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ANTHONY BEMBOOM # 12
BORN: JAN. 18, 1990 OPENING DAY AGE: 30
BIRTHPLACE: ST. CLOUD, MN RESIDES: MALCOLM, NE
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 108 DAYS
ACQUIRED: FROM TAMPA BAY FOR CASH CONSIDERATIONS, JULY 16, 2019

C HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 200 BATS: L THROWS: R
BEMBOOM’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2012— Orem .250 40 124 15 31 3 0 2 20 0 1 1 16 1 21 1 0 3 .323 .338 4
2013— Arkansas .154 8 26 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 .154 .241 0
Burlington .245 61 229 35 56 11 0 8 25 3 1 0 21 0 43 0 1 3 .213 .307 8
Inland Empire .160 23 75 4 12 1 0 1 7 1 0 2 4 0 19 0 0 2 .213 .222 1
2014— Burlington .217 19 60 8 13 3 2 2 13 1 0 1 4 0 7 1 0 3 .433 .277 1
Angels (AZL) .167 2 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .444 0
Inland Empire .244 46 172 21 42 6 2 3 30 0 1 1 8 0 27 2 2 3 .355 .280 3
2015— Arkansas .253 80 257 29 65 7 1 5 35 7 4 0 23 0 60 2 1 3 .346 .310 4
2016— Salt Lake .261 47 157 20 41 8 3 1 13 4 0 0 16 0 31 5 2 2 .369 .329 6
Arkansas .146 25 82 6 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 17 0 2 1 .183 .222 2
2017— Albuquerque .278 45 133 20 37 8 2 4 20 1 1 1 24 1 30 0 0 1 .459 .390 3
2018— Albuquerque .232 70 211 25 49 10 0 5 29 1 2 3 32 2 49 0 0 5 .351 .339 2
2019— Charlotte .133 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 .133 .188 0
Durham .213 14 47 7 10 3 0 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 10 0 1 2 .340 .240 0
TAMPA BAY .400 3 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .600 .400 0
Rays (GCL) .400 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .600 .571 0
Salt Lake .316 16 57 7 18 1 2 2 10 0 0 0 7 0 9 0 0 0 .509 .391 1
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LAA .102 22 49 2 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 .163 .120 0
MAJOR TOTALS .130 25 54 2 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 .204 .145 0
MINOR TOTALS .239 502 1656 203 395 65 13 34 214 17 11 12 171 6 338 12 9 29 .355 .312 35
Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Left knee sprain; disabled May 17 (retro to May 15)-July 15
2019 SEASON
◆ Spent parts of season playing in the Rays and Angels systems...Began season on injured list after thumb injury in
Spring Training...Combined to appear in eight games for Triple-A Charlotte and Triple-A Durham before getting
first big league call up...Made Major League debut May 12 vs. Yankees...Was the oldest player to make their
debut in Rays franchise history...Logged first career hit May 15 vs. Miami.
◆ Acquired by Angels July 16 and was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake...Made two stints with the Halos...Registered a
46.2 caught stealing percentage (4 CS/11 SBA) with the Halos while his 49.7 strike rate (catcher framing) ranked
second on the Club (min. 500 pitches) behind only Max Stassi (53.3%).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 6, 2012....Drafted by Angels in the 22nd round of the First-Year Player Draft.
◆ Dec. 8, 2016...Selected by Rockies from Angels in the Rule 5 Draft.
◆ Nov. 9, 2018...Signed as a free agent with Rays .
◆ July 16, 2019...Traded by Rays to Angels for cash considerations.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Anthony John Bemboom
◆ Attended Creighton University (Omaha, NE) and studied Exercise Science...Favorite athletes growing up were
Chipper Jones and Peyton Manning...Favorite movie was Wedding Crashers.
◆ Originally signed by Angels scout Drew Chadd.
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP PB
C 1 .000 25 162 7 0 169 0 4

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