| Jeff Frazier | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | July 30 |
| Debutyear: | 2010 |
| Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | August 15 |
| Finalyear: | 2010 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .217 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 1 |
| Teams: | |
Jeffrey Michael Frazier (born August 10, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in 2010.
Frazier played on Toms River, New Jersey, little league teams that made the 1995 Little League World Series and 1996 Junior League World Series. He attended Toms River High School South, where he was named The Star-Ledgers state player of the year in 2001.
Frazier attended Rutgers University and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. In 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[1] [2] [3]
The Detroit Tigers selected Frazier in the third round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.[4] In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Yorman Bazardo.[5] He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season. He would stay in the Tigers organization through the 2010 season, making a brief Major League appearance in 2010.
In 2011, he signed with the Washington Nationals organization with an invitation to Spring Training, but was ultimately sent down to their farm team, the Syracuse Chiefs. He spent the beginning of the 2012 season with Reynosa Broncos of the Mexican League before being placed on waivers and re–signing with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple–A team of the Detroit Tigers. In 2012, he played for the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.[6]
He was promoted to the major leagues on July 29, 2010. On July 31, 2010, he recorded his first big league hit.[7] He stayed on the Tigers roster for about two weeks before being been sent down to the Mud Hens.
His younger brother, Todd Frazier, has played in Major League Baseball. Jeff still lives in New Jersey and runs a baseball clinic called “Frazier Baseball” located in Toms River at the Toms River little league field known as Frazier Field with his older brother, Charlie. Jeff is currently a gym teacher at Toms River Intermediate East.