLive. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
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