Curtis Thigpen Explained

Curtis Thigpen
Position:Catcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:19 April 1983
Birth Place:Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 6
Debutyear:2007
Debutteam:Toronto Blue Jays
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 26
Finalyear:2008
Finalteam:Toronto Blue Jays
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.229
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:12
Teams:

Curtis Barnard Thigpen (born April 19, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Amateur career

Thigpen spent his college career at the University of Texas and was part of the College World Series championship team in 2002, during which he was named to the All-Tournament Team. In 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox and was named a league all-star.[1] [2] [3] Thigpen was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the 2004 MLB draft with the 57th overall pick.[4]

Professional career

In 2007, Thigpen started the season playing for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Blue Jays.

Thigpen was called up to the Blue Jays on June 5, 2007, and made his major-league debut the next day at Rogers Centre in Toronto against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He started as first baseman and finished the game 1-for-4.[5] For the 2007 season, he had a .238 batting average with 11 RBIs, a .294 on-base percentage and a .287 slugging percentage over 47 major-league games.[6]

During the 2008 season, Thigpen saw less playing time due to fellow catcher Rod Barajas coming to Toronto. On September 26, Thigpen hit his first and only major-league home run, in what proved to be the final at bat of his major-league career.[7] He finished the season with a .176 batting average.[6]

On February 4, 2009, Thigpen was designated for assignment to clear a roster spot for newly acquired pitcher Brian Burres.[8] On February 6, Thigpen was sent outright to the Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s.[9]

On March 27, 2009, Thigpen was traded to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.[10] He was released in April 2010.[11]

Post-playing career

Thigpen and former Longhorns teammate J. B. Cox returned to the Texas Longhorns as volunteer student assistants in 2010.[12] Thigpen went on to work as a commercial lender at R Bank Texas.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League. live. September 25, 2019. Cape Cod Baseball League. https://web.archive.org/web/20121207020925/http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com:80/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf . 2012-12-07 .
  2. Web site: 2003 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. live. September 23, 2021. The Baseball Cube. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807142432/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2003&T=Yarmouth-Dennis%20Red%20Sox . 2021-08-07 .
  3. Web site: East All-Star Roster: All-Star Game 2003 . capecodbaseball.org . May 6, 2020.
  4. Web site: 2nd Round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft. live. December 23, 2021. Baseball-Reference.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20100105060217/http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=year_round&year_ID=2004&draft_round=2&draft_type=junreg . 2010-01-05 .
  5. Web site: June 6, 2007. Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Toronto Blue Jays Box Score, June 6, 2007. live. December 23, 2021. Baseball-Reference.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20071025005604/http://www.baseball-reference.com:80/boxes/TOR/TOR200706060.shtml . 2007-10-25 .
  6. Web site: Curtis Thigpen Stats. live. December 23, 2021. Baseball-Reference.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20090612202212/http://www.baseball-reference.com:80/players/t/thigpcu01.shtml . 2009-06-12 .
  7. Web site: Bastian. Jordan. September 26, 2008. Rain doesn't dim Jays' offseason hopes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080929100347/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080926&content_id=3553692&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor. September 29, 2008. December 23, 2021. Toronto Blue Jays. MLB.com.
  8. Web site: February 4, 2009. Blue Jays claim Burres. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208215350/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090204&content_id=3798720&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor. February 8, 2009. December 23, 2021. Toronto Blue Jays. MLB.com.
  9. Web site: Toronto Blue Jays Transactions. live. December 23, 2021. MLB.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027163230/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/?c_id=tor&year=2009&month=2 . 2020-10-27 .
  10. Web site: March 27, 2009. A's Acquire Catcher Curtis Thigpen from Toronto. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090401205701/http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090327&content_id=4075924&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. April 1, 2009. April 1, 2009. Oakland Athletics. MLB.com.
  11. Web site: Axisa. Mike. April 16, 2010. Odds & Ends: Penn, Veras, Beimel, Mientkiewicz. live. December 23, 2021. MLB Trade Rumors. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330114643/http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/04/odds-ends-19.html . 2015-03-30 .
  12. Web site: Golden. Cedric. May 23, 2011. Former Horns star Cox still finding a way to impact Texas baseball. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527180633/http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/former-horns-star-cox-still-finding-a-way-1493873.html. May 27, 2011. September 6, 2011. Austin American-Statesman.
  13. Web site: September 5, 2012. R Bank Press Release. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131858/http://www.rbanktexas.com/pdf/Press_Release_Curtis_Thigpen.pdf. January 16, 2014. January 15, 2014. R Bank Texas.

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