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**Fred Lewis**
Fred Lewis
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	San Francisco Giants — No. 14
	Left fielder
	Born: December 9, 1980 (age 28); Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	September 1, 2006 for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics; (through November 1 , 2009)
Batting average	.277
Hits	258
Runs batted in	81
OBP	.355
Home runs	16
Stolen bases	34
Teams
	San Francisco Giants (2006–present);

For the 1880s outfielder, see Fred Lewis (1880s outfielder).

Frederick Deshaun Lewis (born December 9, 1980 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the San Francisco Giants. He made his debut on September 1, 2006, with the San Francisco Giants. He is the cousin of former major league outfielder Matt Lawton. Lewis also hit the 46th Splash Hit at AT&T Park.

[edit] High school and college

Lewis graduated from Stone High School in Wiggins, Mississippi in 1999, where he was a three sport star in basketball, football, and baseball. He went on to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where he played both football and baseball. After graduating in 2001, he was drafted in the 20th round (585th overall) by the Montreal Expos, but opted not to sign, instead attending Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to play baseball. While attending Southern University, Lewis flipped a truck he was driving on a rainy night, and three of the occupants in the car were killed.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Minor leagues

[edit] 2002

Lewis was drafted in the second round (66th overall), and was sent to the short season-A Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. While there, earned Northwest League All-Star honors, leading the league with a .322 batting average, while finishing 5th for both hits (77) and on-base percentage(.396). Lewis also was named co-Player of Month for July, along with Dan Ortmeier and Greg Bruso.

[edit] 2003

Lewis spent all of 2003 with the Hagerstown Suns, where he finished the season second in the Giants organization with 30 stolen bases. He also led the team with 61 runs scored, while ranking 3rd in games (114) and doubles(17). Lewis finished the season with a .250 batting average, but as a result of leading the team in walks with 68, wound up with a .361 on-base percentage.

[edit] 2005

Lewis starred on the Norwich Navigators in Norwich, Connecticut, where it was customary for fans to shout his name while he was at bat, on deck, running in from the field or anywhere else in view. Lewis would choose the loudest fans to join him in Fred Lewis' Pancake Breakfasts^tm.

[edit] Major leagues

[edit] 2006

Lewis was a September call-up in 2006, making his debut on September 1 at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs; he had a base hit in each of his first three at bats. Lewis finished the year 5-11 with 2 RBI.

[edit] 2007

Lewis made his first appearance on a major league 25-man roster on May 10, 2007, and hit for the cycle on May 13, Mother's Day, in only his 16th game in the majors at Colorado. Lewis doubled leading off the game, then hit a three-run opposite-field home run in the fourth inning (both against Taylor Buchholz), followed by an RBI triple in the fifth (against Tom Martin) and a single leading off the seventh inning (against Denny Bautista). Lewis' cycle was the 22nd in Giants franchise history. Lewis is one of only a handful of major league baseball players to hit his first homer as part of a cycle.

On June 1, Lewis hit his first MLB grand slam against the Philadelphia Phillies. Little over a month later, on July 4, Lewis hit another grand slam against the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the first player in San Francisco Giants history to hit two grand slams in his rookie season.^[1]

[edit] 2008

Lewis led the majors in steals of home in 2008 with 2, but was also caught twice while attempting to steal home.[1]

[edit] Statistics

Year	Ag	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GDP	VORP
2006	25	SF	NL	13	11	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.455	.455	.545	156	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
2007	26	SF	NL	58	157	34	45	6	2	3	19	5	3	19	32	.287	.374	.408	103	64	1	0	0	3	4	6.0
2008	27	SF	NL	133	468	81	132	25	11	9	40	21	7	51	124	.282	.351	.440	107	206	0	2	3	0	5	19.0
Totals:				204	636	120	182	32	13	12	61	26	8	70	159	.286	.359	.434	107	276	1	2	3	3	9	26.6

Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Stats through September 10, 2008.^[2]

[edit] See also

Hitting for the cycle

[edit] References

^ Haft, Chris (2007-05-13). "Giants rookie Lewis hits for the cycle". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070513&content_id=1962940&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.
^ "Fred Lewis Statistics". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lewisfr02.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

[5.2F13.2F07-0] Haft, Chris (2007-05-13). "Giants rookie Lewis hits for the cycle". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070513&content_id=1962940&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.

[br-stats-1] "Fred Lewis Statistics". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lewisfr02.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

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