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Steven Wayne Pearce (born April 13, 1983) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. ==Amateur career== Pearce is a 2001 graduate of Lakeland High School (Fla.), where he was a three-year letterman in baseball and posted a career .383 batting average. Pearce was selected twice in the MLB Draft, but did not sign; taken in the 45th round in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by Minnesota and in the 10th round in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft by Boston. He played two seasons (2004–05) of NCAA baseball at the University of South Carolina and led the Gamecocks in batting average, home runs and RBIs both years and hit 42 home runs in his two seasons with USC to become the first player in school history to reach the 40-homer plateau that quickly. As a senior in 2005, he hit .358 with 21 home runs and 63 RBI and was a Second-Team All-SEC selection, a Baseball America Second-Team All-American and the NCBWA District IV Player of the Year. Pearce was named to the watch lists for both the Golden Spikes Award (USA Baseball's top amateur baseball player) and the Dick Howser Trophy (top collegiate baseball player) prior to the 2005 season. As a transfer junior in 2004, he hit .346 with 21 home runs and 70 RBI to lead the Gamecocks to their third consecutive appearance in the College World Series and was named USC's Rookie of the Year and was selected to both the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team and the College World Series All-Tournament Team. He set a South Carolina school record with a 1.000 fielding percentage (416 PO, 22 A, 0 E) in 50 games at first base. He played for the Cotuit Kettlers of the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2004 and hit .275 with one home run. Pearce transferred to South Carolina after playing two seasons (2002–03) at Indian River Community College (Fla.) leading Indian River in batting average both seasons and combined to hit 17 home runs. 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「Steve Pearce (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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