James Boone (minors02)

James L. Boone

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.
• School University of Missouri
• High School Clinton (OK) High School

• Born March 16, 1983 in Clinton, OK USA

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Biographical Information

James Boone was a minor league outfielder.

Boone hit .248/.341/.394 as a freshman in college. The next year, he batted .332/.420/.483. He hit .340/.457/.593 as a junior and made the Big 12 Conference All-Conference team in the outfield.

The Pittsburgh Pirates took Boone in the third round of the 2005 amateur draft. He was signed by scout Jim Rough and assigned to the Williamsport Crosscutters; he produced at a .291/.343/.450 clip. Boone's 2006 season was lost due to a stress fracture in his foot and a shoulder operation. He only got into 28 games for the Hickory Crawdads, hitting .192/.302/.222.

Boone bounced back in 2007, batting .327/.400/.495 in 27 games for Hickory before an early May promotion to the Lynchburg Hillcats. Boone hit .255/.338/.411 for Lynchburg. He struggled in 2008 with the Altoona Curve, only posting a batting line of .219/.307/.359 with 107 strikeouts in 329 AB. He was even worse to start 2009, hitting .179/.235/.244 in 42 games for Altoona, earning his release after Pittsburgh traded for prospect Gorkys Hernandez and assigned him to the Curve.

Sources: 2006-2007 Baseball Almanacs, The Baseball Cube, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette