James Beresford (baseball)
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James Richard Beresford (born 19 January 1989) is an Australian former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball in 2016 for the Minnesota Twins.
Career
Beresford played with the Waverly Baseball Club where he was named as club MVP before being signed with the Twins organization in 2005 at age 16.
In 2009, he was named
In 2011, he hit for a .270 average in 485 at bats for the
Beresford was promoted to the Major Leagues for September call ups in 2016 and played ten games, hitting .227 for the Twins.[7]
The last professional appearance for Beresford was with the Melbourne Aces 29 January 2017. He played 54 games and hit .307 in the Australian Baseball League between 2011 and 2017.
Personal
His older brother, Simon Beresford, played minor league baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers organization.[8]
References
- ^ "Victorian Institute of Sport Profile – James Beresford". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ Minor League Baseball Reference – James Bereford Archived 24 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "WBC 2009 Roster". Major League Baseball. February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ Sedgman, Cassandra (3 September 2009). "ABF Announce 2009 World Cup Team". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Bryz, Andrew (21 January 2012). "2012 Top 50...Round 36!". Twinkie Town. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "International League Transactions". milb.com. p. November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ Oklobzija, Kevin (6 September 2016). "Wings' Beresford: a call-up 10 years in the making". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Minor League Baseball Reference – Simon Beresford
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- James Beresford on Twitter
- James Beresford on Instagram
