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American baseball player (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steven James Lerud (born October 13, 1984) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who is currently a manager in the Chicago Cubs organization. During his playing days, he briefly played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2012–2013).[1]
Steven Lerud | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Reno, Nevada | October 13, 1984|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 30, 2012, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last appearance | |
June 17, 2013, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .133 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Teams | |
Steven Lerud was born in Reno, Nevada. Lerud attended to Galena High School, in Reno, Nevada.[2]
Lerud was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 2003 MLB Draft.[3] On November 9, 2009, he elected free agency.
On December 7, 2009, he signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals.
Lerud was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles on March 27, 2010. He elected free agency on November 6, 2010 and re-signed on a minor league deal on December 26, 2010. Lerud elected free agency again on November 2, 2011.
On December 9, 2011, Lerud signed a minor league deal with the Phillies, who promoted him to the big leagues on August 24, 2012.[4] He appeared in 3 MLB games in 2012, batting .200, in 10 at-bats.[5] Lerud was subsequently dropped from the 40-man roster after the end of that season, but signed a 2013 minor league contract with the Phillies' organization. He appeared in 6 major league games with the Phillies in 2013, going hitless in 5 at-bats.[5] Lerud elected free agency on October 1, 2013.
He signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves on November 11, 2013 and received a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training.[6]
On January 12, 2015 Lerud signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals he was assigned to Triple–A Syracuse Chiefs the same day. He elected free agency on November 7.
On February 3, 2016, Lerud signed a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners and received an invite to spring training.[7] He was released by the Mariners on April 7.
On April 27, 2016, Lerud signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization. In 60 games for the Triple–A Sacramento River Cats, he batted .229/.385/.288 with one home run and 19 RBI. Lerud elected free agency following the season on November 7.[8]
On January 5, 2017, Lerud signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers that included an invitation to spring training. He did not appear in a game for the organization and elected free agency following the season on November 6.[9]
On January 19, 2018, Lerud was named as manager of the Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Low–A Eugene Emeralds, a Northwest League affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.[10] In 2019, Lerud was named as manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the High–A affiliate for the Cubs.[3]
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