Jeff Tezak

Jeffrey Tezak

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
• School University of Nebraska, Palomar College, Cal State-Northridge
• High School Mt. Carmel High School

• Born February 23, 1986 in Atwater, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Jeff Tezak played for two seasons in the minors.

Tezak hit .360 as a high school senior. He batted .317 as a freshman at Cal State Northridge. Transferring to Palomar College, he batted .386 with 15 steals in 16 tries. As a junior, he hit .335/.429/.482 at a third school, Nebraska. His senior season, he was just 4 for 21 with 2 doubles, a home run and 3 walks before season-ending knee surgery. After being redshirted, he put up a .315/.425/.410 line in 2009. The Chicago White Sox took him in the 24th round of the 2009 amateur draft.

In his pro debut, Tezak hit .280/.379/.305 with 37 runs in 56 games for the Great Falls Voyagers. He fielded .962 as their most-used second baseman. He split 2010 between the Voyagers (.318/.408/.400 in 40 G) and Kannapolis Intimidators (3 for 13, 5 BB). He fielded .960 at 2B between the two clubs. Overall, he had hit a solid .291/.392/.334 in two minor league seasons.

For 2011, Tezak signed with the Austrian Baseball League's Vienna Metrostars. He coached for the Austrian national team in the 2011 European Championship Qualifiers.

Sources

• Nebraska bio
• Mister Baseball
• CEB