Thomas James Pham was born on March 8,1988 and is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.
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37 Facts About Tommy Pham
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Tommy Pham has previously played in MLB for the St Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Tommy Pham was selected by the Cardinals in the 16th round of the 2006 MLB draft.
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Tommy Pham overcame a number of injuries and a vision impairment in 2008 related to keratoconus to make his major league debut nine seasons after being drafted.
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Tommy Pham's father was born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and an African American father, and moved to the United States with his mother, brother, and sister.
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Tommy Pham's father was gifted in American football, but became entangled in drugs and street crime for decades.
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Tommy Pham had not finished high school, and took on jobs as a busser, a casino waitress, and at a bakery, and raised the twins in Spring Valley, Nevada.
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Tommy Pham "has had issues" with his stepfather, and says that once when Tommy Pham was 25 years old and in a fight with him, his stepfather stabbed him.
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Tommy Pham attended Gorman High School, Centennial High School, and then Durango High School in Spring Valley, where he played baseball as a pitcher and infielder.
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Tommy Pham originally committed to play college baseball at Arizona, and then switched his commitment to Cal State Fullerton, though he did not attend Cal State either.
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Tommy Pham received a $325,000 signing bonus, higher than most players drafted as late as the 16th round.
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Tommy Pham played shortstop, and made 22 errors in 37 games, for an.
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Tommy Pham played most of the 2014 season for Memphis, appearing in 104 games, and batted.
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Tommy Pham was called up to the major leagues with the Cardinals for the first time on September 7,2014.
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Tommy Pham opened the next season with Memphis, but missed the first two months with a strained left quadriceps.
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Tommy Pham later was named the best defensive outfielder of the PCL for 2015 by Baseball America.
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Tommy Pham made his major league postseason debut as a pinch hitter during the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 2015 National League Division Series against the Cubs, and hit his first career home run against Jon Lester.
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Tommy Pham injured his left oblique during batting practice on Opening Day.
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Tommy Pham was the first player following the start of the regular season to be placed on the DL.
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Tommy Pham did not make the 2017 Opening Day roster out of spring training, and began the season at Memphis.
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On May 7,2017, Tommy Pham homered twice versus the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park among a season-high four hits.
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Tommy Pham placed tenth in the majors in Fangraphs' Wins Above Replacement.
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Tommy Pham ranked 11th in the National League Most Valuable Player Award voting, the only Cardinals player to receive votes.
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Tommy Pham said that he kept himself disciplined with intense workout regimens and used technology such as Statcast data to sharpen and increase his playing skills.
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Cardinals named Tommy Pham their starting center fielder prior to the 2018 season.
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Tommy Pham was not placed on the disabled list, and returned to action a few games later.
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In October 2020, Tommy Pham was in an altercation outside a strip club in San Diego, and was stabbed in his lower back.
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Tommy Pham underwent surgery, in which he received 200 stitches.
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Tommy Pham led the major leagues with 30 pinch hitting appearances.
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On March 26,2022, Tommy Pham signed a one-year contract, with a mutual option for 2023, with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Tommy Pham said his slap was prompted by a Pederson group text of a meme seven months prior, in a fantasy football league in which they both participated, and Pederson's interpretation of the fantasy league rules.
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Tommy Pham is of both African American and Vietnamese heritage.
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Tommy Pham is the first person of Vietnamese descent to play in MLB since pitcher Danny Graves in 2006.
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Tommy Pham suffers from keratoconus, a rare eye disorder which causes degenerative vision.
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