Jacoby Ellsbury

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Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (born September 11, 1983, in Madras, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball player who is currently the top rated prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and rated as the # 33 prospect for 2007 by Baseball America. He was originally drafted, but not signed, by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball entry draft and in 2005 was drafted by Boston, 23rd overall, in the entry draft out of Oregon State University.

Jacoby is officially registered as a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is the first Native American of Navajo descent to reach the Majors. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>


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[edit] Personal stats

  • Height: 6'1"
  • Weight: 186 lbs
  • Bats: Left
  • Throws: Left
  • Drafted: 1st round, 2005
  • College: Oregon State University
  • High School: Madras High School, Madras, Oregon

[edit] 2007 Season

Jacoby participated in the Red Sox 2007 Spring Training camp in Fort Myers, FL as a non-roster invitee and was assigned to the minor league camp on March 9 after batting .250, while earning rave reviews for his fielding and speed on the basepaths, in 8 games at the Major League camp . He started the 2007 season as the Double A, Portland Sea Dogs starting center fielder, and was promoted on May 4 2007 to the Triple A, Pawtucket Red Sox after batting .452 in 17 games at Portland. He was chosen to play in the 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game as part of the MLB All-Star festivities at AT&T Park in San Francisco, but was replaced by Matt Tolbert due to his promotion to the Red Sox. After returning to the minors he was re-instated on the US Futures roster to replace the injured Cameron Maybin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>. He went 0-4 in the game. When they made it to the world series, Ellsbury finished batting over .400 and finishing with 5 doubles and a world series ring.

[edit] Major League call-up

With an injury to Coco Crisp, Jacoby had his contract purchased and received a call-up to the Red Sox on June 30, 2007 where he made his MLB debut in center field and batting 9th against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> wearing number 46. He got his first major league hit against Robinson Tejeda of the Rangers in the bottom of the third inning of his debut game. His first career stolen base came off pitcher Brandon McCarthy and catcher Gerald Laird]] of the Rangers on July 2, and he also impressed in that game when he scored from second base on a wild pitch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>. He was optioned back to Pawtucket on July 5 after appearing in 6 games for the Red Sox <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>. On August 17, 2007 he was recalled for the second game of a doubleheader where he led off and played center field. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was then optioned back to Pawtucket after the game.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>

Jacoby set a new consecutive game hitting streak record for Pawtucket on August 24, 2007 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> besting the mark that had been held by both Dave Stapleton and Dave Berg at 19 consecutive games. His streak ended at 25 games on August 31 with an 0-4 outing.

He finished the Triple A season tied for second in the International League with Darnell McDonald of the Rochester Red Wings in stolen bases at 33, only 1 behind leader Bernie Castro of the Columbus Clippers. It should be noted however that while Castro has 34 steals in 118 games and McDonald had 33 steals in 134 games, Jacoby achieved his 33 steals in only 87 games.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona announced in his August 31 post-game press conference that Jacoby would be recalled to Boston again on September 1 when the Major League rosters expand to 40 players.

His first major league home run came on September 2, 2007 off of Daniel Cabrera of the Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the 4th inning. It was a solo shot landing in the Boston bullpen.


The New York Times described Ellsbury in a September 2007 article as a "cult hero" who brings "speed, improved defense, and unbridled enthusiasm."<ref>Attention Being Paid to Red Sox Rookie</ref> He has also been an exceptional hitter, registering at least one hit in all but one of the games he has played since his September 1 call-up.

For the second consecutive season, Jacoby was selected by the Red Sox as their minor league Defensive Player of the Year and Base-runner of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref> He was also named MLB's American League Rookie of the Month for September.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>

[edit] 2007 Postseason

During the postseason of the 2007 season, Ellsbury was called upon to replace a slumping Coco Crisp in center field. On October 25, in game two of the World Series against the Colorado Rockies, Ellsbury stole second base off of pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, thus awarding the entire nation with a free taco at Taco Bell on October 30th, 2007, through a promotion by Taco Bell.

On October 27, with his 2 doubles off of Josh Fogg in top of the third inning of game three, he became the first rookie, and joined Matt Williams (2001) as the only players to hit 2 doubles in the same inning of a World Series game. After hitting another double off of Brian Fuentes in the 8th inning, he became 1 of 4 rookies ever to hit 3 doubles in a World Series game. His 4 hits, including a single in the first inning, in game three made him only the third rookie to ever accomplish the feat; the others being Joe Garagiola (1946) and Freddie Lindstrom (1924).

In Game 4, Ellsbury hit a lead-off double off Aaron Cook and scored the first run of the game. He added another single in the 8th inning as the Red Sox finished the sweep of the Colorado Rockies by winning the game 4-3 and the series 4-0 to win their second World Series Championship in 4 years.

[edit] Amateur career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG
2003 Oregon State NCAA 19 .330 53 206 56 68 10 3 7 33 14 4 26 33 .427 .510
2003 Anchorage Alaska Baseball League 19 .338 39 145 24 49 3 3 1 13 16 8 18 12 .421 .427
2004 Oregon State NCAA 20 .352 49 196 56 69 8 2 3 20 20 4 30 17 .464 .459
2004 Falmouth Cape Cod League 20 .245 28 110 20 27 2 3 1 7 12 3 17 25 .376 .345
2005 Oregon State NCAA 21 .406 58 244 56 99 19 3 6 48 26 8 36 21 .495 .582
  • 2003 Freshman Second Team NCAA All-American
  • 2004 Pac-10 Conference All-Star
  • 2005 Pac-10 Conference Co-Player of the Year
  • 2005 Pac-10 Conference All-Star
  • 2005 First Team NCAA All-American

[edit] Minor League career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG
2005 Lowell A 21 .317 35 139 28 44 3 5 1 19 23 3 24 20 .418 .432
2006 Wilmington A 22 .299 61 244 35 73 7 5 4 32 25 9 25 28 .379 .418
2006 Portland AA 22 .308 50 198 29 61 10 3 3 19 16 8 24 25 .387 .434
2006 Peoria Arizona Fall League 23 .276 25 105 18 29 4 3 0 3 7 3 8 16 .342 .371
2007 Portland AA 23 .452 17 73 16 33 10 2 0 13 8 1 6 7 .518 .644
2007 Pawtucket AAA 23 .298 87 363 66 108 14 5 2 28 33 6 32 47 .360 .380
  • 2006 Carolina League All-Star
  • 2006 Eastern League Player of the Week - August 6-13
  • 2006 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars
  • 2007 Eastern League Player of the Month - April
  • 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game

[edit] Major League career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG OPS+
2007 Boston Red Sox AL 24 .353 33 116 20 41 7 1 3 18 9 0 8 15 .394 .509 134

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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