Minor leagues
The Milwaukee Brewers selected Gindl in the fifth round (161st overall) of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. That year,he played for the rookie-level Helena Brewers,where in 55 games,he hit .372 with five home runs,42 RBI and 22 doubles. He was a Pioneer League Post-Season All-Star,along with fellow Brewers Jonathan Lucroy,Eric Farris,and Roque Mercedes. He played the entire 2008 season with the Single-A West Virginia Power,where in 137 games,he hit .307 with 13 home runs,81 RBI,38 doubles,86 runs,and 14 stolen bases,and was again a Post-Season All-Star. After the season,he played for the West Oahu CaneFires of Hawaii Winter Baseball,where he hit .281 with three home runs and 18 RBI in 25 games. In 2009,he was promoted to the High-A Brevard County Manatees,where in 112 games,he hit .277 with 17 home runs,71 RBI,and 18 stolen bases,and he was a Mid and Post-Season All-Star. Gindl spent the entire 2010 season with the Double-A Huntsville Stars,where in 128 games,he hit .272 with nine home runs,60 RBI,and 33 doubles. After the season,he played for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League,where in 16 games,he hit .259 with two home runs,six RBI,and 11 runs,and he was named an AFL Rising Star,along with fellow Brewer Jeremy Jeffress. He received an invitation to major league spring training with the Brewers in 2011. Gindl played 2011 with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds,where in 126 games,he hit .307 with 15 home runs,60 RBI,84 runs,and 63 walks. In 2012 with Nashville,Gindl hit .261 with 12 home runs and 50 RBI across 127 appearances. Gindl began 2013 with Nashville,where he was hitting .274 with eight home runs and 38 RBI before being recalled.
Major leagues
The Brewers promoted Gindl to the major leagues for the first time on June 15,replacing Ryan Braun. [2] He recorded his first major league hit,a pinch-hit single off Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves,on June 22. Gindl was used off the bench and in left field,along with Logan Schafer in his first stint up. On June 29,Gindl was optioned to Nashville to make room for Tyler Thornburg. He went 5-for-20 with one RBI in his first stint with the major league club. On July 11,Gindl was recalled,replacing the previous day's starter,Johnny Hellweg. On July 21,Gindl hit his first career home run,a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to seal a 1–0 win against the Miami Marlins. [3] He became the first Brewer in franchise history to record a walk off home run as their first career home run. Gindl was again used mostly off the bench,but he also got starts at left,along with Schafer and Khris Davis,and was occasionally used in right field in lieu of Norichika Aoki. In 57 games with Milwaukee during his rookie campaign,he hit .242 with five home runs,14 RBI,17 runs,and 20 walks.
Gindl was designated for assignment by the Brewers on September 2,2014. [4]
