Jeff Christy (baseball player)
Jeff Christy is a catcher for the Fort Myers Miracle in the Florida State League. He has a brother and 2 sisters who are quadruplets.
High School
Jeff played at Lincoln Southeast High School. As a senior he hit a .430 batting average with 4 home runs and 41 RBI's. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 49th round of the 2002 MLB Draft but he turned them down and went to college to play at Barton County Community College.
College
As a freshman Jeff hit .333 with 5 home runs and 34 RBI's. As a sophomore in 2004 he hit .390 with 6 home runs, and 45 RBI's. he threw out 40% of would-be base runners and committed only 1 error in 375 chances helping his team go 37-18 and a 2nd place conference finish. After a great junior college career, he transferred to Nebraska to play and start as catcher. In 2005, he was part of the 2005 College World Series team. He set a school record with 64 starts behind the plate, hitting a .236 batting average, 32 RBI's and only 1 home run. he had a team high 12 sacrifices. Jeff threw out 46% of the opposing base runners. In the NCAA Tournament he threw out 8 of 11 runners on defense and in all 13 postseason games he hit a .293 average, including .277 in the CWS on offense. In the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft Jeff got drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round.
Minor League
In 2006 Jeff started his pro career on the Elizabethton Twins with a .259 average. He got promoted to the AA New Britain Rock Cats only playing 2 games. In 2007 he started playing with the AA New Britain Rock Cats in the Eastern League only playing in 11 games with a .368 average. He was demoted to single A Fort Myers where he is currently .220 with 17 RBI's in 55 games.
Awards and Honors
- 2002 1st Team All-Nebraska
- 2002 Academic All-State
- 2003 Honorable Mention All-Jayhawk West
- 2004 1st Team All-Jayhawk League
- 2004 Conference Defensive Player of the Year