Sunday, September 22, 2013

Happy Birthday - 9/22

SS Carlos Correa (19)
The number one overall pick from the 2012 draft spent his first full season with the Quad Cities River Bandits. In 117 games during the regular season, he hit .320/.405/.467 (.432/.523/.550 vs. lefties) with 33 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 86 RBI. And he's just 19.

OF Jordan Scott (22)
Drafted in the 14th round in 2010 out of Riverside High School in South Carolina, Scott repeated the Low A level in 2013, spending his season with Quad Cities. In 125 regular season games, Scott hit .255/.342/.321 with 12 doubles, seven triples and 25 stolen bases.

RHP Luis Ordosgoitti (21)
Signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Venezuela in 2009, Ordosgoitti spent the vast majority of his season in Kissimmee rehabbing from an injury. In six late season starts, Ordosgoitti was 1-0 with a 1.05 ERA and a 0.974 WHIP.

Three former Astros with birthdays today ~

RHP Larry Dierker (67)
Dierker signed with the Colt .45's prior to the 1964 season and made his major league debut on his 18th birthday that same year. Dierker pitched in 345 games for the Colt .45's and Astros from 1964 to 1976 with a 137-117 record, a 3.28 ERA and a 1.214 WHIP. He was a two-time All-Star for Houston. He also managed the Astros from 1997 to 2001, compiling a 435-348 record and being named the National League Manager of the Year in 1998.

LF Jeffrey Leonard (58)
Leonard came to Houston in a September 1978 trade with Los Angeles and played in 237 games for the Astros until his trade to the Giants in April 1981. During that time, he hit .265/.329/.349. He came in second in Rookie of the Year voting to Rick Sutcliffe and made the All-Star team for both the Giants and the Mariners. Probably the most awesome thing about Leonard is that he has three nicknames listed on Baseball-Reference: HacMan, One Flap Down and Penitentiary Face.

RF Charleton Jimerson (34)
A fifth round draft pick by Houston in 2001, Jimerson played in 18 games for Houston in 2005 and 2006 hitting .333/.333/.833 in six plate appearances.

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