Troy Fortin

Troy Patrick Fortin

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 209 lb.

• High School Lundar School

• Born February 24, 1975 in Winnipeg, MB CAN

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Biographical Information

Troy Fortin played in the minor leagues and for Team Canada.

Fortin was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 11th round of the 1993 Amateur Draft out of high school, and he hit .257/.315/.347 in 30 games for the GCL Twins in 1993. He crushed 8 homers with a .308/.431/.502 batting line in 1994 for the Elizabethton Twins, and he also played one game with the Fort Wayne Wizards. He was 5th in the Appalachian League in average (between Chan Perry and Rick Short), first in OBP (.004 ahead of Shane Pullen), 4th in slugging, 3rd in OPS (after Decomba Conner and Adrian Gordon), tied Moe McWhite for second in doubles (17), was second in runs (48, 3 behind Romulo Vizcaino), tied Bryan Warner for 8th in home runs, trailed only Jake Patterson and Gordon in RBI (he had 40), was second with 41 walks (10 behind Mike Lauterhahn) and trailed only Patterson in total bases (127-111). He was named the league's All-Star catcher, but Conner took the MVp instead.

The 20-year-old hit .258/.331/.366 for the Wizards while moving primarily to first base (with Javier Valentín at catcher) in 1995, and he batted .249/.309/.349 with the Fort Myers Miracle in 1996, returning behind the dish. He then recorded a .295/.364/.449 batting line for the Miracle in 1997, and he went 11-for-47 with the New Britain Rock Cats that season. His 13 homers tied Aaron Jaworowski for 9th in the Twins chain. Fortin slumped to .183/.269/.250 for the Rock Cats in 1998, and he left the Twins system. He also batted .376/.429/.596 with 9 homers for the Winnipeg Goldeyes in 1998, not playing enough to make the leaderboards.

He then hit .323/.430/.527 in 1999, finishing 9th in the Northern League Central in average (between Dwayne Hosey and Brian Ralph), 3rd in OBP (after Josh Patton and Hosey), 9th in slugging (between Johnny Knott and Hosey) and 2nd in OPS (.006 shy of Hosey). Chris Coste was named the All-Star backstop instead. He starred for Canada in the 1999 Pan American Games when he batted .407 and slugged .556, scoring 7 runs in their 7 games; he was used at DH with Andy Stewart doing the catching. Canada won their first baseball medal in a Pan American Games as they took the Bronze; Fortin trailed only Stewart on Canada in average and tied Ryan Radmanovich for second on the squad in runs (behind Stewart). For the Games as a whole, he ranked 6th in average, right after Julio Mosquera and right ahead of Radmanovich and Isaac Martínez. The 2000 Baseball Almanac does not list the run leaders, but of the 23 batting leaders listed, only Stewart had more runs. His batting line fell to .250/.359/.342 in 2000. That was his last season.

Overall, Fortin hit .282/.362/.421 with 574 hits and 53 homers in 8 seasons in the minor leagues.