Bryan Holaday

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Bryan Holaday
File:Bryan Holaday 2014.jpg
Holaday with the Detroit Tigers
Texas Rangers – No. 8
Catcher
Born: (1987-11-19) November 19, 1987 (age 36)
Dallas, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 6, 2012, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through May 31, 2016)
Batting average .252
Hits 83
Home runs 5
Runs batted in 42
Teams
Career highlights and awards

John Bryan Holaday (born November 19, 1987) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Holaday made his MLB debut on June 6, 2012, with the Detroit Tigers.

Prior to his professional career, Holaday played college baseball at Texas Christian University (TCU) for the TCU Horned Frogs. In his senior season at TCU, Holaday won the Johnny Bench Award, given to the best collegiate catcher for the season.

Amateur career

Holaday attended Warren Travis White High School in Dallas, Texas, where he played for the school's baseball team.[1] Holaday was a two-way player, appearing as both a pitcher and shortstop.[2] In 2006, he was named to the Class 5A All-State Third Team by the Texas Sports Writers Association.[3] Opposing teams began to consistently walk Holaday, leading the team's head coach to use him as the team's leadoff hitter.[4] He competed in the Connie Mack World Series after the 2006 season.[5]

After graduating in 2006, he enrolled at North Central Texas College, where he was initially a third baseman.[6] During the season, he transitioned into a catcher.[2] During the summer of 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball for the McKinney Marshals of the Texas Collegiate League.[7]

Holaday transferred to Texas Christian University (TCU) before his sophomore season, becoming the starting catcher for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team.[2] In 2010, his senior season, he batted .355 17 home runs, 53 runs batted in (RBIs), and 72 runs scored in 68 games played.[8] He was credited for his work with the Horned Frogs' pitching staff, especially freshman Matt Purke.[9][10] He led the Horned Frogs to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) tournament, winning the tournament Most Valuable Player award. He was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the Houston College Classic.[11] Holaday was named to the All-MWC first team, though TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle indicated that he felt Holaday should have won the player of the year award over C. J. Cron, due to his contributions as a batter and as a fielder.[9] TCU reached the 2010 College World Series (CWS),[12] the school's first CWS appearance.[6] Holaday was named to the CWS All-Tournament Team. He was also named a Second Team All-American and won the Johnny Bench Award as the top collegiate catcher for the season.[11][13]

Professional career

Detroit Tigers

File:Bryan Holaday (8563634982).jpg
Holaday batting during spring training in 2013

The Detroit Tigers selected Holaday in the sixth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed, and played for the Lakeland Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League that season.[14] He attended Tigers' spring training as a non-roster invitee in 2011.[8] He played for the Erie Seawolves of the Eastern League, the Tigers Class AA affiliate, during the 2011 season.[15] He was again invited to spring training as a non-roster invitee in 2012. He started the season with the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League, where he batted .248 with no home runs and ten RBIs.[16]

Holaday was promoted to the Tigers on June 6, 2012, as the team added him to their 40-man roster due to injuries to starting catcher Alex Avila. He became the third position player selected in the 2010 draft to reach the majors, following Bryce Harper and Kole Calhoun.[16] Holaday made his MLB debut that day. He had one hit in four at bats during his debut.[17]

Holaday was recalled June 17, 2013, when catcher Alex Avila was placed on the disabled list.[18] After the 2013 season, the Tigers informed backup catcher Brayan Peña they would not re-sign him, giving Holaday the opportunity to become the backup to Avila.[19] Holaday competed with James McCann to be the backup catcher behind Avila during spring training in 2015. McCann won the competition, and Holaday began the season in the minor leagues.[20]

Once again, Holaday entered Spring Training in 2016 competing for a backup role, this time with Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Despite losing the job, Holaday attracted large amounts of trade interest due to hitting .438/.455/.969 in 16 games and his lack of minor league options remaining.[21] In 4 seasons with the Tigers, Holaday hit .251/.283/.340 with 3 HR and 30 RBI in 108 games.

Texas Rangers

On March 29, 2016, the Tigers traded Holaday to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Bobby Wilson and Myles Jaye.[22] Holaday began 2016 sharing catching duties with Robinson Chirinos.

Personal

Holaday's older brother, Bobby, also played for the baseball team at Warren Travis White High School.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Holaday&oldid=723184511"