Andrew McCutchen

He played the entire season with Indianapolis, and batted .283/.372 (10th in the IL)/.398 with 12 home runs, 68 walks (3rd in the league), 34 stolen bases (7th), and 145 hits (9th), in 512 at bats.

Andrew Stefan McCutchen (born October 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Brewers.

Lorenzo gave up his dream of making the National Football League (NFL) to be close to his son, and returned to Fort Meade in 1989.

Petrina would not marry him unless he became a church minister, which he did.

The two married on August 1, 1992.

McCutchen was eligible to play varsity baseball as an eighth grader at Fort Meade High School.

He batted .591 that year.

McCutchen's average his senior season was .709, as he hit 16 home runs and 42 runs batted in (RBIs).

During his varsity career, McCutchen batted .474.

McCutchen also ran track and played football.

He was part of a state title-winning 4 × 100 metres relay his first year of high school.

McCutchen was one of the top football recruits in the state of Florida, with his high school position being wide receiver, but opted for a career in baseball.

He was reportedly offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of Miami to play football.

Two of his hits were triples, making him the first Pirate with two triples in a game since Tike Redman accomplished the feat in 2003.

The Pirates selected McCutchen in the first round (11th pick overall) of the 2005 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2009.

McCutchen, who had committed to the University of Florida, was drafted 11th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round of the 2005 MLB draft.

He signed with the Pirates, receiving a $1.9 million signing bonus, instead of attending Florida.

In 2005, he played for the Rookie Gulf Coast League (GCL) Pirates and the Class A Williamsport Crosscutters, and hit a combined .310/.419 (2nd in the GCL)/.433 with two home runs and 17 stolen bases in 210 at-bats, as he was second in the league with 29 walks, tied for second with 36 runs, third with three triples, and fifth with 13 stolen bases.

Before the 2006 season Baseball America named McCutchen the #50 prospect in the minor leagues.

McCutchen played the majority of the season for the Class A Hickory Crawdads, for whom he started the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star team in his first full season as a professional player and was a postseason SAL All Star.

He also played for the Class AA Altoona Curve, and batted a combined .294/.359/.450 with 17 home runs and 23 stolen bases in 531 at bats.

At the end of that year, the Pirates named him the organization's Minor League Player of the Year.

Before the 2007 season Baseball America named McCutchen the #13 prospect in the minor leagues, and Baseball Prospectus named him the #15 prospect.

He played again for Altoona, as well as for the Class AAA Indianapolis Indians, and hit a combined .265/.329/.388 with 11 home runs and 21 stolen bases in 513 at bats.

In 2007 he also played for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, he was on the Arizona Fall League All-Prospect Team and named a Rising Star.

Before the 2008 season Baseball America named him the #14 prospect in the minor leagues, and Baseball Prospectus named him the #24 prospect.

In 2008, McCutchen was a mid-season International League (IL) All Star, an All-Star Futures Game selection, and the Triple-A All Star Game Top Star.

Before the 2009 season Baseball America named McCutchen the #33 prospect in the minor leagues, and Baseball Prospectus named him the #25 prospect.

He again played for Indianapolis, but played only 49 games for them, as he batted .303/.361/.493 with 4 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 201 at bats.

On June 3, 2009, after the Pittsburgh Pirates traded starting center fielder Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves, McCutchen was called up to MLB for the first time.

He made his MLB debut the next day, playing center field and batting leadoff against the New York Mets.

He singled in his first career at bat, off starter Mike Pelfrey.

McCutchen ended the day with two singles, one RBI, three runs scored, and a stolen base in four at bats.

He recorded his first career four-hit game five days later, against McLouth and the Braves.

McCutchen led the NL in hits (194) in 2012, and in on-base percentage (.410), OPS (.952), and extra base hits (69) in 2014.

McCutchen was born in Fort Meade, Florida, to Lorenzo McCutchen and Petrina Swan, who were high school teenagers at the time.

He has a sister, Loren.

He lived with his mother while his father attended Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where Lorenzo played running back on the football team.

During McCutchen's first tenure in Pittsburgh, he was the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player in 2013, a five-time All Star (2011–15), a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2012–15), a Gold Glove Award winner in 2012, and the Roberto Clemente Award winner in 2015.