Brandon Tripp

Brandon John Tripp

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• School California State University, Fullerton
• High School Los Alamitos High School

• Born April 2, 1985 in Artesia, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Brandon Tripp played in the minor leagues from 2006 to 2014 and also found success in the Australian Baseball League.

he was drafted twice, the first time out of high school by the Florida Marlins in the 21st round of the 2003 amateur draft and a second time after going to college at Cal State Fullerton. That time, it was the Baltimore Orioles who selected him, in the 12th round of the 2006 amateur draft. The Titans made it to the College World Series in 2004 and 2006 while he was with the team, winning the tournament the first year.

His first professional season was with the Aberdeen Iron Birds of the New York-Pennsylvania League in 2006, where he hit .221/.345/.317. He had a much better sophomore season with the Delmarva Shorebirds of the South Atlantic League in 2007, finishing at .288/.377/.531 in 104 games, with 25 doubles and 19 homers. He was a mid-season All-Star in the Sally League. In 2008, moving up to the Carolina League, he fell to .236/.296/.402 in 123 games, his slash line being torpedoes by a pretty bad ratio of 33 walks to 135 strikeouts. Still, he repeated as a mid-season All-Star, largely thanks to his power that manifested itself in 20 doubles and 17 RBIs.

He was released by the Orioles at the end of spring training in 2009, but a month later was signed by the Marlins, and spent the year in the Florida State League with the Jupiter Hammerheads. He bounced back to hit .278/.348/.441. That earned him a promotion to the AA Southern League in 2010, with the Jacksonville Suns. he had another good year, batting .289/.369/..449 in 118 games, with 35 doubles and 8 homers, and made an All-Star team for the third time of his career. He became a free agent after the season and signed with the Detroit Tigers, but failed to make the AA Erie SeaWolves in spring training and was released at the end of March. That forced him to take a detour via the independent leagues, namely the St. Paul Saints of the American Association. he hit .314 in 60 games there, earning another shot at affiliated ball when the Philadelphia Phillies signed him on July 20th. He was assigned to the FSL, playing another 42 games with the Clearwater Threshers to finish the season, batting .322. In spite of dominating that circuit, he started 2012 back with Clearwater and batted .257 in 36 games before earning a second shot at AA with the Reading Fightin Phils of the Eastern League. he finished the year there, hitting .268 in 72 games. In 108 games between the two teams, however, he only hit 6 homers, a problem for a player whose main calling card had always been his power.

He became a free agent again following the 2012 season and had to return to St. Paul for the summer of 2013. He hit .287 in 91 games, with 19 homers and 75 RBIs. That fall, he moved across the globe to Australia to join the Perth Heat for the 2013-2014 ABL season. He was brilliant, batting .333/.398/.603 in 46 games, with 15 doubles and 10 homers. He led the league in hits (58), RBIs (46) and total bases (105) while finishing second in batting average behind Ryan Casteel. Perth won the Claxton Shield, sweeping the Canberra Cavalry in two games the finals. He drove in one of two Perth runs in a 2-1 win the final game on February 8, 2014, after scoring twice in a 4-3 win in the first game the day before. He played one final season in the American Association in 2014, split between St. Paul and the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks, hitting a combined .270/.354/.417 in 92 games to complete his career.

Related Sites

• Cal State Fullerton bio