Jake Blackwood

Jacob H. Blackwood

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
• School Maple Woods Community College
• High School Platte County High School
• Born September 14, 1985 in Charleston, SC USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Jake Blackwood played professionally from 2006 to 2016. He was originally taken by the New York Mets in the 40th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but opted not to sign. He did sign after being taken by the Florida Marlins in the 16th round of the 2006 amateur draft, one pick ahead of pitcher Tobi Stoner. He was signed by scout Ryan Wardinsky.

He hit .300/.330/.390 with 80 hits in 69 games for the Jamestown Jammers his first year, earning a spot on the New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star team. He then slipped to .245, .208 and .174 over the next three seasons, respectively, and was relegated to independent ball after not playing above High-A. He moved to the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League for 2009 and 2010 and had a career year the latter campaign, batting .331/.378/.636 with 31 home runs, 86 RBI, 16 stolen bases and 82 runs scored in 99 games. He was named a league All-Star and the Player of the Year. The San Francisco Giants signed him that winter, but the San Diego Padres took him in the Triple-A round of that year's Rule V draft. He spent three seasons in the Padres system, peaking at Double-A; in his first campaign, he hit 17 home runs with 76 RBI in 131 games and earned Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star honors. He was a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star in 2013, as well. He returned to indy ball for the final three years of his career, posting averages of .321 and .302 in the first two of those campaigns and hitting 10, 11 and 14 home runs those years, respectively.

In the affiliated minors, he hit .248/.287/.365 with 47 home runs and 315 RBI in 654 games over 7 seasons. All told, including his short stints in the Mexican Pacific Winter League and Venezuelan Winter League, he hit .271/.310/.418 with 122 home runs, 635 RBI and 1,169 hits in 1,127 games over 11 seasons.