Timberwolves Baseball Boosters – 5th Chiles High School Baseball Auction
Auction Ends: Mar 13, 2011 08:00 PM EDT

Sports Memorabilia

Jose Bautista Autographed Baseball

Item Number
332
Estimated Value
200 USD
Sold
67 USD to gearmanpb
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays autographed baseball. Jose Bautista had 54 homerun's in 2010 which led the Major Leagues. There is no telling what the 2011 season will bring!!!!

Status: Active

Born: 10/19/1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Bats/Throws: R/RHT: 6'0''WT: 195

Debut: 4/4/2004 College: Chipola Junior College, FL

Biography

Jose Antonio Batista... Single... Attended Chipola (FL) Community College... Favourite athlete growing up was NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan.

2009 Highlights

Appeared in 113 games, at four separate defensive positions, including all three outfield positions... SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER: Belted eight home runs in the month of Sept. (plus two in Oct.) his highest monthly total of his career, tying him for the major league lead...Finished the season with 13 home runs representing the 4th consecutive season he has posted double digit home run totals... LONG BALL STREAK: Homered in four consecutive games from Sept. 28-Oct. 2 and hit five over the seasons final seven games... LEND A HAND: Led all Toronto outfielders in assists with 11, ranking 4th in the AL... He did so in only 70 starts, less than half of those above him on the leaderboard... In fact his 0.15 assists per nine innings was the highest in the majors of any player with 70 or more starts, and represents the 4th highest mark in Blue Jays history (Bailor 0.21-1980)... Posted two assists on July 25 vs. TB, marking the 1st time a Blue Jay outfielder had done so since 2004, and only the 10th time in club history... LIKES THE LEFTIES: Batted .293 vs. LH pitchers, including a .382 on-base percentage and .537 slugging, as opposed to a .202 average vs. RH pitchers... LEAD 'EM OFF: Appeared in 17 games as the leadoff hitter, batting .289 with six homeruns and 16 RBI... When leading off an inning, batted .313 with a .400 on-base percentage... Added leadoff home run #4 of his career Sept. 29 at BOS... WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Appeared in three games for the Dominican Republic squad, collecting one hit in three at-bats.

Item Special Note

Winning bidder is responsible for item pick up from TBB in Tallahassee Florida, or for shipping charges to address provided by winning bidder from Tallahassee, Florida.

Donated By:

Steve Givens