Patrick Wisdom

Patrick Wisdom
Wisdom with the Memphis Redbirds in 2017
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 21
Third baseman
Born: (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991
Murrieta, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 12, 2018, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average .260
Home runs 4
Runs batted in 10
Teams

Patrick Ian Wisdom (born August 27, 1991) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Minor leagues

Wisdom graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in 2009.[1] After graduating, he played college baseball at Saint Mary's College of California. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He signed and spent 2012 with the Batavia Muckdogs where he batted .282 with six home runs and 32 RBIs in 65 games. In 2013, Wisdom played with the Peoria Chiefs and Palm Beach Cardinals, compiling a combined .235 batting average with 15 home runs and 73 RBIs in 129 total games between both teams, and in 2014, he played for the Springfield Cardinals where he slashed .215/.277/.367 with 14 home runs and 53 RBIs in 128 games. Wisdom returned to Springfield in 2015 where he collected a .237 batting average with 14 home runs and 61 RBIs in 114 games.[3][4] He spent the 2016 season with the Memphis Redbirds where he batted .233 with five home runs and 30 RBIs in 78 games, and he returned to Memphis for the 2017 season, posting a .243 batting average with 31 home runs and 89 RBIs in 127 games.[5]

St. Louis Cardinals

Wisdom began 2018 back with Memphis. He was promoted to the major leagues on August 11, 2018,[6] and he made his major league debut the next day at Kauffman Stadium versus the Kansas City Royals, collecting two hits and one RBI.[7] He finished his 2018 campaign batting .260 with four home runs and ten RBIs in 32 games.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Avants, Maggie (June 5, 2012). "St. Louis Cardinals Draft Murrieta Valley Grad". Murrieta Patch.
  2. ↑ "BASEBALL: Murrieta Valley's Wisdom a sandwich pick by Cardinals". Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Post-Dispatch, Kevin Modelski St. Louis. "Cards prospect surges after spring training detour". Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wisdom has come a long way from May". Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Patrick Wisdom Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cardinals purchase infielder Patrick Wisdom". St. Louis Cardinals.
  7. ↑ Gold, Derrick (August 13, 2018). "Newcomers boost red-hot Redbirds to sweep of Royals and into playoff contention". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  8. ↑ https://www.kmov.com/sports/st-louis-cardinals-player-grades-infielders/article_2915bed4-c8d5-11e8-a877-9bde9e3f4fee.html
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