Scott Sizemore #20 | 2B (2008-2011)

• Full Name: Scott Daniel Sizemore
  
• Born: January 4, 1985 in Virginia Beach, VA
  
• Height: 6' 0''
  
• Weight: 185
  
• Bats: Right
  
• Throws: Right
  
• College: Virginia Commonwealth
  
• MLB Debut: April 5, 2010
  

Biography

Resides in Chesapeake, VA during the off-season.

...Hit .332 (67x202) with 42 runs scored, 12 doubles, two triples, a home run, 26 RBI and eight stolen bases in 54 games as a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004.

...Batted .364 (78x214) with 57 runs scored, 24 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs, 56 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 55 games as a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University to earn All-Colonial Athletic Association honors in 2005.

...tabbed a Third-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Louisville Slugger.

...Played with Harwich in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2005, earning all-star honors after hitting .303 (46x152) with 15 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, home run, 13 RBI and nine stolen bases.

...named the 24th-best prospect in the Cape Cod League by Baseball America.

...A Second-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection as a junior at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006, he hit .302 (58x192) with 43 runs scored, 13 doubles, seven triples, two home runs, 25 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 47 games.

...Participated in the Tigers Winter Caravan.

...Recommended/signed by Bill Buck for the Tigers.


2008 Highlights

Selected to the Florida State League's mid-season all-star squad with Single A Lakeland in 2008, before being sidelined for the remainder of the season after landing on the disabled list on June 3 with a left wrist fracture.

...Hit .370 (17x46) with five doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over a 13-game stretch April 4-16.

...Collected a season-high four RBI on April 15 versus Sarasota -- equaled the high with four RBI on May 4 at St. Lucie.

...Fared better against lefthanded pitchers, hitting .344 (21x61).

...batted .261 (37x142) versus right-handed pitchers.

...Hit .316 (12x38) with runners in scoring position.

...Named the seventh-best prospect and best hitter for average in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.


2009 Highlights

Tabbed the Tigers Minor League Player of the Year in 2009 as he combined to hit .308 (160x520) with 88 runs scored, 39 doubles, five triples, 17 home runs, 66 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 130 games with Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo.

...Selected to Baseball America's First-Team Minor League all-star squad following the season.

...Earned a spot on the U.S. Team for the Futures Game held at Busch Stadium prior to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game -- collected a single and scored a run in the game.

...Collected a season-high four hits for Erie on April 16 at Altoona.

...Tied for the lead in the Eastern League with seven home runs during May, while he finished second with 66 total bases -- hit .307 (35x114) with 10 doubles and 20 RBI in 29 games during the month.

...Transferred from Erie to Toledo on June 15 -- at the time of his promotion, he was tied for second in the Eastern League with four triples, third with 30 extra-base hits, tied for third with 70 hits, tied for fifth with 39 runs scored and 10th with a .307 batting average.

...Drove in a season-best four runs for Toledo on June 30 at Indianapolis.

...Connected for a season-high two home runs on August 1 versus Buffalo.

...Batted .315 (35x111) with eight doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI in 28 games during August.

...Fared better against righthanded pitchers with both Erie and Toledo, hitting .317 (53x167) with Erie and .314 (59x188) with Toledo.

...batted .279 (17x61) against lefties with Erie, while he hit .298 (31x104) with Toledo.

...Hit .348 (16x46) with runners in scoring position with the SeaWolves.

...batted .358 (19x53) with runners in scoring position with the Mud Hens.

...Named the 10th-best prospect in the Tigers organization and 16th-best prospect in the Eastern League following the season by Baseball America.

...tabbed the best hitter for average and rated as possessing the best strike-zone discipline in the organization by the publication.

...Batted .368 (7x19) with seven runs scored, two doubles, three home runs and nine RBI in six games with Peoria in the Arizona Fall League following the season before his stint in the league was cut short due to injury.

...Underwent surgery on his left ankle for his fractured fibula and the associated instability, a procedure performed by Dr. Stephen Lemos at the Detroit Medical Center on October 27.

Tigers trade Sizemore to Oakland for Purcey
BECK'S BLOG
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Just got back from the Tigers clubhouse, where the team announced a relative stunner of a trade by sending Scott Sizemore to Oakland for lefty David Purcey. Dombrowski said the Tigers have coveted Purcey for a while and tried to get him from Toronto last winter, and then later before the Blue Jays dealt him to Oakland. He becomes a middle-inning piece of what is now a lefty-heavy bullpen. Sizemore joins the A’s Triple-A team and becomes a potentially nice piece to their infield if they can get him to translate what he did at Toledo into big league numbers.