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John Claiborn Mayberry, Jr. (born December 21, 1983) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He attended high school in Kansas City, and in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, the Seattle Mariners drafted him out of high school (28th overall). However, he chose not to sign, instead attending Stanford, where he played three years before being drafted again. He also played for the United States national baseball team at the World University Baseball Championship in 2004. The Texas Rangers selected him in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft (19th overall). He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets. Mayberry ascended through the Rangers' minor league system, ultimately reaching Triple-A level, by which point he was considered a legitimate major league prospect. In 2007, he began to amass strong power numbers in the minor leagues, and on November 20, 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired him. With the Phillies, he started in Triple-A, but was called up to the major league team in May. He hit a home run in his major league debut, but was sent back to the minors a few weeks later, and spent the majority of the 2009 and 2010 seasons there. He returned to the major league squad in 2010 as a September callup, and has remained there since, absent a short stint in Triple-A in 2011. In 2011, Mayberry played over 100 games, splitting time between outfield and first base, as well as pinch hitting. Statistically, 2011 was his best major league season. He remained with the big-league club in 2012, and played predominantly in left field early in the season, and subsequently as the team's everyday center fielder following the departure of Shane Victorino via trade. In 2012 and 2013 his performance declined, specifically in terms of batting average. Mayberry has been used predominantly as a starting outfielder, despite some suggesting he is better suited as a platoon player. As a hitter, he hits for power relatively well, but strikes out frequently. He is a good athlete, and thus has good speed, however does not steal many bases. Defensively, he is "adequate", and possesses a relatively strong and accurate arm. Mayberry has a degree in political science from Stanford. His father, John Mayberry, Sr., played in the major leagues for over a decade. ==Early life== Mayberry attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City. While there, the National High School Baseball Coaches Association named him a first-team All-USA player and third-team All-American. He hit over .400 in both his junior and senior years of high school, where he also played basketball. Mayberry was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft (28th overall) but did not sign, choosing instead to attend Stanford University.〔 He was the highest-drafted player from the 2002 draft who chose to attend a four-year college instead of signing a contract.〔 Mayberry played three years for the Stanford Cardinal baseball team, and, along with fellow future major league infielder Jed Lowrie, formed the "heart" of Stanford's batting order. As a freshman in 2003, he had a 16-game hitting streak〔 and hit four home runs, batting .299 with 33 runs batted in (RBI).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Mayberry )〕 During the summer of 2003, he also played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, batting .375. During his sophomore season, he was named a first-team All-Pac-10 selection and a midseason All-Star by Baseball America.〔 As a sophomore, he batted .333 with 16 home runs, 62 RBI, and 9 stolen bases.〔 In 2004, he played with Team USA at the FISU World University Baseball Championship in Taiwan. Mayberry's junior year, which was his last at Stanford, was his best with the team. He amassed 22 multi-hit games to lead the team;〔 his batting average for the season was .303.〔 His .996 fielding percentage was also fourth in the Pac-10 conference, with only 2 errors in 501 chances.〔〔 He also had five hitting streaks of six games or more throughout the season.〔 Upon finishing his career, Mayberry was ranked second among active Stanford players behind Lowrie in multi-hit games, multi-RBI games, and home runs.〔 After his junior season, he was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft (19th overall). 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「John Mayberry, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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