Garciaparra was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the supplemental 1st round (36th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft with the pick awarded to the Mariners after the free agent departure of Alex Rodriguez. Garciaparra was so highly touted, Upper Deck put his image on the pack wrappers and promotional materials for one of their brands, UD Prospect Premieres. He spent six years in Seattle's minor league system, topping out with their Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in 2006.
Garciaparra resides in Redondo Beach, California, and graduated from Don Bosco Technical Institute in June 2001. While there, he was named First Team All-Camino Real League in baseball for three years, handled kicking duties for the school's football team, and played varsity soccer. He missed most of the 2001 high school baseball season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL sustained in a football game.
Referencesedit
^"Michael Garciaparra." Bowie Baysox. 10 June 2008.
^. www.garciaparrabaseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01.
"Michael Garciaparra." Nashville Sounds. Retrieved on 26 June 2009.
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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Career statistics and player information from MiLB
Career statistics and player information from CBS Sportline
May 09, 2024
michael, garciaparra, born, april, 1983, whittier, california, american, former, professional, baseball, shortstop, brother, nomar, garciaparra, second, basemanborn, 1983, april, 1983, whittier, californiabats, rightthrows, right, contents, career, post, caree. Michael Garciaparra born April 2 1983 in Whittier California is an American former professional baseball shortstop He is the brother of Nomar Garciaparra Michael GarciaparraSecond basemanBorn 1983 04 02 April 2 1983 age 41 Whittier CaliforniaBats RightThrows Right Contents 1 Career 2 Post career 3 Personal 4 References 5 External linksCareer editGarciaparra was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the supplemental 1st round 36th overall of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft with the pick awarded to the Mariners after the free agent departure of Alex Rodriguez Garciaparra was so highly touted Upper Deck put his image on the pack wrappers and promotional materials for one of their brands UD Prospect Premieres He spent six years in Seattle s minor league system topping out with their Triple A Tacoma Rainiers in 2006 In 2007 after being claimed off of waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies Garciaparra was assigned to their Double A Reading Phillies By the end of the year he had been promoted to Triple A Ottawa He began 2008 as a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization playing for their Double A Bowie Baysox 1 He was later released and signed by the Milwaukee Brewers and was assigned to their Double A Huntsville Stars In 2009 he began the season with the Triple A Nashville Sounds but was sent back to Huntsville on June 27 In 2010 he split his time between Round Rock Express of the Pacific Coast League and Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League before he retired from baseball Post career editGarciaparra is now an area scout in Southern California for the St Louis Cardinals and former instructor for USA Baseball 2 He and father Ramon Garciaparra operate Garciaparra Baseball Group Personal editGarciaparra resides in Redondo Beach California and graduated from Don Bosco Technical Institute in June 2001 While there he was named First Team All Camino Real League in baseball for three years handled kicking duties for the school s football team and played varsity soccer He missed most of the 2001 high school baseball season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL sustained in a football game References edit Michael Garciaparra Bowie Baysox 10 June 2008 About GBG Garciaparra Baseball Group www garciaparrabaseball com Archived from the original on 2012 09 01 Michael Garciaparra Nashville Sounds Retrieved on 26 June 2009 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference Minors Career statistics and player information from MiLB Career statistics and player information from CBS Sportline Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Garciaparra amp oldid 1162756030, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
