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Stephen Coleman Figueroa (born June 30, 1987) is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He was the starting shortstop for University of Florida during his college career, and was drafted by San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He was also drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. ==Career== Figueroa attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida, where he helped take the school's baseball team to the District 4A Championship. Figueroa played college baseball at the University of Florida for the Florida Gators while majoring in Sports Management. Figueroa's college achievements included All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman Team the SEC all-academic team. Figueroa was also named freshman All-American by rivals.com, Louisville Slugger, and Baseball America. He was selected to the Dick Howser Trophy watch list. In 2008, Figueroa was named to the All-SEC academic team. He was named a Golden Spikes Award finalist along with being named to the midseason watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award. Figueroa led the Gators that year in average, home runs, RBI, Slugging percentage and on-base percentage. Figueroa also played two season in the Prestiges Cape Cod League, 2007 (Harwich) where he was named an all star and 2008 (Orleans) Figueroa was drafted in the 6th round in the 2008 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres. Figueroa received an over slot $400,000 signing bonus when he signed a contract with the Padres on July 5, 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Padres sign sixth-round pick Cole Figueroa )〕 The Padres traded Figueroa to the Tampa Bay Rays along with Brandon Gomes, Cesar Ramos, and Adam Russell in exchange for Jason Bartlett on December 17, 2010. The Rays called up Figueroa to the major leagues on May 15, 2014〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rays call up Cole Figueroa )〕 and he made his MLB debut two days later.〔 Figueroa signed with the New York Yankees organization on a minor league contract in December 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Minor League Transactions: Dec. 6-12 )〕 He began the season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League. The Yankees promoted Figueroa to the major leagues on July 9.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who is Yankees' recent call-up Cole Figueroa? )〕 He elected free agency on November 6, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cole Figueroa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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