Brent Rooker

Terry Brent Rooker (born November 1, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Brent Rooker
Minnesota Twins
Outfielder / First baseman
Born: (1994-11-01) November 1, 1994
Germantown, Tennessee
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

After a high school career at Evangelical Christian School and redshirting for the 2014 season at Mississippi State, Rooker played in 34 games in 2015, hitting .257/.325/.378 with 2 home runs and 12 RBIs. In 2016, he helped lead the Bulldogs to an SEC championship, hitting .324/.376/.578 with 11 home runs and 54 RBIs. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[1]

In 2017, Rooker was named Collegiate Baseball national Player of the Year[2] and SEC Player of the Year after leading the conference with a .387 batting average, 23 home runs, and 82 RBIs, winning only the second triple crown in SEC history, along with a .495 on base percentage, .810 slugging percentage, 30 doubles, and 18 stolen bases.[3] He also won the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, given to Mississippi's top college baseball player.[4][5]

The Minnesota Twins selected Rooker with the 35th overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He signed with the Twins for a $1.935 million signing bonus.[6] Rooker was assigned to the Elizabethton Twins and was later promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle. In 62 games between both clubs, he batted .281/.364/.566 with 18 home runs, 52 RBIs, and a .930 OPS.[7]

In 2018, he spent with the Chattanooga Lookouts. He batted .254/.333/.465 with 22 home runs (2nd in the Southern League), 79 RBIs (leading the league), 32 doubles (tied for the league lead), and 150 strikeouts (4th) in 130 games.[8]

In 2019, he spent with the Rochester Red Wings,[9] earning International League All-Star honors.[10] Over 65 games, he hit .281/.398/.535 with 14 home runs and 47 RBIs.[11] After the season, on October 10, he was selected for the United States national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier 12.[12] In the tournament he batted .300/.333/.800 with three home runs and five RBIs in 20 at bats.[13] He was named the best designated hitter in the tournament.[14]

References
  1. "#34 Brent Rooker - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. "2017 NCAA Div 1 Baseball All-Americans. Collegiate Baseball's All-Americans Announced". Collegiate Baseball. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  3. Sammon, Will (2017-05-24). "Rafael Palmeiro rooting for Brent Rooker to capture Triple Crown". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  4. "Brent Rooker Claims 2017 C Spire Ferriss Trophy". HailSTate.com.
  5. "Brent Rooker Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  6. "Twins officially sign former college slugger Brent Rooker". Twin Cities. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. "Brent Rooker Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  8. "Brent Rooker Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "IL baseball: Rochester Red Wings post 19 runs for second time this month". Democratandchronicle.com. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  11. "Brent Rooker Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  12. "USA Baseball Names Premier12 Roster". USA Baseball. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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