Terrin Vavra | |
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Baltimore Orioles | |
Second baseman / Outfielder | |
Born: Menomonie, Wisconsin, U.S. | May 12, 1997|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 29, 2022, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .254 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 17 |
Teams | |
Terrin Thomas Vavra (born May 12,1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2022.
Vavra attended Menomonie High School in Menomonie,Wisconsin,where he played baseball and ice hockey. [1] [2] In 2015,his senior year,he earned All-State honors in baseball. [3]
Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft,Vavra enrolled at the University of Minnesota,where he played college baseball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. In 2016,Vavra's freshman year at Minnesota,he appeared in 32 games (missing time due to a back injury),batting .358 with one home run and twenty RBIs. [4] [5] As a sophomore in 2017,he played in fifty games,hitting .308 with two home runs and 19 RBIs. That summer,he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Cotuit Kettleers. [6] [7] [8] In 2018,his junior season,Vavra was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection alongside earning First Team All American honors;for the year,he started 58 games in which he slashed .386/.455/.614 with ten home runs and 59 RBIs. [9] [10] [11]
Following the season,the Colorado Rockies selected Vavra in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. [12] [13] Vavra signed with Colorado and made his professional debut with the Boise Hawks of the Low-A Northwest League (with whom he was named an All-Star),batting .302 with four home runs and 26 RBIs over 44 games. [14] [15] [16] Vavra spent the 2019 season with the Asheville Tourists of the Single-A South Atlantic League,earning All-Star honors. [17] [18] [19] He was named the SAL Player of the Month for June after hitting .350. [20] Over 102 games,he slashed .318/.409/.489 with ten home runs,52 RBIs,and 18 stolen bases,earning the title of SAL Most Valuable Player. [21] Vavra did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [22]
On August 30,2020,the Rockies traded Vavra,Tyler Nevin and a player to be named later (later revealed to be Mishael Deson) to the Baltimore Orioles for Mychal Givens. [23] [24] For the 2021 season,he was assigned to the Bowie Baysox of the Double-A Northeast. [25] He was on the injured list for nearly two months with a back injury. [26] Over forty games with Bowie,Vavra batted .248 with five home runs and twenty RBIs. [27]
On November 19,2021,the Orioles selected Vavra's contract and added him to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. [28] He began the 2022 season with the Norfolk Tides of the Triple-A International League. [29] After 13 games,he was placed on the injured list with a hamstring strain. [30] He returned to play in early June. [31]
On July 26,2022,the Orioles promoted Vavra to the major leagues. [32] He made his MLB debut on July 29. [33] On August 1,Vavra recorded his first career hit,an infield single off of Texas Rangers starter Jon Gray. [34] On October 5,the final day of the season,Vavra hit a three–run home run off of Mitch White for his first career home run. The blast propelled the Orioles to a 5–4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. [35]
In 2023,Vavra played in 27 games for the Orioles,batting .245/.315/.245 with 5 RBIs. While playing for Triple–A Norfolk,he suffered a right shoulder strain and was placed on the injured list on June 17,2023. [36] He was pulled off of his rehab assignment on September 7 to undergo further testing on his shoulder, [37] and was transferred to the 60–day injured list on September 14. [38] On November 14,Vavra was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. [39]
Vavra's father,Joe Vavra,is a professional baseball coach. [40] Vavra and his wife,Carlie,had their first child,a daughter,in August 2022. [41] [42]
Joseph Alan Vavra is an American professional baseball coach. Vavra previously served as a coach for the Minnesota Twins from 2006 to 2017,and as the Detroit Tigers quality control coach in 2018 and 2019,and hitting coach in 2020.
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