Trevor Plouffe

He hit .258/.328/423 with a career-high 40 doubles (4th in the AL), leading the team in both latter categories.

Trevor Patrick Plouffe (born June 15, 1986) is an American media personality and former professional baseball third baseman.

He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies.

As a star shortstop and right-handed pitcher, Plouffe led Crespi to their first section baseball championship in 2003 as a junior and also held a 3.85 GPA.

In 2003 he was 12-1 with an 0.71 ERA, and batted .500 with six home runs and 47 RBIs.

Plouffe was drafted by the Twins out of high school as a shortstop with the 20th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.

In 2004 he was 12-2 with an 0.86 earned-run average as a pitcher, and batted .481 with a .633 OBP, six home runs, and 29 runs batted in.

At Crespi High, Plouffe was named a 2004 Collegiate Baseball News High School All-American as a senior.

Plouffe was drafted by the Minnesota Twins out of high school as a shortstop with the 20th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft, and turned down a scholarship to Stanford University to play baseball.

After signing for $1.5 million, Plouffe spent the 2004 season with the Rookie-level Elizabethton Twins.

He batted .283/.340/.380 and was named the league's sixth-best prospect by Baseball America.

Plouffe spent 2005 with the Class A Midwest League's Beloit Snappers, where he batted .223/.300/.345 and was again recognized as one of the league's top prospects, this time ranking 12th overall.

In 2006, Plouffe played for the Class A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League, batting .246/.333/.347.

During the season, he played third base in 25 games, the first time he had played a position other than shortstop as a professional.

In 2007, Plouffe was promoted to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats.

He was chosen as the Twins' Minor League Player of the Week (April 27 – May 3), Eastern League Player of the Week (May 28 – June 3) and an Arizona Fall League Rising Star.

In the Eastern League he batted .274/.326/.410, and was third in doubles (37).

Plouffe split the 2008 season between the Rock Cats and Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, where he hit a combined .262/.308/.415 with nine home runs and 60 RBIs.

With the Red Wings, he was used at second base as well as third base and shortstop.

After the season, on November 20, Plouffe was added to the Twins' 40-man roster.

In 2009, Plouffe spent the entire year in Rochester.

He also returned to playing shortstop full-time while batting .260/.313/.407 in 118 games.

After beginning his MLB career as a shortstop for the Twins in 2010, Plouffe has appeared at every position except for pitcher, catcher, and center fielder.

Born in Los Angeles, Plouffe attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, the alma mater of former major leaguers Jeff Suppan and Rick Dempsey.

After starting the 2010 season with Rochester, he was called up to the Twins on May 20, replacing pitcher Jeff Manship on the 25-man roster.

Plouffe started his first major league game for the Twins on May 21 against the Milwaukee Brewers, singling and driving in a run in his first big league at bat.

Plouffe finished the season playing a total of 22 games while hitting just .146 in 41 at bats.

Plouffe returned to the Red Wings at the start of the 2011 season.

After a fast start in which he batted .282 with 6 home runs in 21 games, Plouffe was called up on May 6.

That day, he started at shortstop against the Boston Red Sox, and in his first at bat hit a home run over the Green Monster off of Tim Wakefield.

In 81 games, Plouffe hit 8 home runs while hitting .238/.305/.392 for the Twins.

After starting the 2012 season poorly, Plouffe embarked on a power surge at mid-season, hitting 11 home runs in the month of June.

He became the Twins' everyday third baseman after Danny Valencia was demoted to Triple-A Rochester in early May.

Plouffe hit a career-high 24 home runs while batting .235/.301/.455 in 119 games.

He led the AL in errors, with 19.

Plouffe was the starting third baseman for most of the 2013 season and played 129 games.

He was somewhat inconsistent in both hitting and fielding despite hitting a career-high .254 for the Twins.

Plouffe established career highs in several offensive categories in 2014, as well as improving his defense tremendously.

In 2015 he batted .244/.307/.435 with 22 home runs, and led the majors by grounding into 28 double plays.

Plouffe had a career-high 74 runs and 86 RBIs.