American baseball player
Baseball player
Aaron Mitchell Herr
(born March 7, 1981) is a professional
baseball
player who played for the
Lancaster Barnstormers
of the independent
Atlantic League
in 2011. He has played the majority of his
minor league
career with the
Atlanta Braves
organization.
[1]
He is the son of
Tom Herr
, who was also a professional baseball player and Aaron's high school coach. His younger brother,
Jordan
, is a member of the
Great Falls Voyagers
, the Rookie-level affiliate of the
Chicago White Sox
.
Career
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Rookie and Single-A beginning
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Herr was drafted by the Braves in the first round of the 2000 amateur early draft, and he was later selected by the
Seattle Mariners
in the
Rule 5 draft
but was later released. After playing with the Braves rookie and AA-level affiliates in
Lake Buena Vista
,
Danville
,
Macon
,
Myrtle Beach
, and
Greenville
, he signed with his hometown
Lancaster Barnstormers
in 2005, but never played a game.
Double-A rising star to Triple-A All-Star
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The
St. Louis Cardinals
picked up Herr and allocated him to their AA-level team, the
Springfield Cardinals
.
[2]
In 2006, Herr joined the
Cincinnati Reds
organization, and was initially assigned to the
Chattanooga Lookouts
.
[3]
Later in the 2006 season, he moved his way up to the AAA-level
Louisville Bats
.
Granted
free agency
after the season, Herr signed a minor-league contract with the
Cleveland Indians
, and played for the AAA-level
Buffalo Bisons
. Herr had his best season with Louisville in 2007, when he hit a .274 batting average with thirty-one doubles and nineteen home runs and played as a member of the 2007 International League All-Star team.
[4]
[5]
On June 23, 2008, he was traded back to the Cincinnati Reds organization for cash considerations, and he was assigned to the Louisville Bats.
[6]
The return home
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On March 5,
2009
, his hometown Lancaster Barnstormers signed Aaron Herr for the 2009 season. His return to Lancaster is the result of the Cincinnati Reds dropping him from their system after a severe groin injury. Herr's signing with the Barnstormers is his attempt to show an affiliated team that he is healthy enough for professional baseball.
[7]
Coincidentally, his father is Lancaster's bench coach for the 2009 season.
Herr retired following the 2011 season.
Trivia
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Aaron served as a batboy for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s, when his father played on the team.
[8]
References
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- ^
Aaron Herr Statistics
Archived
June 23, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine
The Baseball Cube
- ^
"Aaron Herr with the Springfield Cardinals"
.
scout.com
. Archived from
the original
on March 21, 2006
. Retrieved
June 13,
2006
.
- ^
"Aaron Herr with the Chattanooga Lookouts"
.
Lancaster Online
. Archived from
the original
on July 11, 2012
. Retrieved
July 1,
2006
.
- ^
"Herr signs with Indians".
Lancaster New Era
. 2007-12-24. p. C2.
- ^
Jordan Herr signs with the minors
Archived
January 6, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"Aaron Herr Stats, Highlights, Bio | Louisville Bats Stats"
.
- ^
"Familiar name at third for Barnstormers"
.
Lancaster Online
. Archived from
the original
on July 8, 2012
. Retrieved
March 6,
2009
.
- ^
Scout.com: Aaron Herr Profile
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