Travis Dawkins
| Travis Dawkins | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Dawkins with the Dayton Dragons in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shortstop / Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: May 12, 1979 Newberry, South Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| September 3, 1999, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| July 23, 2003, for the Kansas City Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .163 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs scored | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Travis Sentell "Gookie" Dawkins (born May 12, 1979) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals.
Career
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft, Dawkins would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Reds on September 3, 1999. His first major league at-bat was on September 4, 1999, at Philadelphia (a game in which the Reds hit nine home runs). Dawkins singled and reached third base on a throwing error. A young Philadelphia Phillies fan seated down the first base line reached over the fence and grabbed the rolling ball during play. The Reds staff later obtained the first major league hit ball for Dawkins by trading with the fan.[1]
Dawkins won an Olympic gold medal in 2000 while playing for the United States baseball team.
Dawkins spent the 2007 season playing for the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, and the Ottawa Lynx, the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Dawkins was re-signed by the Phillies on December 7, 2007, to a minor league contract.
Dawkins signed with the Chicago White Sox for the 2008 season, and was assigned to their Triple-A team, the Charlotte Knights. Dawkins was traded to the Kansas City Royals on June 11, 2008. He re-signed with the White Sox after the season. He then signed the Reds in the summer of 2010.
In the 2010 offseason, Dawkins signed a minor league contract with the Charlotte Knights.
Dawkins began his professional coaching career in 2015, where he served as the hitting coach for the Arizona League Reds in Goodyear, Arizona.[2] In 2016, he was named hitting coach for the Cincinnati Reds' Advanced-A Affiliate, the Daytona Tortugas. In 2017, he was promoted to hitting coach of the Reds' Double-A Affiliate, Pensacola Blue Wahoos.[3] In 2018, he was promoted to manager of the Reds' Rookie-level Affiliate Greeneville Reds.[4] In 2020, he was promoted to manager of the Reds' Single-A Affiliate Dayton Dragons.[5]
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball coaches
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Baseball coaches from South Carolina
- Baseball players from Newberry County, South Carolina
- Billings Mustangs players
- Burlington Bees players
- Charlotte Knights players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Las Vegas 51s players
- Lehigh Valley IronPigs players
- Louisville Bats players
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Minor league baseball coaches
- Minor league baseball managers
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in baseball
- Omaha Royals players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- People from Newberry, South Carolina
- Reading Phillies players
- Rockford Reds players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in baseball
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen