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ANDRE ETHIER
ANDRE ETHIER

Andre Everett Ethier (born April 10, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona), is a Major League Baseball outfielder of French and Mexican descent. Ethier plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix, Arizona. After briefly attending Chandler-Gilbert Community College, he went on to Arizona State University. Ethier transferred to Chandler-Gilbert Community College after playing with ASU in the fall of 2000. The coaching staff at ASU told him that they thought he did not have Division I talent and that he would do better to play junior college ball. At CGCC, Ethier recorded 94 hits as one of the top junior college players in Arizona, batting .468 with 32 doubles. He was named team MVP. During the summer of 2001, he played with the Keene (N.H.) Swampbats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Ethier re-enrolled at ASU in the fall of 2001 and played there until the end of his junior year in 2003 with an ASU career batting average of .371, 113 runs, 27 doubles, 7 triples, 14 home runs and 118 runs batted in. He was a two-time Pacific-10 Conference All-Star in 2002-2003.

Ethier was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 37th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Opting to attend ASU instead, he was drafted in the second round of the 2003 amateur draft, again by the Oakland Athletics. He signed with the Athletics on July 1, 2003. Ethier was assigned to Single-A Vancouver Canadians and later to the Kane County Cougars for the 2003 season. He remained in the minors in 2004 with the Modesto Athletics, where he hit .313, and in 2005 with the Midland RockHounds Double-A team, where he hit .319 with 18 homers and was selected as the Texas League Most Valuable Player, Oakland Athletics Minor League Player of the Year, Texas League All-Star Outfielder and Texas League All-Star Game MVP.

On December 14, 2005, Ethier was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ethier hit a double and drew a walk in his Major League Baseball debut and hit his first home run the next night. Ethier batted very well for much of the season with his average peaking at .354 before a late slump dropped it to .308 at season’s end. In 2007 Ethier enjoyed a solid sophomore campaign, playing in 153 games while batting .284, with 13 home runs, and 64 RBIs. Ethier beat out Juan Pierre to become the Dodgers starting left fielder for the start of the 2008 season.

When the Dodgers acquired outfielder Manny Ramirez, he moved to his more natural position of right field, with Kemp playing center field. In the regular season, Ethier played in 141 games, had 525 at bats, scored 90 runs, had 160 hits, hit an average .305 batting avg. with 20 Homers and 77 RBIs. His OBP was .375.

In the offseason, he resides with his wife, Maggie Germaine, in Chandler, Arizona. Maggie Germaine was an All-American gymnast at Arizona State. They have a baby boy named Dreson, born on September 13, 2008.

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