Brooks McNiven
| Brooks McNiven | |||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher, Educator | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 19, 1981 Terrace, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Brooks McNiven, born June 19, 1981 in Terrace, British Columbia, is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher. He last played for the San Francisco Giants organization.
McNiven was drafted by the Giants in the 4th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft.[1]
McNiven has represented Team Canada during several international baseball tournaments. He played for Canada at the 2007 Baseball World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2]and most recently was a member of the Canadian contingent at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. However, he did not enter either of Canada's games during the tournament. He now works at Sentinel Secondary School as a PE teacher.
References
[edit]- ^ Ewen, Steve (2009-03-06). "Ex-UBC hurler looking to step up". Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brooks McNiven". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- The Baseball Cube
- Brooks McNiven at Team Canada
- Brooks McNiven at Olympics.com
- Brooks McNiven at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Baseball pitchers
- Baseball people from British Columbia
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Connecticut Defenders players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- People from Terrace, British Columbia
- Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players
- San Jose Giants players
- UBC Thunderbirds baseball players
- World Baseball Classic players of Canada
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
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