Taylor teagarden biography

American baseball player (born 1983)

Baseball player

Taylor Hill Teagarden (born December 21, 1983) is an American former professional baseballcatcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2008 to 2015 for the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs.

Early life

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Teagarden graduated from Creekview High School in Carrollton, Texas in 2002.^[1]

Teagarden attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a catcher on the Texas Longhorns baseball team. Most notably, Teagarden played on the Longhorns' 2005 NCAA Championship team, which won the College World Series.

Professional career

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Texas Rangers

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Taylor was drafted in the third round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. His first major league hit (a solo home run) happened on July 20, 2008. It came off Minnesota TwinspitcherScott Baker in the top of the 6th, who, until then, had not given up a hit all game. It would end up being the only run of the game in a Rangers 1–0 victory. In his first 40 plate appearances he had 10 extra base hits, a record tied in 2018 by first baseman Rowdy Tellez for the most by any ballplayer since 1913.^[2] Teagarden played for the 2008 USA Olympic Team.^[3&#

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