Reed Secrist

Reed T. Secrist

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 220 lbs.

• School Briar Cliff University, Utah Tech University, University of Texas at Austin
• High School Viewmont High School

• Born May 7, 1970 in Bountiful, UT USA

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Biographical Information

Reed Secrist played in the minor leagues and in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Secrist signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992 as an undrafted free agent (the scout was Hank Krause), and he hit .214/.331/.291 in 42 games for the Welland Pirates in his first season. He also pitched 2 1/3 shutout innings and would have a 4.00 ERA in 7 career pitching appearances. With the Augusta Pirates, he played 90 games with a .267/.332/.417 batting line in 1993 (while playing 1B, 2B, 3B, C, OF and P), and he batted .244/.314/.434 for the Salem Buccaneers in 1994. Secrist crushed 19 homers with a .282/.372/.495 batting line in 1995 for the Lynchburg Hillcats, still having no set position - he played 1B, 3B, C, LF and RF with at least 10 games at each spot. He was 8th in the Carolina League in average (between Harold Williams and Brian Culp), 3rd in slugging (after Mike Sweeney and Richie Sexson), 7th in OBP (between Culp and Sexson), 3rd in OPS (after Sweeney and Sexson), tied for 6th in dingers and 4th in RBI (75, between Ray Brown and Williams). Among Pirates farmhands, he was third in home runs (two shy of Micah Franklin and George Canale), second in RBI (28 behind Canale), 5th in walks (54, between Jason Kendall and Jeff Conger, third in slugging (after Canale and Franklin) and second to Franklin in OPS. He was named the Carolina League All-Star DH.

He improved to .307/.385/.500 with 17 homers in 1996 for the AAA Calgary Cannons, finally settling into a regular position, at third base. He was not called up even though Charlie Hayes was not hitting that well for the 1996 Pirates. He tied Rich Aude for 5th in the Pirates system in four-baggers, tied José Guillén for second with 30 doubles, was 7th with 66 RBI, tied Stan Schreiber for 9th with 52 walks and was in the top 5 in the rate stats. In the PCL, he tied Pedro Castellano and Scott Spiezio for 10th in doubles. He played 40 games with the Cannons in 1997 with a .264/.341/.496 batting line, and the Hanshin Tigers signed him in June. However, he struggled in Japan as he only hit .192/.306/.269 in 25 games, and he was released.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed him, and Secrist played 75 games with a .215/.313/.346 batting line for the Memphis Redbirds in 1998. He also went 12-for-50 with the Knoxville Smokies, and he returned to the Pirates system in 1999. Secrist batted .168/.273/.221 in 36 games for the Altoona Curve, and his batting line was .265/.327/.422 for the Nashville Sounds. He then improved to .323/.397/.481 for the Tulsa Drillers in 2000 (now as a full-time catcher), and he recorded a .240/.331/.394 batting line for the Oklahoma RedHawks. Secrist stayed in AAA for nearly the entire 2001 season, and he crushed 22 homers with a .305/.398/.565 batting line for the Sounds, back to bouncing around the field. He was second in the Bucco system in dingers, three shy of Jeremy Cotten, led in slugging (.062 ahead of Yurendell de Caster) and led in OPS (98 ahead of Nate McLouth). He was 4th in the 2001 PCL in slugging and 4th in OPS (between Ramón Castro and Carlos Peña). He once again did not get a summons to The Show. He hit .257/.352/.441 with 12 homers there in 2002, and he went to the Cleveland Indians system. Secrist's batting line was .241/.317/.463 for the Chattanooga Lookouts and .246/.316/.464 for the Buffalo Bisons, then he announced his retirement.

Overall, Secrist hit .266/.350/.449 with 813 hits and 115 homers in 12 seasons in the minor leagues. He played 333 games at third, 186 at catcher, 190 in the outfield, 174 at 1B, 7 at P and 3 at 2B.

Sources

• 1997 and 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Media Guide
• 1996 Baseball Almanac
• Wiki Japan