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Anthony Gose
New York Mets – No. 43
Outfielder
Born: (1990-08-10) August 10, 1990 (age 34)
Bellflower, California
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
debut
July 17, 2012, for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics
(through 2012 season)
Batting average.223
Hits37
Home runs1
Runs batted in11
Stolen bases15
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
New York Mets

Anthony Robert Gose (born August 10, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Minor league career

Gose went to Bellflower High School in Bellflower, California. In his senior year, Gose had a .443 batting average, a .618 on-base percentage, and 31 stolen bases for the school's baseball team.[1] He pitched for the school's baseball team as well, throwing as fast as 97 miles per hour (156 km/h).[2] Gose also competed in track and field. He ran the 100 and 200 meter races, and the 4 × 100 and 4 × 400 metres relays.[1] Gose also attended the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California.[3] He received a scholarship to attend the University of Arizona to play college baseball with the Arizona Wildcats.[1]

The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Gose in the second round, with the 51st overall selection, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Gose opted to sign with the Phillies, forgoing his college scholarship for a $772,000 signing bonus.[1] Playing for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL) in 2009, he appeared in the SAL All-Star Game.[4] His 76 stolen bases that season led all of minor league baseball.[5]

Gose began the 2010 season with the Clearwater Threshers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League (FSL). With Clearwater, Gose batted .263 with four home runs, 20 runs batted in (RBI), 17 doubles, and 11 triples.[6] On July 29, 2010, Gose, along with J. A. Happ and Jonathan Villar, were traded to the Houston Astros in exchange for Roy Oswalt and $12 million.[7] Immediately after, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman Brett Wallace.[2] The Blue Jays had attempted to acquire Gose from the Phillies before, including in the Roy Halladay trade.[8] They assigned Gose to the Dunedin Blue Jays of the FSL.[9]

Gose was ranked by MLB.com in 2011 as the Blue Jays fifth best prospect in the organization.[10] In 2011, Gose played for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League (EL). The Fisher Cats were EL champions and Gose scored the winning run in the championship game. He broke Darin Mastroianni's record for stolen bases in one season, finishing with 70 stolen bases and getting caught only 15 times.[11] He also hit 15 home runs.[3] During the 2011-12 offseason, Gose appeared in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .182 in 18 games.[12]

Prior to the 2012 season, he was ranked as the 39th best prospect in baseball.[13] Gose started the 2012 season with the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.[14] He was named to appear in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game.[15]

Major league career

On July 17, 2012, Gose was called up to the Blue Jays to replace the injured José Bautista.[16] In Triple-A, Gose had a .292 average with five home runs, 18 doubles, 10 triples, and 41 runs batted in before his call-up.[17] Gose made his MLB debut on July 17, against the New York Yankees. In his first major league at-bat, he grounded out to Derek Jeter as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. Gose stayed in the game, playing right field. He then collected his first Major League hit on a bunt single in the ninth inning off of Clay Rapada. Gose made his first Major League start on July 18, 2012 playing right field and batting in the leadoff spot against the Yankees, going 0-3 with 2 strikeouts. [18] In a game against the Detroit Tigers on July 27, Gose recorded his first career RBI and stolen base.[19] Gose was returned to Triple-A on August 25 when Brandon Morrow returned from the disabled list.[20] Gose was recalled by the Jays on September 4 when major league rosters expanded, and the Triple-A season ended.[21] In a game on September 8, against the Boston Red Sox, Gose hit his first career home run, a three run shot off reliever Andrew Bailey. Gose finished the night 2-4 with 5 RBI and a stolen base.[22] In the 2012/2013 offseason, Gose was traded along with others to the Mets, in a deal that brought R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Phils ink third pick Gose | phillies.com: News". Detroit.tigers.mlb.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  2. ^ a b "Gose isn't raw, he's 'medium rare' | Sports | National Post". Sports.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  3. ^ a b http://www.lfpress.com/sports/columnists/bob_elliott/2011/09/21/18720966.html
  4. ^ "Dusty Wathan and Anthony Gose on SAL All-Star Team - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  5. ^ "Jays speedster Anthony Gose on fast track to big-league success". thestar.com. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  6. ^ http://www.lfpress.com/sports/columnists/bob_elliott/2010/07/30/14885366.html
  7. ^ "Phils get Oswalt for Happ, two prospects | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  8. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2010/07/29/sp-wallace-trade.html
  9. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100729&content_id=12778330
  10. ^ "Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Gose has bright future at top of lineup | bluejays.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  11. ^ http://www.lfpress.com/sports/baseball/2011/07/28/18482836.html
  12. ^ "Toronto Blue Jays prospect Anthony Gose on a mission to the majors | Sports | National Post". Sports.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  13. ^ "2012 Top 100 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  14. ^ http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/03/31/jays-gose-stealing-the-spotlight-in-spring-training/
  15. ^ "Prospects pack rosters for 2012 All-Star Futures Game | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  16. ^ Chisholm, Gregor. "Bautista's wrist injury puts him on disabled list". MLB.com.
  17. ^ "Blue Jays put Bautista on 15-day DL; call up OF Gose". TSN.ca.
  18. ^ Chisholm, Gregor (July 18, 2012). "Gose bats leadoff in first career start". Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  19. ^ Chisholm, Gregor (July 28, 2012). "Thrust into starting role, Mathis delivers key hit". Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  20. ^ Chisholm, Gregor (August 24, 2012). "Hechavarria, Gose sent down to Triple-A". MLB.com. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  21. ^ "Blue Jays recall Anthony Gose from Triple-A". NBCSports.com. September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  22. ^ Drellich, Evan (September 9, 2012). "Gose's five-RBI night powers Blue Jays past Sox". MLB.com. Retrieved September 9, 2012.

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