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#9 Chris Lewis, IF |
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Position: IF
Height: 6' 0" Weight: 210 lbs
Pro Experience: 2006 Tempe Angels
College Experience: Stanford
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Biography:
Chris had an outstanding college career playing on some very good teams at Stanford . He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 2006 Draft. His playing career stalled by an automobile accident. He was hit by a drunk driver and seriously injured. He is making a comeback with the Thunder.
"Chris is on this team because of his determination," said Thunder GM C.J. Bauer. "His father called me about signing him and explained everything he had gone through. Al looked up the numbers he put up at Stanford and decided to give him a shot." Bauer said both he and Galagher had doubts at first because of Lewis's leg, but his hands and bat speed offensively made them take notice. "Chris wasn't playing allot at first and I remember telling him to be patient, his opportunity would come. It did and he made sure he got our attention. Al and I are both huge Chris Lewis fans. With everything he's been through, this is the best story in this entire league this year. We can only imagine if he had not been in the accident how far up he might be in the Angels farm system now. He puts the barrel of the bat on the ball, fully extended, as well as anyone on this team."
As A Senior at Stanford in 2006 Lewis was second on the team with a career-high-tying eight homers and a career-high 48 RBI, while raising his batting average to a current .310 that is 44 points above his previous top average in a season • Has hit safely in 17 of his last 21 games (.402, 33-82, 8 2B, 5 HR, 25 RBI) that included a 2-for-5 contest with four RBI in the NCAA Regional championship game versus North Carolina State (6/4) and a 3-for-4 game at Texas (6/3) in an NCAA Regional winners' bracket game • Also had seven hits in his final 12 regular season at bats (.583) by going 4-for-5 with a double, homer, a career-high five RBI and a stolen base at Pacific (5/24), as well as 3-for-4 in the regular season finale at UC Davis (5/27) • Was 5-for-8 (.625) with two homers and four RBI in the final two games of the team's last Pac-10 series at UCLA, going 2-for-4 with a homer and an RBI on May 20 and 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI on May 21 • Had homers in three consecutive games from May 20-24 • Started May with a season-high six-game hit streak (5/1-9, .409, 9-22, 2 2B, HR, 7 RBI) to begin his May run • Has had some other big games during the hot stretch, including two contests at Washington (5/13 - 2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI; 5/14 - 2-3, 2 2B), a 3-for-7 game with a double and two RBI at Santa Clara (5/9) and a 2-for-4 contest with a homer and three RBI versus California (5/7) • Posted the first four-hit game of his career versus Arizona State (4/28, 4-5, 2B, 3B) • Had at least one RBI in a career-high five straight games (4/17-23) • Stanford's hottest hitter over the first 13 games of April (.441, 15-34, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI) • Had two big series versus USC, going a combined 10-for-22 (.455) with a double, homer and eight RBI, while hitting safely in five of six games • Was a hero in both wins over USC, leading Stanford to a 7-6 victory at USC (3/10) by going 3-for-4 (career-high-tying hits) with a key two-run eighth inning double and a season-high three RBI before hitting a crucial three-run homer to fuel Stanford's 9-7 comeback win over the Trojans and going 3-for-4 with a career-high-tying four RBI in the first game of a doubleheader (4/1) at Sunken Diamond • Started the season in a 4-for-32 (.125) slump • Has started all 59 games this season at either second (41) or third (18) base, as well as made 118 straight starts in a row to start every game in each of the last two seasons.
Article about crash
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