Jeff Frazier
Encyclopedia
Jeffrey Keith Frazier is a Major League Baseball
outfielder
currently with the Washington Nationals
organization.
little league teams that made the 1995 Little League World Series
and 1996 Junior League World Series
. He attended Toms River High School South
, where he was named The Star-Ledger
's state player of the year in 2001.
and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team.
.
In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners
for Yorman Bazardo
. He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season.
He is now playing with the Syracuse Chiefs, the minor league farm team of the Washington Nationals
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
currently with the Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
organization.
Amateur
Frazier played on Toms River, New JerseyToms River, New Jersey
Toms River is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Toms River Township and is the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey. It is part of a larger Toms River Township...
little league teams that made the 1995 Little League World Series
Little League World Series
The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
and 1996 Junior League World Series
Junior League World Series
The Junior League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 13, 14, and 15 years old. The tournament is held annually at Heritage Park in Taylor, Michigan...
. He attended Toms River High School South
Toms River High School South
Toms River High School South is a comprehensive four-year public high school, and was the first high school established in Dover Township , Ocean County, as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. The original Toms River High School graduated its first class in 1891 and the current building opened...
, where he was named The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications.The Newark Star-Ledgers daily...
's state player of the year in 2001.
College
Frazier attended Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team.
Minor Leagues
He was drafted by the Tigers in the third round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft2004 Major League Baseball Draft
The 2004 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 7 and 8. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams...
.
In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
for Yorman Bazardo
Yorman Bazardo
Yorman Osorio Bazardo is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.-Florida Marlins:...
. He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season.
He is now playing with the Syracuse Chiefs, the minor league farm team of the Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...