23 Facts About Brennan Boesch

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Brennan Philip Boesch was born on April 12,1985 and is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Brennan Boesch made his Major League Baseball debut in 2010 with the Detroit Tigers and won the American League Rookie of the Month Award the first two full months he was in the major leagues.

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Brennan Boesch has played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Cincinnati Reds.

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Brennan Boesch won the World Wood Bat Championship as a member of Team Baseball America, was selected Best Hitter at the Area Code Games, Best Power Hitter at the Team One Nationals and won the Daily News Invitational Home Run Derby.

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Highly recruited by professional scouts and colleges, Brennan Boesch chose the University of California, Berkeley, where he hit the ball out of the park in his first college at bat.

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Brennan Boesch played three years of college baseball at Berkeley from 2004 to 2006.

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Brennan Boesch was awarded All-Pac-10 first team honors as a sophomore center fielder.

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Brennan Boesch was the winner of the 2005 Clint Evans Award as the team's best hitter and co-winner of the team award for most valuable player.

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Brennan Boesch began his minor league career in 2006 with the short season Oneonta Tigers, where he was a NY-Penn League All-Star.

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10.

Brennan Boesch won a Gold Glove as he led the league with 15 outfield assists.

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Brennan Boesch was added to the Tigers 40-man roster and started the 2010 season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.

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12.

Brennan Boesch made his major league debut the same day in a game against the Texas Rangers.

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13.

Brennan Boesch hit a double off the left-field wall on the first pitch in his first major league at-bat.

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14.

Brennan Boesch was named the American League Rookie of the Month for May and June 2010 and Tigers Player of the Month in June.

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Brennan Boesch finished fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.

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16.

Brennan Boesch was among league leaders in bases on balls and showed no ill effects from the injury that sidelined him.

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17.

On January 28,2014, Brennan Boesch signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

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18.

Brennan Boesch was given a jersey numbered 00 – which he later called a distraction – and switched to No 28.

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19.

On November 26,2014, Brennan Boesch signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds.

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20.

Brennan Boesch signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox in January 2016.

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21.

Brennan Boesch announced his retirement the following spring, on April 11,2017.

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22.

Brennan Boesch's father, Phil, is a prominent Los Angeles-area attorney with an office in Santa Monica.

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23.

Brennan Boesch married interior designer and former Fox Sports Detroit spokesperson Allison Ochmanek in November 2015.

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