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Baseball player| Brad Ausmus | |
|---|---|
| Houston Astros – No. 11 | |
| Catcher | |
| Bats: RightThrows: Right | |
| debut | |
| July 28, 1993, for the San Diego Padres | |
| Career statistics (through 2005) | |
| Games played | 1577 |
| Hits | 1307 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Managerial record at Baseball Reference | |
| Former teams | |
Bradley David Ausmus (born April 14, 1969 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American catcher in Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros.
Ausmus was a standout athlete in high school, being named the Avon Old Farms Player of the Year in his senior season; he was a teammate of National Hockey League defenseman Brian Leetch on the Connecticut high school baseball championship team in 1984. Ausmus chose an unusual route to the major leagues: he played minor league baseball during the summers while attending Dartmouth College, from which he graduated with a B.A. in government. He also served as a volunteer coach and bullpen catcher for the Big Green.
He was drafted by the New York Yankees in 1987 and selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft but did not appear in a major league game for either team. He also played for the San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers. In 2004, Ausmus hit .248 with five home runs and 31 RBI in 129 games. He hit his second career postseason home run in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against Atlanta. He has caught at least 100 games in all of his 11 full major league seasons, and ranks third among active catchers in games played. He is the active leader in career RBIs among former Ivy Leaguers. His best season offensively was 1999 with the Tigers, where he batted .275 with 9 home runs and 54 RBIs, the last two being career highs.
In Game 4 of the 2005 NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, Ausmus homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 6-6 and send it to extra innings; the Astros eventually won in the 18th inning of the longest postseason game in major league history.
Ausmus and his wife Liz reside in San Diego with their daughters Sophie and Abigail.
In the 2006 film The Break-Up starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, Ausmus appears on Vaughn's television screen playing for the Houston Astros during an ESPN SportsCenter update.
External links
- Brad Ausmus: Boys of Tireball
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 1999 American League All-Stars
- Detroit Tigers players
- Houston Astros players
- San Diego Padres players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Major league catchers
- Gold Glove Award winners
- Major league players from Connecticut
- People from San Diego
- Jewish baseball players
- Dartmouth College alumni