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MIKE BARBATI (IF)

Posted by Chiefs Baseball on May 13 2014 at 05:00PM PDT in 2010 Season

Hometown: Melrose, MA College: Endicott College
CURRENTLY INACTIVE
Veteran second baseman will wear the Chiefs colors for tenth time in 2017......Appeared in 25 games last summer primarily at second base.....Started 32 games in 2015.....Mike made his seventh season as Chief in 2014 his best, winning the ICL's batting title with a career high .424 regular season average as well his second league championship in three years.....Has appeared in 274 games for the club since his rookie year of 2008……Hit an overall .247 in 2013 while appearing in 36 games….. Started 25 games at second base in 2012…..Started a career high 41 games in 2011 and was named to the ICL post season all-star team as a second baseman when he hit .260 in 113 at bats with 13 RBI........Delivered big game winning walk off single in game three of the 2011 Championship Series......Hit .200 and .205 in 2009 and 2010.....Mike played a utility role in 28 games for the Chiefs in his rookie year of 2008 hitting .313 .... Former Malden Catholic multi-sport star, he played four years at Endicott College where he graduated from in the spring of 2011……..Has the athletic ability to play any position.....Begins the 2017 season with 167 career hits and 80 career RBI, good for the 16th and 14th positions respectively on the Chiefs' all-time lists.....The Melrose, MA, native comes from a long family line of talented and highly respected athletes and coach
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