Travis Jankowski
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Jankowski playing for the San Diego Padres in 2016 | |||
| San Diego Padres – No. 16 | |||
| Center fielder | |||
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Born: June 15, 1991 Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 21, 2015, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .238 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 24 | ||
| Stolen bases | 32 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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Travis Paul Jankowski (born June 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
College career
As a sophomore for the Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team in 2011, Jankowski earned first-team All-America East Conference honors after hitting .355, setting a school record for stolen bases and going the entire season without an error.[1] That summer, Jankowski was invited to play for the Bourne Braves, where he led the Cape Cod Baseball League in hits, runs, and triples, earning league most valuable player honors.[1][2]
In 2012, Jankowski had a break out year, breaking his previous school record for stolen bases and setting school records in batting average, hits, runs, and triples.[1] In leading the Seawolves to their first ever College World Series appearance, Jankowski earned First Team All-American and America East Player of the Year honors.[1][3]
Professional career
Jankowski was drafted in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres; he was signed by the Padres' Northeast Scouting Director, Jim Bretz.[3][4] After just two games with the AZL Padres, he was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Padres' Class A affiliate, for the remainder of the 2012 season. With the TinCaps, Jankowski hit .282 with 17 stolen bases in 59. He spent the 2013 season with the Class A-Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm.[5]
Jankowski was promoted to the Padres from the El Paso Chihuahuas on August 19, 2015. He replaced Will Venable who had been traded to the Texas Rangers the previous day. As the starting center fielder in his MLB debut in a 9–3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Petco Park on August 21, Jankowski singled off John Lackey in each of his first two plate appearances, drove in a run with his second hit and scored on Yangervis Solarte's two-run fifth-inning homer.[6] He is the first Stony Brook Seawolves position player in the majors and the first Padre since Tony Gwynn to record at least two hits and a RBI in his big-league debut.[7]
Jankowski stole home plate twice within the month of August 2016. His first came when Wil Myers was caught in a rundown between first and second base at the back end of a double steal attempt in the eighth inning of a 7–3 home victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on August 1.[8] An initial ruling of fielder's choice was changed to a stolen base the following day. Jankowski stole home again when he broke for the plate on Eric Fryer's return throw to Antonio Bastardo in the eighth inning of a 4–0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on August 10.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Travis Jankowski". goseawolves.org. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ↑ Stires, Sean (August 16, 2011). "Jankowski Named Cape Cod Baseball MVP". College Baseball 360. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- 1 2 Brennan, Sean (June 13, 2012). "Stony Brook's Travis Jankowski lives dream in College World Series". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Padres Make Three Selections in Compensation Round of 2012 Draft". San Diego Padres. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Travis Jankowski Minor League Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ↑ Brock, Corey (August 22, 2015). "Rookie puts on a show in The Show: Jankowski bangs hits in first two Padres at-bats, beginning audition for 2016". MLB.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ Gaine, Chris (August 24, 2015). "Former outfielder Jankowski completes road to 'The Show'". The Statesman (Stony Brook University). Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ McCalvy, Adam; Collazo, Carlos (August 2, 2016). "Padres five-run fifth sinks Brewers". MLB.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Travis Jankowski steals home for Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Travis Jankowski on Twitter
