Brock Kjeldgaard
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| Born: January 22, 1986 Edmonton, Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||
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Riley "Brock" Kjeldgaard (KELL-guard) (born January 22, 1986) is a Canadian former professional baseball player. Kjeldgaard was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He attended college at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa.
Career
[edit]After being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 34th round of the 2005 MLB draft, he played for the Rookie League Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League. He played the 2006 and 2007 seasons as a pitcher for Helena, pitching in 33 games with a win–loss record of 1–3 and an earned run average of 5.53. He converted to a first baseman and outfielder in 2008 and ended the season with a .278 batting average, 14 home runs, and 65 runs batted in (RBI). In 2009, he played for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class-A Midwest League. He led the Timber Rattlers in home runs (20) and RBIs (74). In April 2010, Kjeldgaard was assigned to the Brevard County Manatees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League, where he started at first base. He was promoted to the Huntsville Stars of the Class-AA Southern League in 2011. He spent all of 2012 with Huntsville, where in 48 games he hit .234/.349/.443 with 8 HR and 29 RBI. On October 27, playing in the Arizona Fall League with the Phoenix Desert Dogs, he broke his foot.[1] He began 2014 in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and then moved to the American Association.
Kjeldgaard has played for the Canadian national baseball team. In 2011, he participated in the Pan American Games, winning the gold medal. Along with his teammates, Kjeldgaard was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.[2]
On February 1, 2016, Kjeldgaard was released by the Sioux City Explorers.
References
[edit]- ^ "Arizona Fall League Matures in 20th Anniversary Season « John & Cait…Plus Nine". brewers.mlblogs.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09.
- ^ "Brewers GM Doug Melvin to be inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- MiLB.com player profile
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Arizona League Brewers players
- Baseball first basemen
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball people from Alberta
- Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Brevard County Manatees players
- Canada national baseball team players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Helena Brewers players
- Huntsville Stars players
- Indian Hills Warriors baseball players
- Lancaster Barnstormers players
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Phoenix Desert Dogs players
- Sioux City Explorers players
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games