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Notes for Bret Robert BOONE
Living Individual, details withheldBret Robert Boone (born April 6, 1969 in El Cajon, California) is a second baseman in Major League Baseball who most recently played with the Minnesota Twins before being released on August 1, 2005 after only 20 days with the franchise. Boone is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
In 1992 Boone became the first-ever third-generation big-leaguer in baseball history. As a member of an All-Star family, he is the son of Bob, a catcher for the Phillies, Angels and Royals (1972-90) and later a manager with the Royals and Reds; his brother Aaron is a third baseman who has played with Reds, Yankees and Indians (1997- ), and his grandfather Ray was an infielder for the Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Athletics, Braves and Red Sox (1948-60).
Boone enjoyed his best season in 2001, leading the league in runs batted in (141) with career highs in batting average (.331), home runs (37), triples (5), runs (118) and hits (206). That same year he teamed up with rookie Ichiro Suzuki to lead the Mariners to the AL West championship.
He was designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners on July 3, 2005 and later traded on July 11 to Minnesota for cash and a player to be named later. Minnesota released Boone on August 1 after only 14 games, where the second baseman struggled with a .221 batting average, with 7 homeruns and 37 RBIs in 88 games for the Mariners and Twins.
On January 4, 2006 Boone signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. He was invited to spring training and will compete with Kazuo Matsui, Jeff Keppinger and Anderson Hernández for team's starting job.
Boone is a career .268 hitter with 245 home runs and 984 RBI in 1692 games.
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