Lance Zawadzki #2

Lance Frederick Zawadzki... Graduated from St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, MA... While at San Diego State, recorded the first-ever hit at San Diego's PETCO Park, doubling off the wall against the University of Houston on March 11, 2004... Was drafted out of high school by the Expos in the 48th round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft and again by the Cardinals in the 15th round of the 2006 draft, but did not sign.

2012

Spent time between three different clubs in 2012... Appeared in five games with Alburquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA), 48 games with Gwinnett of the International League (AAA) and eight contests with Memphis of the Pacific Coast League (AAA)...Began the season in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization at Albequerque (AAA)...Was placed on the DL on April 27 (strained left hamstring) and activated on May 6...Released by the Dodgers and signed with the Atlanta Braves on May 21...Was released by the Braves on July 28 and joined his 3rd organization in 2012, this time with the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 10, signing a minor league contract...Was placed on the disabled list (strained left hamstring) on Aug. 20 though the remainder of the season.

2011

Spent the 2011 campaign with Kansas City's Triple-A Omaha in his first season with t he Royals organization ... Appeared primarily as a shortstop (53 games), but also saw time at third base (21 games), second base (four games) and as the designated hitter (seven games) ... Stole 15 bases for his fourth straight season with 12 or more steals ... Heated up after a slow start to hit a combined .308 with eight doubles, four homers and 27 RBI in 36 games during May and June ... Batted .396 (21-for-53) during a season-long 14-game hitting streak from May 27-June 23.

2010

Saw his first action at the Major League level, appearing in 20 games for the San Diego Padres...spent a majority of his season in the minors with Portland (AAA) and San Antonio (AA)...Made his Major League debut on May 2 vs. Milwaukee, starting at second base...went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored...singled in his first big league at bat off Brewers' lefty Randy Wolf.

2009

Split hit season between Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio, appearing a combined 128 games. Began the season in Lake Elsinore, hitting safely in 23 of 36 games before earning a promotion...recorded 12 multi-hit games, including four three-hit contests...After joining San Antonio, hit .371 (39-for-105) over his first 31 games from 5/30-6/29...Tallied multi-hit games in five consecutive contests 6/17-21, including a 6-for-6 performance with one RBI and four runs scored 6/20 at Midland...went 15-for-21 (.714) over the stretch and was named Texas League Player of the Week for 6/15-21.

2008

Played the majority of the season at Single-A Fort Wayne, splitting time at shortstop and second base...Played two games for Double-A San Antonio appearing and scoring as a pinch-runner, and going 1-for-3 at third base...Batted .304 (87-for-304) vs. right-handed pitching for the Wizards...Hit .337 (30-for-89) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 11 RBI in 24 games in July.

2007

Combined for a .305 batting average (40-for-131) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 19 RBI in 35 games between Rookie-level Peoria and Short-A Eugene...Batted .433 (13-for-30) with three doubles, one home run and five RBI in 10 games for the Padres...hit safely in 8 of 10 contests in the Arizona League, including five multi-hit games...Hit .500 (11-for-22) with two doubles, one home run and three RBI off right-handed pitching for the Padres.