Personal
Parents are Glen and Jackie ... served a Church mission to Seattle, Washington after his freshman year
Before BYU
Was Arizona Player of the Year in 1989 ... drafted out of Mountain View High by the Baltimore Orioles ... two-time all-state and three-time all-league ... league batting champion as a senior and team MVP three times.
After BYU
- Drafted in the second round of the 1993 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers
- Made his MLB debut with the Brewers on September 9, 1996
- Played six seasons in the MLB with the Milwaukee Brewers (1996-99) and the Florida Marlins (2002-03)
- Won a World Series with the Florida Marlins (2003)
- Career MLB stats .246 batting average, 122 hits, 13 home runs and 64 RBIs
- Played one season in the Japanese Baseball League in Fukuoka, Japan (2000)
- Runner-up in the Japan World Series (2000)
- Inducted into the Mesa Sports Hall of Fame in 2013
BYU Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SLG% PO A E FLD% 1990 .278 41 133 23 37 8 2 4 28 61 16 27 .459 143 20 5 .970 1993 .389 57-57 216 67 84 11 2 20 73 159 30 35 .736 124 17 6 .959 TOTALS .347 98 349 90 121 19 4 24 101 220 46 62 .630 267 37 11 .965
Mission
- Seattle , Washington , United States
Played in 41 games as a catcher and DH ... hit .278 with 4 home runs and 28 RBI ... 190 putouts ranked fourth in BYU freshman history
Signed with the Milwaukee Brewers ... All-American by Baseball News and Baseball America magazine ... Second-Team All-District Nine ... and All-Western Athletic Conference, Eastern Division ... All-Coyote Classic ... ranked third nationally in homers and 11th in RBI ... his 20 home runs ranked 14th in BYU history ... started in the outfield.
- 1993 Baseball America All-American
- 1993 Baseball News All-American
- 1993 All-District 9 First Team
- 1993 First Team All Western Athletic Conference
- 1993 All-Coyote Classic Team
- 3rd in the NCAA in home runs (20)
- 11th in the NCAA runs batted in (73)
- Led BYU in five offensive categories