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**Trevor Plouffe**
Trevor Plouffe
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	Minnesota Twins — No. 1
	Shortstop
	Born: June 15, 1986 (age 23); West Hills, California
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
	Collegiate Baseball News High School All-American (2004); Twins' first-round pick (20th overall) (June 2004 Major League Baseball Draft); Baseball America top Appalachian League prospect (#6, 2004); Baseball America top Midwest League prospect (#12, 2005); Twins' Minor League Player of the Week (April 27-May 3, 2007); Eastern League Player of the Week (May 28-June 3, 2007); Arizona Fall League Rising Stars (2007);

Trevor Patrick Plouffe (born June 15, 1986 in West Hills, California) is a shortstop on the Minnesota Twins' active roster^[1] currently assigned to their triple A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings.^[2]

He is a 2004 graduate of Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California, where he batted .509 (28-55) with six home runs, twenty runs batted in, 23 runs, and 10 stolen bases as a senior. After being named a 2004 Collegiate Baseball News High School All-American, Plouffe was drafted by the Minnesota Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.

After signing for $1.5 million, Plouffe spent the 2004 season with the Rookie-level Elizabethton Twins. He batted .283 and was named the league's sixth best prospect by Baseball America. Plouffe spent 2005 with the Midwest League's Beloit Snappers, where he was again recognized as one of the league's top prospects, this time ranking 12th overall.

Plouffe split the 2008 season between the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats and Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, where he hit a combined .262 with nine home runs and sixty RBIs. Having originally been drafted as a shortstop, it was in Rochester that Plouffe was converted to third base. After the season (November 20, 2008), Plouffe was added to the Minnesota Twins Major League 40-man roster.^[3]

[edit] References

^ "Trevor Plouffe player file". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=461858. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
^ "Rochester Red Wings". http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/meettheteam/PlouffeT.php. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
^ "Twins add eight to 40-man roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081119&content_id=3685366&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, MiLB

[0] "Trevor Plouffe player file". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=461858. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

[1] "Rochester Red Wings". http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/meettheteam/PlouffeT.php. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

[2] "Twins add eight to 40-man roster". http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081119&content_id=3685366&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

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