Hunter Pence

Hunter Andrew Pence (born April 13, 1983) is an American professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants. He was a member of the 2012 World Series and 2014 World Series championship teams with the San Francisco Giants.\n', ' Pence attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas. After playing outfield his first three years, he moved to shortstop his senior year. He attended Texarkana College for a year and was a designated hitter on the baseball team. He transferred to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) where he returned to the outfield. He hit .347 as a sophomore in 2003 and was named a first-team all-conference outfielder. Despite missing 15 of UTA\'s 30 Southland Conference games the following year due to an injury at mid-season, he was still named the 2004 Southland Conference player of the year, leading the league with a .395 batting average. Pence still holds the conference record for doubles in a single series, with 5.\n', ' Pence was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 40th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign. In the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft he was drafted in the second round (64th pick overall) by the Houston Astros out of the University of Texas at Arlington. He played the 2004 season with the single A Tri-City ValleyCats in Troy, New York. During that year, Pence, along with current major leaguer Ben Zobrist helped lead the \'Cats to a 50 win season in the New York–Penn League, the second-most in ValleyCats history. That year, the \'Cats defeated the Brooklyn Cyclones in the first round, but lost to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the league championship.[citation needed]\n', '