Tony Kemp (baseball)
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| Second baseman / Outfielder | |||
| Born: October 31, 1991 Franklin, Tennessee |
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Anthony Allen Kemp (born October 31, 1991) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Kemp graduated from Centennial High School in Franklin, Tennessee.[1] He attended Vanderbilt University, where he played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team. He was named an All-American and the Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year in 2013.[2][3] The Astros selected Kemp in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB draft.[4]
In 2015, Kemp began the season with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League.[5] He received a midseason promotion to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League,[6] and appeared in the 2015 All-Star Futures Game.[7]
Kemp began the 2016 season with Fresno, and was promoted to the major leagues on May 16.[8]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Articles with dead external links from May 2016
- Articles with dead external links from February 2016
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- People from Franklin, Tennessee
- Baseball players from Tennessee
- Baseball second basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Houston Astros players
- Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players
- Tri-City ValleyCats players
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Lancaster JetHawks players
- Corpus Christi Hooks players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- All-Star Futures Game players
