Jeff Frazier

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jeff Frazier

| image = Jeff_Frazier_2005.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Frazier in 2005

| number =

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|08|10}}

| birth_place = Point Pleasant, New Jersey

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 30

| debutyear = 2010

| debutteam = Detroit Tigers

|finalleague=MLB

|finaldate=August 15

|finalyear=2010

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .217

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 1

| awards =

| teams =

Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|2010}})

}}

Jeffrey Michael Frazier (born August 10, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in 2010.

Career

=Amateur career=

Frazier played on Toms River, New Jersey, little league teams that made the 1995 Little League World Series and 1996 Junior League World Series. He attended Toms River High School South, where he was named The Star-Ledger{{'}}s state player of the year in 2001.

Frazier attended Rutgers University and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. In 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2003&T=Chatham_As |title=2003 Chatham As |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org/news/asgnews/index.html?article_id=534 |title=East All-Star Roster: All-Star Game 2003 |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=May 6, 2020}}

=Minor leagues=

The Detroit Tigers selected Frazier in the third round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frazije01.shtml Jeff Frazier], Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed June 3, 2022. "Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)." In 2007, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Yorman Bazardo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/ms-acquire-outfielder-from-detroit/|title = M's acquire outfielder from Detroit|date = 7 February 2007}} He signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent following the 2007 season. He would stay in the Tigers organization through the 2010 season, making a brief Major League appearance in 2010.

In 2011, he signed with the Washington Nationals organization with an invitation to Spring Training, but was ultimately sent down to their farm team, the Syracuse Chiefs. He spent the beginning of the 2012 season with Reynosa Broncos of the Mexican League before being placed on waivers and re–signing with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple–A team of the Detroit Tigers. In 2012, he played for the Iowa Cubs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=RF&sid=t512&t=p_pbp&pid=455095|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128204119/http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=RF&sid=t512&t=p_pbp&pid=455095|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2013|title=MiLB Stats | MiLB Team Stats}}

=Major leagues=

He was promoted to the major leagues on July 29, 2010. On July 31, 2010, he recorded his first big league hit.[http://www.nj.com/rutgers/index.ssf/2010/07/toms_river_native_rutgers_alum.html Toms River native, Rutgers alum Jeff Frazier called up by Tigers] NJ.com July 29, 2010 He stayed on the Tigers roster for about two weeks before being been sent down to the Mud Hens.

Personal life

His younger brother, Todd Frazier, has played in Major League Baseball. Jeff still lives in New Jersey and runs a baseball clinic called “Frazier Baseball” located in Toms River at the Toms River little league field known as Frazier Field with his older brother, Charlie.{{cn|date=September 2018}} Jeff is currently a gym teacher at Toms River Intermediate East.{{cn|date=December 2019}}