Edmund Muth

Edmund Anthony Muth

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

• School Stanford University
• High School St. John Bosco High School

• Born December 1, 1977 in Long Beach, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Edmund Muth played four seasons in the minor leagues.

Amateur Career

Muth hit .388 with 58 runs in 55 games as a college freshman. He was 4th in the Pac-10 Conference South in average and joined Eric Byrnes, Jody Gerut and Eric Valent among the six All-Conference outfield picks. He was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball. In the 1997 College World Series, he was 8 for 18 with four runs and four RBI. He fell to .308 as a sophomore but hit 14 home runs, scored 61 and drove in 51 in 57 games, starting in left for Stanford. He hit for the cycle on February 22 against UCLA. He was All-Cape Cod League with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox (leading that elite loop with 7 dingers; the year before, he had tied for the lead with five homers for the Chatham Athletics) and participated in the Team USA trials.

In 1999, Edmund moved to center field but had his worst year yet - .305, 6 HR, 30 RBI in 52 G. In the postseason, he was 10 for 28, though, with two homers in the 1999 College World Series. The Oakland A's took him in the 22nd round of the 1999 amateur draft but he returned for his senior year. In 2000, Muth hit .299 for Stanford, but with 22 home runs, 65 runs and 81 RBI. He had the most homers on a team which included future major leaguers Joe Borchard, Eric Bruntlett, John Gall and Ryan Garko. He tied Chase Utley for third in the Pac-10 in home runs, behind Mitch Jones and Forrest Johnson. He made All-Conference, joining Borchard and Jones in the outfield. He tied for fifth in NCAA Division I in home runs. In the 2000 College World Series, he hit three homers against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to send Stanford to the championship game; only J.D. Drew had ever gone deep three times in a CWS game before. In the finale, Muth was 0 for 4 from the 3rd slot in the order as Stanford fell, 6-5, to LSU. He joined teammate Borchard on the All-Tournament outfield.

Professional Career

The Colorado Rockies chose Muth in the 7th round of the 2000 amateur draft. He was the second hitter they drafted that year, after 5th-rounder Garrett Atkins and before Clint Barmes (10th) and Brad Hawpe (11th). Assigned to the Asheville Tourists, he only homered once in 50 games despite his previous long-ball proficiency with wood bats in the Cape Cod League; he hit .237/.351/.318.

In 2001, the Californian returned to Asheville and had a productive campaign - .261/.346/.465, 18 HR, 70 RBI, 13 steals in 16 tries, 10 outfield assists to 2 errors. He was second on the club in homers and RBI, trailing Hawpe. Promoted to the Salem Avalanche in 2002, he sputtered at .225/.289/.336 with 87 K in 262 AB and only three home runs. Let go by Colorado, he hit .245/.356/.378 for the independent North Shore Spirit in '03 to wrap up his career. In pro ball, he had batted .245/.337/.390.

Sources

• 1998-2003 Baseball Almanacs
• Description of Muth's record-tying CWS game
• Stanford bio