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Brooks Litchfield Conrad (born January 16, 1980 in San Diego, California) is an American (United States) Major League Baseball infielder for the Atlanta Braves.
Conrad is a graduate of Monte Vista High School (Monte Vista High School (Spring Valley, California)). He was a member of the Arizona State baseball team (Arizona State Sun Devils baseball) from 1999-2001. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the eighth round (236th pick) of the 2001 Draft (2001 Major League Baseball Draft).He played with the Astros AAA team the Round Rock Express. played in the Houston Astros organization from By2001-By2007 before becoming a minor league free agent after the 2007 season. Conrad signed with the Oakland Athletics organization prior to the 2008 season. He was called up to play with the As against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 21, mlby2008.
Conrad became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Atlanta Braves on November 18.
On July 3, 2009, Conrad hit his first major league home run - a 3-run shot as a pinch-hitter in the Braves 9-8 win over the Washington Nationals after being called up from AAA Gwinnett.
On July 7, 2009, Conrad hit his first career Major League triple off of Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano (Carlos Zambrano (baseball)).
On September 1, 2009, Conrad was called back up to the Atlanta Braves
On May 20, 2010, Conrad hit his first career Major League grand slam (Grand slam (baseball)) against the Cincinnati Reds. The walk-off grand slam concluded a seven run bottom of the 9th as the Braves defeated the Reds 10-9.
Number on List: 26
Position: Third Base
Date of birth: 1980-01-16
Birth Location: San Diego, California
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB Debut
July 21 | , | 2008 |
Last MLB appearance
Career statistics
Batting average | .220 |
Home runs | 5 |
Runs batted in (Run batted in) | 22 |
Teams
Career highlights and awards
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