25 Facts About Brett Lawrie

Brett Russell Lawrie was born on January 18,1990 and is a Canadian former professional baseball third baseman.

Brett Lawrie played in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago White Sox.

The selection of Brett Lawrie was the fourth-highest a Canadian player has ever been drafted, behind only Jeff Francis, Adam Loewen, and Phillippe Aumont, and was the highest a Canadian position player has ever been drafted.

Brett Lawrie was selected to play for the World Team at the 2009 MLB All-Star Futures Game at Busch Stadium in St Louis.

On June 23, Brett Lawrie was selected to the 2010 Futures Games, his second selection.

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Brett Lawrie was named the third baseman on Baseball America's 2011 Minor League All Star team.

Brett Lawrie threw his helmet on the ground, which then bounced and made contact with Miller.

Brett Lawrie, who was unharmed, posted on Twitter about the incident and was credited by some news outlets with breaking the story.

On February 13,2014, Brett Lawrie was announced as the cover athlete for the Canadian version of MLB 14: The Show, succeeding teammate Jose Bautista, who had been the Canadian cover athlete for the previous two entries in the series.

On September 2, Brett Lawrie was moved to the 60-day disabled list, ending his 2014 season.

Brett Lawrie finished the year appearing in just 70 games, batting.

On November 28,2014, Brett Lawrie was traded to the Oakland Athletics, along with Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto, for Josh Donaldson.

Brett Lawrie was quickly treated and taken by Fenway Park medical personnel to Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

On December 9,2015, Lawrie was traded to the Chicago White Sox for minor league pitchers J B Wendelken and Zachary Erwin.

Primarily a third baseman in prior seasons, Brett Lawrie mostly played second base with the White Sox, but was used as a DH.

Brett Lawrie did not play for the team again, as the injury was later said to have involved his quad, knee, and hip.

Brett Lawrie avoided salary arbitration with the White Sox by agreeing to a one-year, $3.

Brett Lawrie was selected to play for Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Brett Lawrie represented Canada during the 2009 World Baseball Classic at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Brett Lawrie was named to Canada's 2013 World Baseball Classic team, and took part in two pre-tournament games against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Brett Lawrie exited the game against the Reds due to discomfort, and was later determined to have strained his ribs.

Brett Lawrie stayed with the team, but did not appear in the tournament due to this injury.

Brett Lawrie became engaged to UCLA and United States women's national under-20 soccer team forward Sydney Leroux, a childhood friend against whom he played in youth baseball leagues in Metro Vancouver, in October 2010.

In February 2018, Brett Lawrie announced they were expecting their first child together, a boy.

Brett Lawrie is the brother of University of Washington and Canadian Olympic softball pitcher Danielle Lawrie.

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