Aaron Keith Holbert is a former Major League Baseball

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 infielder

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 for the St. Louis Cardinals

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 and Cincinnati Reds

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He was promoted from the Triple-A Louisville Bats

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, the Cincinnati Reds' highest minor league team, on August 16, , to replace Ryan Freel

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, who had been placed on the 15-day disabled list

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 earlier that day. That marked the second time he had been on a regular season major league roster, as he was on the roster of the St. Louis Cardinals for one game in , going 0 for 3.

In his career, he played at various levels in the organizations of the St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners

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 before moving to the Reds' organization.

In 2009, Holbert managed

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 the Lake County Captains

Lake County Captains

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 in the Cleveland Indians

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 organization to a third place finish in the Northern Division of the South Atlantic League

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. In December 2009, he was named the manager of the Indians' Carolina League

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 affiliate Kinston Indians

Kinston Indians

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Holbert appeared in the documentary Cobb Field, A Day at the Ballpark, which was shot during his tenure with the Pioneer League Billings Mustangs

Billings Mustangs

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 during the 2007 season at Cobb Field

Cobb Field

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