Kyle Phillips #16

Kyle Ray Phillips...brother of former Toronto Blue Jay, Jason Phillips...named to the All San Diego CIF/Hall of Champions Team, All-East County Baseball Team and All-Grossmont North League Baseball Team in 2001...in 2002, named East County Player of the Year, also named to the All-San Diego CIF/Hall of Champions Team All-East County Baseball Team and All-Grossmont North League Baseball Team.

2011

Began the season with Double-A San Antonio before having his contract selected by San Diego on 5/6...Made two stints total for the Padres...was optioned to Triple-A Tucson on 6/13, recalled again on 6/21 and optioned back to Tucson 7/26...was designated for assignment on 8/31 and outrighted to Tucson after clearing waivers on 9/2...elected to become a free agent on 10/11 after the season ended...Made 19 starts total for San Diego, all behind the plate...tossed out seven of 28 attempted base stealers...Hit his first Major League home run on 5/30 at ATL in the 10th inning to give the Padres a 3-2 win after coming into the game in the previous frame as a defensive replacement...Hit a home run in his next game on 6/1 at ATL to tie the game at 2-2, his only two Major League homers...Had a career-best fi ve-game hitting streak from 5/30-6/7 (6-for-14, .429).

2010

Began the season at Triple-A Las Vegas, but was acquired by SD on 6/25...played the remainder of the season at Triple-A Portland...Combined hit .306 (74-for-242)...with three homers and 36 RBI in 74 games...Batted .324 (57-for-176) with six doubles, two triples, three homers and 28 RBI in 55 games after the trade to the Padres' organization...Batted .365 (27-for-74) with two doubles, two homers and 16 RBI in 23 July games with Portland...Had three hits on 8/21 against his former team Las Vegas.

2009

Began the season with New Hampshire of the Eastern League (AA), playing in 12 games before being promoted to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League (AAA) where he spent the majority of his season... MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: Had his contract selected on Sept. 8 and made his debut Sept. 14 at DET behind the plate...Went 1-4, singling off Justin Verlander in the 7th...Overall appeared in five games, making four starts, collecting five hits in 18 at-bats, including three doubles... NICE FINISH: In his final game of the season, collected two hits, both doubles, Oct. 2 at BAL...MINORS: Combined to hit .284 with nine home runs and 30 RBI between New Hampshire & Las Vegas.

2008

Spent the entire season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Eastern League (AA)...Batted .306 (82-268) with 16 doubles, eight home runs & 34 RBI in 78 games with New Hampshire.. Hit over .300 for the 2nd straight season...Was named the Minor League Star of the month in July where he batted .362 (21-58) with five doubles, one home run & eight RBI...Posted a .980 fielding % behind the plate while throwing out three of eight attempted base stealers (37.5%).

2007

Signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on March 31, 2007...Batted a career high .306 (119-389) with 10 home runs and 62 RBI in his first season in the organization with Dunedin (A)...The 10 home runs was one shy of his career best set in 2004 with Quad City.

2006

Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers on Apr. 3...In his first season in the Brewers organization, spent the entire year at Brevard County (A) where he hit .236 (51-216) with three home runs and 35 RBI.

2005

Began the season at Ft. Myers of the Florida State League (A)...Was promoted to New Britain of the Eastern League (AA) on Aug. 8...Hit a combined .226 (78-345) between those two Clubs on the season.

2004

Spent the entire season with Quad City in the Midwest League (A)...Batted .228 (79-347) with a career high 11 home runs and 44 RBI.

2003

Began season at Elizabethton...Twins' Minor League Player of the Week, going 16-29 (.552) with five runs, three doubles and 14 RBI, June 21-27... Twins' Minor League Player of the Month for June, going 23-51 (.451) with seven doubles, 15 RBI & a .491 OBP in 12 games...Named Appalachian League Player of the Week, June 30-July 5...Reached base safely in 21 straight games (.417 OBP), Aug. 2-28...Promoted to Ft. Myers on Aug. 30...Led Appalachian League in RBI and was second in hits...Ranked 19th best prospect in Appalachian League by Baseball America.

2002

In his first professional season batted .198 (20-101) with one home run and 12 RBI in 35 games with the Gulf Coast Twins.