Jason LaRue

Infobox MLB player

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width=280
caption=LaRue with the Reds in 2006
name=Jason LaRue
position=Catcher
team=St. Louis Cardinals
number=21
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1974|3|19
debutdate=June 15
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
statyear=September 1, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.233
stat2label=Hits| stat2value=586
stat3label=Home runs
stat3value=92
stat4label=Runs batted in
stat4value=334
teams=
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1999-by|2006)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2007)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|2008-present)

Michael Jason LaRue (born March 19, 1974 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. LaRue agreed to a two-year, $9.1 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds on December 20, 2005. On November 20, 2006, LaRue was traded to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. Since a player could not be agreed upon, the Royals opted to send the Reds cash considerations in the amount of one dollar and a bucket of balls. [cite web
title = "Royals.com : News"
url = http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080407&content_id=2501099&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc
accessdate = 2008-07-08]

After being selected in the 5th round of the 1995 MLB draft out of Dallas Baptist University, LaRue debuted with Cincinnati on June 15, 1999 and became Cincinnati's starting catcher in 2001. 2005 was his best overall season with 14 HR, 60 RBI and .260 batting average.

On Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, LaRue was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation. He was one of a handful of players to hit a home run with a pink bat.

On November 19, 2007 he signed a one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals as the backup to Yadier Molina. [Strauss, Joe. [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/3DF5FCFDADE27FB086257399001C4715?OpenDocument "Cardinals sign catcher, minor-league pitchers] St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2007-11-20.] As of May 2008 he is used primarily for his defensive ability as his hitting stats have dwindled.

References

External links

*baseballstats |mlb=150178 |espn=4091 |br=l/larueja01 |fangraphs=337 |cube=L/jason-larue
* [http://stlcardinals.scout.com/a.z?s=321&p=8&c=1&nid=3488944 Jason LaRue player profile page at stlcardinals.scout.com]

Persondata
NAME = LaRue, Michael Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Jason LaRue
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = March 19, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH = Houston, Texas
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =