Brandon Lewis (baseball)
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1998)}}
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|position = Third baseman
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|birth_place = Granada Hills, California, U.S.
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|throws = Right
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Brandon Michael Lewis (born October 23, 1998) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Caliente de Durango of the Mexican League.
Career
=Amateur=
Lewis attended Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California. As a senior in 2016, he hit .366 with seven home runs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2020-06-29/dodgers-slugging-prospect-brandon-lewis-old-friends|title = Minor Disruption: Dodgers' slugging prospect Brandon Lewis connects with old friends|website = Los Angeles Times|date = June 29, 2020}} After high school, he enrolled at Los Angeles Pierce College where he batted .419 with nine home runs and 39 RBI in 2017 and .399 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://ucirvinesports.com/news/2018/5/7/new-arrivals-announced-for-2018-19-baseball-class|title=New Arrivals Announced for 2018-19 Baseball Class|website=UCI Athletics}} Lewis transferred to the University of California, Irvine in 2019 where he batted .315 with 14 home runs and 54 RBI over 54 games.{{Cite web|url=https://theroundupnews.com/2019/06/04/former-brahma-drafted-by-los-angeles-dodgers/|title = BRIEF: Former Brahma drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers|date = June 4, 2019}}
=Los Angeles Dodgers=
Lewis was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round, with the 131st overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/dodgers-brandon-lewis-drafted-by-dodgers/|title = Dodgers' Brandon Lewis: Drafted by Dodgers| date=June 4, 2019 }} Lewis signed with the Dodgers and spent his first professional season with the rookie–level Arizona League Dodgers, rookie–level Ogden Raptors, and Single–A Great Lakes Loons, batting .297 with 13 home runs and 46 RBI over 56 games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/los-angeles-dodgers-brandon-lewis-hits-three-home-runs-for-ogden-rapto-309885404|title = Raptors' Lewis bashes three homers}}
Lewis did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/arizona-fall-league-rosters-2021-prospect-loaded?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage|title = Here are the Arizona Fall League rosters|website = MLB.com}} In 2021, he split the year between the Single–A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Great Lakes, hitting .269 with thirty home runs and 86 RBI over 99 games.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Lewis-Goes-Long-Loons-Hang-On-4-3-16419748.php|title = Lewis Goes Long, Loons Hang on, 4-3| newspaper=Midland Daily News |date = August 29, 2021 | last1=Jared | first1=Chris }} Lewis was assigned to the Double–A Tulsa Drillers for the 2022 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/drillers-opening-day-roster-includes-returnees-and-ranked-prospects/n-5807987|title=Drillers Opening Day Roster Includes Returnees and Ranked Prospects|work=Our Sports Central|date=April 5, 2022|accessdate=September 5, 2022}} Over 110 games, he batted .209 with 24 home runs and 71 RBI.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lewis-002bra|title=Brandon Lewis College & Minor League Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=September 19, 2022}}
For the 2023 season, Lewis returned to Tulsa,{{cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/tulsa/news/drillers-roster-highlighted-by-five-40-man-roster-members-and-dodgers-1-prospect | title=Drillers Roster Highlighted by Five 40-Man Roster Members and Dodgers #1 Prospect }} where he hit .199 in 93 games with seven home runs and 30 RBI. He spent his third straight season with Tulsa in 2024, batting .208 with nine home runs and 39 RBI in 73 games. Lewis was released by the Dodgers organization on November 19, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/player/brandon-lewis-686781|title=Brandon Lewis bio|work=milb.com|accessdate=November 24, 2024}}
=Caliente de Durango=
References
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External links
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- [https://ucirvinesports.com/sports/baseball/roster/brandon-lewis/4208 UC Irvine bio]
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Category:Minor league baseball players
Category:Baseball third basemen
Category:Baseball players from Los Angeles
Category:UC Irvine Anteaters baseball players
Category:Arizona League Dodgers players
Category:Ogden Raptors players
Category:Great Lakes Loons players