#2007 RED SOX ROSTER PROFESSIONAL#
#2007 RED SOX ROSTER SERIES#

Ultimately, Pedroia stayed at shortstop, while Kinsler ended up at second base before transferring to the University of Missouri. Kinsler and Pedroia competed for the shortstop position at ASU. He was teammates with Ian Kinsler and Andre Ethier. Pedroia attended Arizona State University (ASU), where he played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team. 445 batting average and was chosen as his league's most valuable player. As a senior baseball player, Pedroia did not strike out all season, compiled a. His football career ended as a freshman quarterback a hit from future All-Pro NFL linebacker Lance Briggs shattered his ankle. Pedroia attended Woodland High School and played football and baseball. Pedroia's older brother, Brett, played baseball as a catcher at Shasta College. His mother, Debbie Pedroia, played tennis at Sacramento City College. Early life īorn and raised in Woodland, California, northwest of Sacramento, Pedroia's parents operated a tire shop where they worked 14-hour days. Pedroia was the first Red Sox infielder to win four Gold Gloves. Pedroia was a proficient contact hitter with a very low strikeout rate and 'a surprising amount of power', whose defense at second base has been rated significantly above-average. He announced his retirement on February 1, 2021. After playing in only nine major league games over the 20 seasons, including missing the 2018 postseason, he also missed all of the shortened 2020 season. A knee injury late in the 2017 season marked the end of his effective play.

#2007 RED SOX ROSTER SERIES#

Pedroia was the last player from the 2007 World Series team to leave the club. He was a member of the Red Sox World Series championship teams in 20. He became a full-time player in 2007, winning the AL Rookie of the Year Award. Pedroia was selected by the Red Sox in the 2004 MLB draft and made his major league debut in 2006. He has also received four Gold Glove Awards and was named AL Defensive Player of the Year in 2013. He was a four-time All-Star, and won the American League (AL) Rookie of The Year Award in 2007 and the AL Most Valuable Player and Silver Slugger Award in 2008.

#2007 RED SOX ROSTER PROFESSIONAL#

Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball career for the Boston Red Sox, from 2006 to 2019.

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