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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1985)}}
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{{Infobox MLB player
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Brennan Boesch
| name = Brennan Boesch
| image = Boesch.jpg
| image = Boesch.jpg
| caption = Boesch at Camden Yards in April 2011
| caption = Boesch with the Detroit Tigers in 2011
| team = Detroit Tigers
| position = [[Outfielder]]
| number = 26
| position = [[Right fielder]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|12}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|12}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]]
| birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| bats = Left
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| throws = Left
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = April 23
| debutdate = April 23
| debutyear = 2010
| debutyear = 2010
| debutteam = Detroit Tigers
| debutteam = Detroit Tigers
|finalleague = MLB
| statyear = 2012 season
| finaldate = October 1
| stat1label = [[Batting average]]
| stat1value = .259
| finalyear = 2015
| finalteam = Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value = .250
| stat2label = [[Home run]]s
| stat2label = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value = 42
| stat2value = 48
| stat3label = [[Runs batted in]]
| stat3label = [[Runs batted in]]
| stat3value = 175
| stat3value = 195
| teams = <nowiki></nowiki>
| teams =
*[[Detroit Tigers]] (2010–present)
* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|2010}}–{{mlby|2012}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|2013}})
| highlights = <nowiki></nowiki>
* [[Los Angeles Angels]] ({{mlby|2014}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|2015}})
}}
}}


'''Brennan Philip Boesch''' (born April 12, 1985) is an American professional [[baseball]] [[outfielder]] with the [[Detroit Tigers]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. He is 6' 4" and weighs 235 pounds. Boesch won the [[American League Rookie of the Month Award]] the first two full months he was in the major leagues.<ref name="Information Guide">{{cite book|title=2012 Tigers Information Guide|year=2012|pages=70–73|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_2012.pdf}}</ref>
'''Brennan Philip Boesch''' (born April 12, 1985) is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[outfielder]]. He made his [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) debut in 2010 with the [[Detroit Tigers]]. After being released from Detroit before the 2013 season, Boesch spent most of his remaining career playing for the Minor League teams of the [[New York Yankees]], [[Los Angeles Angels]], and [[Cincinnati Reds]] until retiring before the 2017 season when no team signed him from free agency.


==High school career==
==High school career==
Boesch played high school baseball at [[Harvard-Westlake School]] in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Performers|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/04/sports/sp-hsbests4|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sondheimer|first=Eric|title=Powered Up at Harvard-Westlake|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/08/sports/sp-hsnusondcol8|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> As a junior, ''[[Baseball America]]'' ranked him one of the top 25 prospects in the country.<ref name="cal-recruit">{{cite news | title=Cal Baseball Lands Gem Recruit Boesch | work=[[Daily Californian]] | date=October 2, 2003 | accessdate=2010-04-23 | url=http://www.dailycal.org/article/12942/news_in_brief}}</ref> He won the World Wood Bat Championship as a member of Team Baseball America, was selected Best Hitter at the Area Code Games, Best Power Hitter at the Team One Nationals and won the Daily News Invitational Home Run Derby. In his senior year he batted .490 with seven home runs and was selected First Team All-C1F and a First Team High School All-American for the All-American Game.<ref name="cal-recruit"/>
Boesch played high school baseball at [[Harvard-Westlake School]] in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-04-sp-hsbests4-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Top Performers |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308114049/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/04/sports/sp-hsbests4 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sondheimer |first=Eric |title=Powered Up at Harvard-Westlake |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-08-sp-hsnusondcol8-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 2003 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308114112/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/08/sports/sp-hsnusondcol8 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> As a junior, ''[[Baseball America]]'' ranked him one of the top 25 prospects in the country.<ref name="cal-recruit">{{cite news|title=Cal Baseball Lands Gem Recruit Boesch|work=[[Daily Californian]]|date=October 2, 2003|access-date=April 23, 2010|url=http://www.dailycal.org/article/12942/news_in_brief}} {{Dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref> He won the World Wood Bat Championship as a member of Team Baseball America, was selected Best Hitter at the Area Code Games, Best Power Hitter at the Team One Nationals and won the Daily News Invitational Home Run Derby. In his senior year he batted .490 with seven home runs and was selected First Team All-[[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF]] and a First Team High School All-American for the All-American Game.<ref name="cal-recruit"/>


==College career==
==College career==
On the day University of California coaches came to scout him, Boesch swung at only three pitches - all for home runs. Highly recruited by professional scouts and colleges, Boesch chose the University of California, Berkeley, where he hit the ball out of the park in his first college at bat. Boesch played three years of college baseball at the [[Berkeley]] from 2004–06. He was awarded All-Pac-10 first team honors as a sophomore center fielder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brennan Boesch profile|url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/boesch_brennan00.html|publisher=calbears.com|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> He was the winner of the 2005 Clint Evans Award as the team's best hitter and co-winner of the team award for most valuable player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/boesch_brennan00.html |title=Player Bio: Brennan Boesch |publisher=Calbears.com |accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
Boesch attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he played three years of college baseball from 2004 to 2006. He was awarded All-[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] first team honors as a sophomore center fielder.<ref name=cgb>{{cite web |title=Brennan Boesch profile |url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/boesch_brennan00.html |publisher=[[California Golden Bears]] |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217041444/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/boesch_brennan00.html |df=mdy }}</ref> He was the winner of the 2005 Clint Evans Award as the team's best hitter and co-winner of the team award for most valuable player.<ref name=cgb/> In 2005, he played [[collegiate summer baseball]] in the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]] for the [[Bourne Braves]] and the [[Brewster Whitecaps]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2005&T=Brewster%20Whitecaps |title=2005 Brewster Whitecaps |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>


==Minor Leagues==
==Professional career==
[[File:Brennan Boesch.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Boesch playing for West Michigan in 2007]]


===Minor Leagues 2006-2010===
Following his junior season, he was drafted in the third round of [[2006 Major League Baseball Draft]] by the [[Detroit Tigers]].<ref>{{cite news | title=H.-W.'S BASHERS LEAD CAL | first=Heather | last=Gripp | date=April 20, 2005 | accessdate=2010-04-23 | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131772150.html | work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref>
[[File:Brennan Boesch.jpg|thumb|225px|right|Boesch playing for West Michigan in 2007]]


Following his junior season, Boesch elected to participate in the [[2006 Major League Baseball Draft]] and was picked in the third round by the [[Detroit Tigers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=H.-W.'S BASHERS LEAD CAL |first=Heather |last=Gripp |date=April 20, 2005 |access-date=April 23, 2010 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131772150.html |publisher=[[HighBeam Research]] |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104004153/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131772150.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Boesch began his minor league career in 2006 with the short season [[Oneonta Tigers]], where he was a NY-Penn League All-Star. With the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps, in 2007, Boesch led all of Single A in RBI's and was third in hits. With the Double-A Erie SeaWolves, Boesch led the Eastern League in home runs (28) and won the MILB Round Trippers Award for leading all of AA in homeruns, en route to his selection by Baseball America as Best Power Prospect AA. With the AA Seawolves, Boesch was named the Seawolves' Most Valuable Player, League Mid-Season All-Star, Post-Season All-Star, led the League in Total Bases (1st), Extra Base Hits (1st), Runs (4th), RBI's (3rd), and Boesch also won a Gold Glove as he led the League with 15 Outfield assists. Boesch was added to the Tigers 40-man roster and started the 2010 season with the Triple-A [[Toledo Mud Hens]]. After winning Tigers Minor League Player of the Month in his first month in AAA, Boesch was called to the Major Leagues on April 23, 2010.<ref name="40-man">{{cite news | title=Tigers add Audy Ciriaco, Scott Sizemore and two other minor leaguers to 40-man roster | first=Steve | last=Kornacki | date=November 20, 2009 | accessdate=2010-04-24 | url=http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2009/11/tigers_add_scott_sizemore_thre.html | publisher=[[Mlive.com]]}}</ref>


Boesch began his minor league career in 2006 with the short season [[Oneonta Tigers]], where he was a NY-Penn League All-Star. With the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps, in 2007, Boesch led all of Single A in RBIs and was third in hits. With the Double-A Erie SeaWolves, Boesch led the Eastern League in home runs (28) and won the MILB Round Trippers Award for leading all of AA in home runs, en route to his selection by Baseball America as Best Power Prospect AA. With the AA Seawolves, Boesch was named the Seawolves' Most Valuable Player, League Mid-Season All-Star, Post-Season All-Star, led the league in total bases and extra base hits. He finished fourth in runs scored and third in RBIs. Boesch also won a Gold Glove as he led the league with 15 outfield assists. Boesch started the 2010 season with the Triple-A [[Toledo Mud Hens]].
==Detroit Tigers==


===2010===
===Detroit Tigers===


====2010====
[[File:Brennan Boesch 2010.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Boesch as a rookie at Dodger Stadium]]
[[File:Brennan Boesch 2010.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Boesch as a rookie at Dodger Stadium]]
The Tigers called up Boesch from the [[Toledo Mud Hens]] to replace the injured [[Carlos Guillén]] on April 23, 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title=Carlos Guillen goes on disabled list | first=John | last=Lowe | date=April 23, 2010 | accessdate=2010-04-23 | work=[[Detroit Free Press]] | url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100423/SPORTS02/100423010/1050/Sports02/Carlos-Guillen-goes-on-disabled-list}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Boesch made his major league debut the same day in a game against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. Boesch hit a double off the left-field wall on the first pitch in his first major league at-bat.<ref>{{cite news | title=Ramon Santiago refuses to fold in 9th; Brennan Boesch goes 2-for-4 | first=John | last=Lowe | work=[[Detroit Free Press]] | date=April 24, 2010 | accessdate=2010-04-24 | url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100424/SPORTS02/4240445/1050/Sports02/Ramon-Santiago-refuses-to-fold-in-9th-Brennan-Boesch-goes-2-for-4}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


The Tigers called up Boesch from the [[Toledo Mud Hens]] to replace the injured [[Carlos Guillén]] on April 23, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carlos Guillen goes on disabled list |first=John|last=Lowe|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=April 23, 2010|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20100423/SPORTS02/100423010/1050/Sports02/Carlos-Guillen-goes-on-disabled-list|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Boesch made his major league debut the same day in a game against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].
Boesch hit his first major league [[home run]]—a [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] off [[Los Angeles Angels]] pitcher [[Joel Piñeiro]]—on April 30. Coming in the same inning as [[Scott Sizemore]]'s first career home run, it was the first time two Tigers had hit their first career home runs in the same inning since [[Pop Dillon]] and [[Kid Elberfeld]] did it in 1901.<ref>{{cite news | title=Rookies have a milestone night in Detroit | first=Jason | last=Beck | date=May 1, 2010 | accessdate=2010-05-01 | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100430&content_id=9693042&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb | publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref>


Boesch hit his first major league [[home run]] off [[Los Angeles Angels]] pitcher [[Joel Piñeiro]] on April 30th. Coming in the same inning as [[Scott Sizemore]]'s first career home run, it was the first time two Tigers had hit their first career home runs in the same inning since [[Pop Dillon]] and [[Kid Elberfeld]] in 1901.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rookies have a milestone night in Detroit|first=Jason|last=Beck|date=May 1, 2010|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100430&content_id=9693042&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|work=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=May 1, 2010|archive-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023162924/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100430&content_id=9693042&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|url-status=live}}</ref>
Boesch was named the [[MLB Rookie of the Month Award|American League Rookie of the Month]] for May and June 2010<ref>[http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100602&content_id=10723482&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det Boesch named AL's top rookie for May], ''MLB.com'', June 2, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100706&content_id=11985822&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Brennan Boesch of the Detroit Tigers voted winner of the Gillette presents American League Rookie of the Month Award for June] MLB.com</ref> and Tigers Player of the Month in June. In his rookie season Boesch topped all American League rookies with 14 home runs and 67 RBI.


Boesch was named the [[MLB Rookie of the Month Award|American League Rookie of the Month]] for May and June 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100602&content_id=10723482&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det |title=Boesch named AL's top rookie for May |work=MLB.com |date=June 2, 2010 |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014122325/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100602&content_id=10723482&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=June 6, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=MLB.com |date=July 6, 2010 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100706&content_id=11985822&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Brennan Boesch of the Detroit Tigers voted winner of the Gillette presents American League Rookie of the Month Award for June |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061415/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100706&content_id=11985822&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |df=mdy }}</ref> and Tigers Player of the Month in June. In his rookie season Boesch posted 14 home runs and 67 RBIs. He finished fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boescbr01.shtml |title=Brennan Boesch |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061105/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boescbr01.shtml |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
===2011===


====2011====
After placing sixth in American League Rookie-of-the-Year voting, Boesch’s 2011 campaign began with his earning a starting position in the Tigers’ outfield. He started the season strong, leading the American League in June with 41 hits and a .380 batting average, but after establishing career bests with 75 runs scored, 121 hits and 16 homeruns, and a .283 batting average, Boesch’s season ended when he suffered a torn ligament in his hand in early August. It was the first time in his baseball career that Brennan had been sidelined by a serious injury.
Boesch appeared in 115 games but after establishing career bests of 75 runs scored, 121 hits, 16 home runs, and a .283 batting average, Boesch's season ended when he suffered a torn ligament in his hand in early August.
His 2011-2012 off-season focused on a long post-surgery rehabilitation, and Boesch started the 2012 season slowly. He had his best month in July, when he hit .295, with 4 homeruns and 17 RBI’s. But after July, with his playing time reduced, Boesch completed his season with a .240 batting average, 12 homeruns and 54 RBI’s. Against their arch Central Division rivals, , the White Sox, in two key games during the pennant race, Boesch hit two game-winning homeruns off Sox ace lefty Chris Sale, the only homeruns Sale gave up all year to a left-handed batter.
Eligible for arbitration after three years of MLB service, the Tigers, in January, 2013, signed Boesch to a one-year $2.3 million dollar contract for the 2013 season.


== References ==
====2012====
After post-surgery rehabilitation, Boesch started the 2012 season slowly. He had his best month in July, when he hit .295, with 4 home runs and 17 RBIs. But after July, his playing time was reduced and Boesch completed his season with a .240 batting average, 12 home runs and 54 RBIs over 132 game appearances.
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Eligible for arbitration after three years of MLB service, the Tigers, in January 2013, signed Boesch to a one-year, $2.3 million contract for the 2013 season, but the Tigers also signed free agent All-Star outfielder [[Torii Hunter]], who would quickly replace Boesch.
== External links ==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
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==== 2013 ====
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The Tigers released Boesch on March 13, 2013 in the middle of spring training.

===New York Yankees and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders===

====2013====
On March 15th, Boesch signed a contract with The New York Yankees.

On May 14th, The Yankees optioned Boesch to the Triple-A team [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders]]. Boesch would be recalled on May 25th but then would shortly return to the RailRiders on June 3rd.

On July 19th, the Yankees released Boesch outright while he was on rehab assignment for the RailRiders for a slight muscle tear, this enabled them to make room on the roster to replace the injured All-Star shortstop [[Derek Jeter]] with another infielder.

By playing only 23 games with the Yankees, Boesch is listed as having a avg. hit of .275 with 3 homeruns, and posted career highs with a slugging percentage of .529 and OPS of .831.

Boesch, a free agent going into the 2013 off season, played for the Escondigo Leones of the Dominican Republic Winter League where among other things he worked on sharpening his eye. Boesch was among league leaders in bases on balls and showed no ill effects from the injury that sidelined him.

===Salt Lake Bees and Los Angeles Angels===

====2014====
On January 28, 2014, Boesch signed a minor league contract with the [[Los Angeles Angels]] and assigned to the Salt Lake Bees. The contract included an invitation to spring training.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/10367248/los-angeles-angels-sign-carlos-pena-brennan-boesch |title=Carlos Pena, Brennan Boesch signed |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129214737/http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/10367248/los-angeles-angels-sign-carlos-pena-brennan-boesch |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> On April 16, Boesch was called up and reached base on a fielding error on third baseman [[Josh Donaldson]] of the [[Oakland Athletics]] in his first plate appearance for the Angels. This was short lived as Boesch returned to the Bees on April 27th. From August 12th to October 2nd, Boesch would rotate between the Angels and the Bees several more times before being sent outright to the Bees on October 10th.

During his time for LA, Boesch posted a .187/.203/.293 triple-slash over 27 games.

The Angels designated Boesch for permanent assignment on October 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gonzalez|first1=Alden|title=Angels claim OFs Marte, Kieschnick from D-backs|url=http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/97876836/los-angeles-angels-claim-outfielders-roger-kieschnick-alfredo-marte|access-date=October 8, 2014|work=MLB.com|date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010124651/http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/97876836/los-angeles-angels-claim-outfielders-roger-kieschnick-alfredo-marte|url-status=dead}}</ref> He elected free agency on October 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/outrighted-tabata-buck-boesch.html|title=Outrighted: Tabata, Buck, Boesch|last=Adams|first=Steve|work=mlbtraderumors.com|date=October 9, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Louisville Bats and Cincinnati Reds===

====2015====
On November 26, 2014, Boesch signed a minor league deal with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and was assigned to the Louisville Bats. Boesch would play the majority of the season for the Bats but would occasionally rotate up to the Reds before being sent outright to the Bats on October 30th.

During his tenure for Cincinnati, Boesch posted a .146/.191/.202 triple-slash over 51 games.

He elected free agency on November 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=l_trn&lid=117|title=International League Transactions|page=November 2015|work=milb.com|access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>

===Pawtucket Red Sox===
Boesch signed a minor league deal with the [[Boston Red Sox]] on January 12, 2016 and assigned to the Triple–A [[Pawtucket Red Sox]]. In 38 games for Pawtucket, he batted .221/.266/.345 with four home runs and 15 RBI.

Boesch elected free agency following the season on November 7th.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minor League Free Agents 2016|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/minor-league-free-agents-2016/?amphtml|access-date=2023-05-29|website=baseballamerica.com|date=November 8, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

Boesch announced his retirement from professional baseball the following spring, on April 11, 2017, after no other team expressed interest in signing him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/4/12/15261452/detroit-tigers-brennan-boesch-retired-red-sox-angels|title=Former Tiger Brennan Boesch has retired|work=Bless You Boys|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref>

=== Life After Baseball ===
As of 2024, Boesch has returned home to LA and has endeavored to launch a career in country music, occasionally playing at local cafe's and bars in the Los Angeles area.

==Personal life==
Boesch was born in [[Santa Monica, California]]. His father, Phil, is a prominent [[Greater Los Angeles Area|Los Angeles-area]] [[Lawyer|attorney]] with an office in Santa Monica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/brennan-boesch-thrilled-yankees-uniform-tigers-favor-blog-entry-1.1653289 |title=Brennan Boesch thrilled to be in a Yankees uniform & says the Tigers did him a favor|work=nydailynews.com|access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> His mother, Vivian, is the operator of The Venice Beach House, a 3-star 9-room [[boutique hotel]] in [[Venice Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venicebeachhouse.com/reviews/ |title=Guest Reviews and Ratings of The Venice Beach House|work=venicebeachhouse.com|access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

He married interior designer and former Fox Sports Detroit spokesperson Allison Ochmanek in November 2015. They divorced in September 2019.

Boesch is fluent in [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20100520/painter-major-league-life-has-so-far-been-cake-for-detroit-tigers-rookie-boesch |title=PAINTER: Major league life has so far been cake for Detroit Tigers rookie Boesch|work=dailynews.com|date=May 20, 2010 |access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
{{Baseballstats |mlb=453269 |espn=29378 |br=b/boescbr01 |fangraphs=paF06004 |brm=boesch001bre}}


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Latest revision as of 01:09, 31 October 2024

Brennan Boesch
Boesch with the Detroit Tigers in 2011
Outfielder
Born: (1985-04-12) April 12, 1985 (age 39)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 23, 2010, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 2015, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average.250
Home runs48
Runs batted in195
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Brennan Philip Boesch (born April 12, 1985) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2010 with the Detroit Tigers. After being released from Detroit before the 2013 season, Boesch spent most of his remaining career playing for the Minor League teams of the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Cincinnati Reds until retiring before the 2017 season when no team signed him from free agency.

High school career

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Boesch played high school baseball at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.[1][2] As a junior, Baseball America ranked him one of the top 25 prospects in the country.[3] He won the World Wood Bat Championship as a member of Team Baseball America, was selected Best Hitter at the Area Code Games, Best Power Hitter at the Team One Nationals and won the Daily News Invitational Home Run Derby. In his senior year he batted .490 with seven home runs and was selected First Team All-CIF and a First Team High School All-American for the All-American Game.[3]

College career

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Boesch attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played three years of college baseball from 2004 to 2006. He was awarded All-Pac-10 first team honors as a sophomore center fielder.[4] He was the winner of the 2005 Clint Evans Award as the team's best hitter and co-winner of the team award for most valuable player.[4] In 2005, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves and the Brewster Whitecaps.[5][6]

Professional career

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Minor Leagues 2006-2010

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Boesch playing for West Michigan in 2007

Following his junior season, Boesch elected to participate in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft and was picked in the third round by the Detroit Tigers.[7]

Boesch began his minor league career in 2006 with the short season Oneonta Tigers, where he was a NY-Penn League All-Star. With the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps, in 2007, Boesch led all of Single A in RBIs and was third in hits. With the Double-A Erie SeaWolves, Boesch led the Eastern League in home runs (28) and won the MILB Round Trippers Award for leading all of AA in home runs, en route to his selection by Baseball America as Best Power Prospect AA. With the AA Seawolves, Boesch was named the Seawolves' Most Valuable Player, League Mid-Season All-Star, Post-Season All-Star, led the league in total bases and extra base hits. He finished fourth in runs scored and third in RBIs. Boesch also won a Gold Glove as he led the league with 15 outfield assists. Boesch started the 2010 season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.

Detroit Tigers

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2010

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Boesch as a rookie at Dodger Stadium

The Tigers called up Boesch from the Toledo Mud Hens to replace the injured Carlos Guillén on April 23, 2010.[8] Boesch made his major league debut the same day in a game against the Texas Rangers.

Boesch hit his first major league home run off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Joel Piñeiro on April 30th. Coming in the same inning as Scott Sizemore's first career home run, it was the first time two Tigers had hit their first career home runs in the same inning since Pop Dillon and Kid Elberfeld in 1901.[9]

Boesch was named the American League Rookie of the Month for May and June 2010[10][11] and Tigers Player of the Month in June. In his rookie season Boesch posted 14 home runs and 67 RBIs. He finished fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting.[12]

2011

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Boesch appeared in 115 games but after establishing career bests of 75 runs scored, 121 hits, 16 home runs, and a .283 batting average, Boesch's season ended when he suffered a torn ligament in his hand in early August.

2012

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After post-surgery rehabilitation, Boesch started the 2012 season slowly. He had his best month in July, when he hit .295, with 4 home runs and 17 RBIs. But after July, his playing time was reduced and Boesch completed his season with a .240 batting average, 12 home runs and 54 RBIs over 132 game appearances.

Eligible for arbitration after three years of MLB service, the Tigers, in January 2013, signed Boesch to a one-year, $2.3 million contract for the 2013 season, but the Tigers also signed free agent All-Star outfielder Torii Hunter, who would quickly replace Boesch.

2013

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The Tigers released Boesch on March 13, 2013 in the middle of spring training.

New York Yankees and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

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2013

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On March 15th, Boesch signed a contract with The New York Yankees.

On May 14th, The Yankees optioned Boesch to the Triple-A team Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Boesch would be recalled on May 25th but then would shortly return to the RailRiders on June 3rd.

On July 19th, the Yankees released Boesch outright while he was on rehab assignment for the RailRiders for a slight muscle tear, this enabled them to make room on the roster to replace the injured All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter with another infielder.

By playing only 23 games with the Yankees, Boesch is listed as having a avg. hit of .275 with 3 homeruns, and posted career highs with a slugging percentage of .529 and OPS of .831.

Boesch, a free agent going into the 2013 off season, played for the Escondigo Leones of the Dominican Republic Winter League where among other things he worked on sharpening his eye. Boesch was among league leaders in bases on balls and showed no ill effects from the injury that sidelined him.

Salt Lake Bees and Los Angeles Angels

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2014

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On January 28, 2014, Boesch signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels and assigned to the Salt Lake Bees. The contract included an invitation to spring training.[13] On April 16, Boesch was called up and reached base on a fielding error on third baseman Josh Donaldson of the Oakland Athletics in his first plate appearance for the Angels. This was short lived as Boesch returned to the Bees on April 27th. From August 12th to October 2nd, Boesch would rotate between the Angels and the Bees several more times before being sent outright to the Bees on October 10th.

During his time for LA, Boesch posted a .187/.203/.293 triple-slash over 27 games.

The Angels designated Boesch for permanent assignment on October 7, 2014.[14] He elected free agency on October 9.[15]

Louisville Bats and Cincinnati Reds

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2015

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On November 26, 2014, Boesch signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds and was assigned to the Louisville Bats. Boesch would play the majority of the season for the Bats but would occasionally rotate up to the Reds before being sent outright to the Bats on October 30th.

During his tenure for Cincinnati, Boesch posted a .146/.191/.202 triple-slash over 51 games.

He elected free agency on November 4, 2015.[16]

Pawtucket Red Sox

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Boesch signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox on January 12, 2016 and assigned to the Triple–A Pawtucket Red Sox. In 38 games for Pawtucket, he batted .221/.266/.345 with four home runs and 15 RBI.

Boesch elected free agency following the season on November 7th.[17]

Boesch announced his retirement from professional baseball the following spring, on April 11, 2017, after no other team expressed interest in signing him.[18]

Life After Baseball

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As of 2024, Boesch has returned home to LA and has endeavored to launch a career in country music, occasionally playing at local cafe's and bars in the Los Angeles area.

Personal life

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Boesch was born in Santa Monica, California. His father, Phil, is a prominent Los Angeles-area attorney with an office in Santa Monica.[19] His mother, Vivian, is the operator of The Venice Beach House, a 3-star 9-room boutique hotel in Venice Beach, California.[20]

He married interior designer and former Fox Sports Detroit spokesperson Allison Ochmanek in November 2015. They divorced in September 2019.

Boesch is fluent in Spanish.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Top Performers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Sondheimer, Eric (April 8, 2003). "Powered Up at Harvard-Westlake". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Cal Baseball Lands Gem Recruit Boesch". Daily Californian. October 2, 2003. Retrieved April 23, 2010. [dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "Brennan Boesch profile". California Golden Bears. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "2005 Brewster Whitecaps". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Gripp, Heather (April 20, 2005). "H.-W.'S BASHERS LEAD CAL". Los Angeles Daily News. HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Lowe, John (April 23, 2010). "Carlos Guillen goes on disabled list". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. ^ Beck, Jason (May 1, 2010). "Rookies have a milestone night in Detroit". MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  10. ^ "Boesch named AL's top rookie for May". MLB.com. June 2, 2010. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  11. ^ "Brennan Boesch of the Detroit Tigers voted winner of the Gillette presents American League Rookie of the Month Award for June". MLB.com. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
  12. ^ "Brennan Boesch". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
  13. ^ "Carlos Pena, Brennan Boesch signed". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 28, 2014. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  14. ^ Gonzalez, Alden (October 7, 2014). "Angels claim OFs Marte, Kieschnick from D-backs". MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  15. ^ Adams, Steve (October 9, 2014). "Outrighted: Tabata, Buck, Boesch". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  16. ^ "International League Transactions". milb.com. p. November 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  17. ^ "Minor League Free Agents 2016". baseballamerica.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  18. ^ "Former Tiger Brennan Boesch has retired". Bless You Boys. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  19. ^ "Brennan Boesch thrilled to be in a Yankees uniform & says the Tigers did him a favor". nydailynews.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  20. ^ "Guest Reviews and Ratings of The Venice Beach House". venicebeachhouse.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  21. ^ "PAINTER: Major league life has so far been cake for Detroit Tigers rookie Boesch". dailynews.com. May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
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