Jon Schaeffer

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Jon Schaeffer

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Biographical information[edit]

Jon Schaeffer grew up playing baseball against Gabe Kapler in the Los Angeles, CA area. He hit .294 and slugged for Stanford in 1995 as the team's DH during his freshman year. In '96, Jon batted batted .292 and slugged .538 while splitting catcher and DH with A.J. Hinch. With Hinch gone, Schaeffer became the regular backstop in 1997 and hit .349, slugging .681. His 20 homers were best on the team and the club made the final four of the 1997 College World Series. He was naned to the All-Conference team in the Pac-10 Conference at catcher, along with Eric Munson. The Minnesota Twins drafted him in the 9th round of the 1997 amateur draft, the 4th position player they took but the second catcher after Matt LeCroy. Assigned to the Elizabethton Twins, Jon hit .333/~.444/.521, earning a quick promotion to AA, where he only managed a .207/~.290/.276 line for the New Britain Rock Cats. Schaeffer was 8th in the Appalachian League in average that year.

In 1998, he hit .283/~.367/.454 for the Fort Wayne Wizards. Jon batted .290/~.425/.560 for the 1999 Quad City River Bandits with 97 runs, 33 doubles, 17 homers and 92 walks. He also was hit by 20 pitches, tied for the Midwest League lead with Corky Miller.

In 2000, Jon hit .276/.409/.342 for the Fort Myers Miracle (20 games) and .143/.200/.190 in eight games with New Britain. On June 8, he was traded to the Oakland A's in exchange for T.R. Marcinczyk. He hit .262/.359/.398 for the Modesto A's (52 games) and .216/.295/.351 for the Midland RockHounds (14 games) to complete a wild season and his professional career.

Main sources: 1996-2001 Baseball Almanacs, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz

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