Brett Lawrie
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Brett R. Lawrie
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
- High School Brookswood Secondary School
- Born January 18, 1990 in Langley, BC Canada
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Catcher Brett Lawrie was a first-round pick in the 2008 amateur draft.
Lawrie hit .700 for the Canadian junior national team in spring training of 2008. In the Dominican Summer League camp, he hit .500 with 8 home runs and 24 RBI in 8 games. Lawrie was the 16th pick of the 2008 amateur draft, taken by the Milwaukee Brewers, who had a Canadian GM, Doug Melvin. It was the 4th-highest a Canadian had been picked in the MLB amateur draft and the highest a position player had gone; Adam Loewen (4th), Jeff Francis (9th) and Phillippe Aumont (11th) had been picked higher.
Lawrie was the star for the host country in the 2008 World Junior Championship, batting .469/.500/1.000 with 16 RBI, 4 triples and 3 homers in 8 games. He threw out 4 of 8 attempted base-stealers. He led the event in home runs and RBI. Only Erik van Dorp of the Netherlands had a better average among players with 30 or more plate appearances. Lawrie was named to the All-Star team at catcher but Canada only finished 6th and Yung-hoon Sung of South Korea beat him out for MVP honors.
Lawrie was with Canada for the 2008 Olympics, going 0 for 10 as a backup LF/DH. He hit a sacrifice fly and drove in another run on a grounder. He was also selected as a backup on Canada's team for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Lawrie made his pro debut on April 9, 2009, for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. He was 0 for 4 with a strikeout and a run against the Quad Cities River Bandits; the next day, he homered, stole two bases, scored twice and drove in three.
