Drew Macias #11

Andres Apolonio (Drew) Macias...Attended Altaloma (Calif.) High School...Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 22nd round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft but chose not to sign...Played two seasons at Chaffey (Calif.) Junior College, batting .351 (92-for-262) with 5 home runs and 53 RBI...His younger brother, Lorenzo, was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 28th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft and played parts of 3 seasons in their farm system from 2006-08...Signed by scout Chris Gwynn.

2009

Played in 51 games over 5 stints with the Padres and also played in 86 games for Triple-A Portland...Made the Padres roster on Opening Day for the first time in his career...Started 15 games for the Padres...8 starts in leftfield, 4 starts in rightfield and 3 starts in centerfield.

2008

Played 136 games at Double-A San Antonio then played 17 games with the Padres as a September call-up...Entered the season, rated by Baseball America as the best defensive outfielder and as having the best outfield arm in the Padres system...Among all Padres minor leaguers, his 18 stolen bases ranked fifth...Led the Texas League with 83 walks, tied for first with 136 games and tied for second with 92 runs scored...Reached base safely via a hit or walk in 110 of 136 games...In 128 games in center field, had 12 assists and helped turn 3 double plays...Has his contract purchased by the Padres on Sept. 6 and in his first career plate appearance, flied out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning @ Brewers...In his first career start, on Sept. 11 vs. Giants, went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI...collected his first big league hit with a solo home run off Matt Cain in the third inning, becoming the seventh Padres player to homer for his first Major League hit...Following the season, played for Hermosillo in the Mexican Winter League, batting .272 (22-for-81) in 24 games.

2007

Played a combined 131 games at Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Portland to earn a late-September call-up to the Majors with the San Diego Padres...His 5 triples with San Antonio tied for the team lead...Began the season with San Antonio...Transferred to Triple-A Portland on June 27...hit .303 (23-for-76) vs. righties and .235 (8-for-24) vs. lefties...hit .338 (25-for-74) in 22 road games and .167 (6-for-36) in 9 home games...Returned to San Antonio on Aug. 1...Played in 7 playoff games (.143, 3-for-21) en route to winning the Texas League championship...Had his contract purchased by the Padres on Sept. 25...made his big league debut as a pinch-runner and scored a run on Sept. 29 @ Brewers...Following the season, played for Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .385 (5-for-13) in 4 games.

2006

Tied for the team lead with 3 triples and tied for second with 20 doubles at Double-A Mobile while ranking second in the Southern League with 134 games...Recorded 30 multi-hit games...Hit .319 (74-for-232) in 67 home games and .182 (36-for-198) in 67 road contests...Had a season-high 5 RBI on April 26 vs. Mississippi.

2005

Hit a career-best .289 (142-for-492) in 128 games at Single-A Lake Elsinore...Hit .365 (27-for-74) with 11 RBI in 19 games in June.

2004

At Single-A Fort Wayne, ranked first with 4 sacrifice hits and second with 129 games, 5 triples and 6 sacrifice flies...Hit .321 (35-for-109) with runners in scoring position...Had his first career 2-homer game on June 13 at Burlington.

2003

Made his professional debut at Rookie-level Idaho Falls and promoted to Single-A Fort Wayne for 1 game on August 31...Led Idaho Falls with 61 games, 239 at-bats, 41 runs scored, 60 hits, 6 sacrifice hits and 15 stolen bases and tied for first with 4 triples...His 15 stolen bases tied for fourth-most in the Pioneer League.