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Thomas Richard Joseph (born July 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Joseph plays in minor league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He is currently assigned to the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs. ==Career== Joseph attended Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he played for the school's baseball team. A first baseman in his first three years of high school, Joseph became a catcher in his senior year. In 2009, he was named the Arizona high school player of the year. The Giants selected Joseph in the second round, with the 55th overall selection, of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.〔 In 2010, Joseph was named a South Atlantic League all-star for his performance with the Augusta GreenJackets.〔 He suffered a concussion during the 2010 season.〔 The Giants invited Joseph to spring training in 2011. Joseph played for the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League in 2012, and appeared in the All-Star Futures Game that year. During the 2012 season, the Giants traded Joseph with Nate Schierholtz and Seth Rosin to the Philadelphia Phillies for Hunter Pence. The Phillies assigned Joseph to the Reading Fightin Phils of the Eastern League. After the 2012 season, he was assigned to the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League (AFL), and participated in the AFL Rising Stars Game. Joseph played in 36 games in the 2013 season due to a concussion.〔 The Phillies added him to their 40-man roster on November 20, 2013, to protect him from being exposed to the Rule 5 draft. Joseph suffered a wrist injury in 2014 which limited him to 27 games played, and required season ending surgery. Joseph began the 2015 season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Class AAA International League, where he suffered his third concussion in May 2015. Due to the concussions, the Phillies converted him into a first baseman. 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「Tommy Joseph」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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