Bryan LaHair

Infobox MLB player
name = Bryan LaHair


width = 150
caption =
team = Seattle Mariners
number = 39
position = First baseman
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|11|5
birthplace = city-state|Worcester|Massachusetts
bats = Left
throws = Right
debutdate = July 18
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Seattle Mariners
statyear = 2008 season
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .250
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 3
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 10
teams =
*Seattle Mariners (by|2008-present)

Bryan Allan LaHair (born November 5, 1982 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. He began his career as an outfielder, but is now a first baseman and designated hitter. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

He was selected by the Mariners in the 39th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Saint Petersburg College.

LaHair spent the by|2005 season with the Inland Empire 66ers, the Mariners' Single-A affiliate at the time, where he hit .310 with 22 home runs and 113 RBI, earning a spot in the California/Carolina League All-Star Game.

For by|2006, LaHair was promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions and later to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. In November 2006, he was named to the Mariners' 40-man roster.

After playing the entire by|2007 season in Triple-A, batting .275 with 12 home runs, LaHair started the by|2008 season with the Rainiers. In July mlby|2008, he was called up to the Mariners shortly after the release of first baseman Richie Sexson. [http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080717&content_id=3145990&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea] The Mariners had called up infielder Tug Hulett directly following Sexson's departure, but sent him back down to make room for LaHair a week later. He made his Major League debut on July 18, 2008, as a pinch hitter, grounding into a double play.

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/Bryan-LaHair.shtml Page on The Baseball Cube]
* [http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061120&content_id=1744530&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea seattlemariners.com story on addition to roster]