John Lindsey #76

John William Lindsey...resides in Hattiesburg, MS with his wife, Christa, and son, John Jr....nicknamed 'Mayor,' in reference to former New York City mayor John Lindsay...graduated from Hattiesburg (MS) High School in 1995...won the Mississippi state baseball title with Hattiesburg in 1994...originally selected by Colorado in the 13th round of 1995 First-Year Player Draft...signed by Rockies' scout Dave Holliday.

2010

Had his contract purchased on Sept. 6 from Triple-A Albuquerque for his first career Major League call-up ... batted .083 in 11 games with Los Angeles ... Made his Major League debut on Sept. 8 at San Diego as a pinch-hitter, but was called back to the dugout without an at-bat after a Padres' pitching change ... flied out to center field in his first big league at-bat on Sept. 9 at Houston ... Stroked a pinch-hit single to left off Nelson Figueroa in the fifth inning on Sept. 12 at Houston for his first big league hit ... Made two starts for the Dodgers at first base on Sept. 11 at Houston and Sept. 25 at Arizona ... Fractured his hand after being hit by a pitch from Daniel Hudson on Sept. 25 at Arizona, which effectively ended his season ... sent up to pinch hit with a cast on his hand in the season finale on Oct. 3 and was replaced by Trent Oeltjen after being announced into the game ... Honored as the DH on Topps' Triple-A All-Star Team, leading all the Minor Leagues with a .353 batting average and a .657 slugging percentage ... won the Pacific Coast League batting title and also voted as the DH on All-Pacific Coast League Team ... tied the Triple-A classification lead with 70 extra-base hits ... Started as the designated hitter on the PCL All-Star team after batting .402 (84-for-209) in 56 first half games ... Hit .356 (74-for-208) with runners on base and batted .342 (41-for-120) with runners in scoring position with the Isotopes ... hit .410 (50-for-122) against left-handed pitching and batted .329 (94-for-286) against righties at Triple-A ... Batted .455 (30-for-66) with three home runs and 17 RBI in 17 April games to win the Dodger Pride Award ... hit safely in nine of his first 10 games at a .538 clip (21-for-39) to go with eight doubles, two homers and 13 RBI to win the PCL Player of the Week award for the period of April 8-18. ... Hit .415 with seven home runs and 25 RBI in 27 May games to win the Topps Pacific Coast League Player of the Month Award ... also won the May Dodger Pride Award for Albuquerque ... selected as PCL Player of the Week for the week of May 24-30 after slugging five home runs, driving in 13 and batting .407 (11-for-27) over seven games in that span ... batted .466 (34-for-73) during his season-long 17-game hitting streak from May 7-27 ... Placed on the minor league disabled list from June 11-July 6 with a left calf strain.

2009

Hit .251 with a team-leading 19 homers and 83 RBI in 133 games for Triple-A New Orleans (Marlins)...also ranked second on the club with 111 hits...Batted .281 (39-for-139) with runners in scoring position and .317 (20-for-63) with runners in scoring position and two outs...Led all players in the Marlins' chain with nine homers in July...ranked second among Marlins minor leaguers in home runs and RBI...Went a season-best 4-for-4 with a double, two homers and four RBI on July 8 vs. Omaha (Royals)...also had two homers on July 18 at Albuquerque (Dodgers)...Following the season, played for the Venados de Mazatlan of the Mexican Winter League, batting .325 with 11 homers and 37 RBI in 65 games.