Brandon Dixon (baseball)

Brandon Allen Dixon (born January 29, 1992) is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Brandon Dixon
Dixon with the Detroit Tigers in 2019
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Infielder / Outfielder
Born: (1992-01-29) January 29, 1992
La Jolla, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 22, 2018, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.228
Home runs20
Runs batted in64
Teams

Career

Amateur career

Dixon attended Murrieta Valley High School in Murrieta, California where he played high-school baseball alongside Patrick Wisdom,[1][2] before enrolling at the University of Arizona and playing college baseball for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference. After playing sparingly as a freshman, Dixon appeared in 62 games during the 2012 season during which the team won the College World Series.[3] In his junior season, Dixon led the Pac-12 Conference both with a .369 batting average and 30 stolen bases and was named a third-team Louisville Slugger All-American.[4]

Los Angeles Dodgers

After his junior season at Arizona, Dixon was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round of the 2013 MLB draft. He signed and spent 2013 with the Class-A Great Lakes Loons where he slashed .185/.227/.261 with one home run and 17 RBIs in 59 games. In 2014, he played for the Class-A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga Quakes compiling a .262 batting average with nine home runs and 46 RBIs in 94 games, and in 2015, he played for both the Quakes and Double-A Tulsa Drillers, batting .263 with 19 home runs, 68 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases in 128 games between the two teams.

Cincinnati Reds
Dixon on deck for the Cincinnati Reds in 2018

On December 16, 2015, Dixon was traded to the Cincinnati Reds (with José Peraza and Scott Schebler) in a three team trade that sent Frankie Montas, Micah Johnson and Trayce Thompson to the Dodgers and Todd Frazier to the Chicago White Sox.[5] He spent 2016 with the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos where he slashed .260/.315/.434 with 16 home runs and 65 RBIs in 118 games, and 2017 with the Triple-A Louisville Bats where he collected a .264 batting average with 16 home runs, 64 RBIs, and a .783 OPS in 124 games.[6]

Dixon was called up to the majors for the first time on May 22, 2018.[7] On May 24 he collected his first three major league hits, going on to play in 74 games for the Reds during the 2018 season at six different defensive positions, in addition to two appearances as a pitcher. He batted .178/.218/.356 in 118 at bats[8] and was recorded as having the fastest base-running sprint speed of all major league first basemen, at 28.9 feet/second.[9]

Detroit Tigers

Dixon was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on November 2, 2018.[10] He began the 2019 season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens before being promoted to the major leagues on April 18.[11] In a May 5 game against the Kansas City Royals, Dixon hit a tenth-inning, walk-off three-run homer to give the Tigers a 5–2 victory.[12] Dixon finished 2019 with a .248 average, 52 RBI and a team-leading 15 home runs in 391 major league at-bats. He had the fastest sprint speed of all major league first basemen, at 28.5 feet/second.[13] On December 21, 2019, Dixon was designated for assignment by the Tigers to make room on the 40-man roster for two free agent signings.[14] He cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Toledo Mud Hens on January 8.[15] On September 22, 2020, Dixon was selected to the Tigers 40-man and active rosters.[16] Dixon appeared in only 5 games for the Tigers in 2020, going 1-for-13.

He was released by the Tigers on November 19, 2020, with the intention that he would be heading to a team in Nippon Professional Baseball.[17]

References
  1. Lassen, David (June 15, 2012). "ALUMNI REPORT: Murrieta Valley's Dixon living Omaha dream – Press Enterprise". Pe.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. Love, Carl (September 23, 2018) Carl Love: Cincinnati Reds’ Brandon Dixon and St. Louis Cardinals’ Patrick Wisdom first played ball in Murrieta, Press Enterprise, September 28, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. "Brandon Dixon". arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  4. "Brandon Dixon Garners All-American Honor". arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  5. Simon, Andrew (December 16, 2015). "White Sox acquire Frazier in 3-team deal". mlb.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  6. "Brandon Dixon Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  7. Nightengale, Bobby (May 22, 2018). "Brandon Dixon shares story of how he found out he was called up to the Cincinnati Reds". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  8. "Brandon Dixon Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  9. "Statcast Sprint Speed Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com". Baseballsavant.mlb.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  10. Beck, Jason (November 2, 2018). "Tigers claim Dixon, Fernandez off waivers". MLB.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  11. "Tigers put Christin Stewart on the injured list; Brandon Dixon up". Detroitnews.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  12. Beck, Jason (May 5, 2019). "Dixon foils Royals in 10th with catch, walk-off HR". MLB.com. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  13. "Statcast Sprint Speed Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com". Baseballsavant.mlb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  14. "Tigers' Brandon Dixon: Removed from 40-man roster". CBSSports.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  15. Woodbery, Evan (January 8, 2020). "Tigers' Brandon Dixon clears waivers, outrighted to Toledo". MLive.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  16. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/09/tigers-select-brandon-dixons-contract.html
  17. "Brandon Dixon: Bound for Japan". CBS Sports. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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