Travis Blankenhorn

Travis Allan Blankenhorn (born August 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Travis Blankenhorn
Blankenhorn with the Fort Myers Miracle
Minnesota Twins – No. 74
Second baseman
Born: (1996-08-03) August 3, 1996
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 15, 2020, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through September 15, 2020)
Batting average.333
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Career

Blankenhorn attended Pottsville Area High School in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He committed to play college baseball at the University of Kentucky.[1] He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3]

After signing, Blankenhorn made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Twins and he was later promoted to the Elizabethton Twins. He posted a combined .244 batting average with three home runs and 23 RBIs in 53 games between both clubs. Blankenhorn spent 2016 with both Elizabethon and the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he batted a combined .293 with ten home runs and 41 RBIs in 59 games with both teams.[4] In 2017, he returned to Cedar Rapids, slashing .251/.343/.441 with 13 home runs and 69 RBIs in 118 games,[5] earning Midwest League All-Star honors.[6]

Blankenhorn spent 2018 with the Fort Myers Miracle. In June, he was named a Florida State League All-Star and won the Home Run Derby with 31 home runs.[7] In 124 games with Fort Myers, he hit .231 with 11 home runs and 57 RBIs.[8] He returned to Fort Myers to begin the 2019 season[9] before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos with whom he was named to the Southern League All-Star Game.[10] Over 108 games between the two clubs, he slashed .277/.321/.466 with 19 home runs and 54 RBIs.

Blankenhorn was added to the Twins 40-man roster on November 20, 2019.[11] On September 14, 2020, Blankenhorn was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his major league debut the next day against the Chicago White Sox, and picked up his first major league hit off of Matt Foster.[12]

References
  1. Drago, Mike (August 24, 2014). "Pottsville loses all-league Blankenhorn to baseball". Reading Eagle. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. Bollinger, Rhett (January 20, 2016). "Twins draft Travis Blankenhorn to begin Day 2 | MLB.com". M.mlb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  3. leroy boyer. "HS BASEBALL: Tide's Blankenhorn selected by Twins in MLB Draft – Sports". Republican Herald. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. leroy boyer (August 12, 2016). "Blankenhorn excited over promotion – Sports". Republican Herald. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. "Travis Blankenhorn Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  6. "Kernels with 6 MWL All-Stars, including 4 starters". The Gazette. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  7. "Fort Myers' Travis Blankenhorn wins first FSL home run derby". Tampa Bay Times. June 15, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  8. "Travis Blankenhorn Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  9. Sean Barie (April 4, 2019). "What the Fort Myers Miracle are bringing this season - NBC2 News". Nbc-2.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  10. "Six Blue Wahoos players named to Southern League All-Star Game". Pnj.com. June 6, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  11. Betsy Helfand (November 20, 2019). "Twins add five to 40-man roster before Wednesday night's deadline". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  12. https://www.mlb.com/player/travis-blankenhorn-663905?stats=career-r-hitting-minors&year=2020
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