George Springer is a professional baseball player currently with the MLB Houston Astros where he plays as an outfielder. As a sideline player, he played in both right field and center field. Springer is also a skilled hitter and right-handed hitter.
Professional baseball was drafted by the Astros in the first round of MLB in 2011, out of college he started out in the minor league before finally being promoted to the major league in 2014.
George Springer has so far in his career, won several awards and earned commendations. In 2017 alone, he won the Silver Slugger Award for the first time, became an MLB All-Star and a World Series champion. He was also named the 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP), after recording five tied home runs in a seven-game win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Biography, Ethnicity, (Race)
George Chelston Springer III was born on September 19, 1989 in New Britain, Connecticut to parents of Puerto Rican and Panamanian descent. His mother, Laura, is from Utuado, Puerto Rico, and his father, George II, is from Panama.
His grandfather, George I, is said to have moved to the United States when he was only seventeen and settled in Connecticut, where he had studied at Connecticut Teachers College.
Parents
Springer’s parents also practiced the sport at point in their lives. His father played college football for the Connecticut football team – the UConn Huskies – he also played a bit of baseball and competed in the Little League Series in 1976. His mother was a top gymnast , during his youth. Two of his sisters Nicole and Lena played softball in college.
Career
Coming from a family where both parents were former athletes, Springer started playing baseball early. As a freshman at New Britain High School, George played on his varsity baseball team despite being 5ft 2in and weighing 100lbs at the time.
After his freshman year at New Britain High School, he transferred to Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut, where he had to repeat a year despite failing grades. However, George completed his high school education at Avon Old Farms School. He played for the school baseball team.
In 2008, he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 2008 MLB Draft 48th Round, but he turned down the offer, feeling he was not yet ready to turn pro. After high school, he was admitted to the University of Connecticut, where he played college baseball for the Huskies baseball team. The following year, he was named first-team American Freshman All-America and Big East Conference Rookie of the Year.
In 2011, he emerged as First Team All-American and Big East Conference Baseball Player of the Year, he was also named by Perfect Game USA, Louisville Slugger and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as a first American team team.
George Springer was also named a Baseball America second-team All-American. His college career ended in 2011, when he was selected by the Houston Astros in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft and became the highest pick in Connecticut baseball history.
After his contract with the Astros which came with $2.52 million in bonuses, he started his rookie season with the Class A-New York–Penn short-season Tri-City ValleyCats, where he played eight games. prior to the start of the following season, George was named by MLB.com as baseball’s 84th top prospect to watch in the new season.
The following seasons before being promoted to the major league, he played for the Lancaster JetHawks of the California Class A-Advanced League, then for the Hooks Corpus Christi of the Texas League Class AA and finally for the Red Hawks of Oklahoma City of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. Between that span, Springer hit 22 home runs, recorded 28 stolen bases, joined the 30–30 club, appeared in the Texas League All-Star Game, and was named the Most Valuable Player.
He was also named Texas League Player of the Year at the end of the 2012 season, despite having played just 73 games with Corpus Christi. USA Today ‘s Minor League Player of the Year and was ranked by Baseball America as the 18th best prospect in baseball.
He started the 2014 season in Oklahoma City before his promotion to MBL came along. His MLB debut came on April 16, 2014, in a game against the Kansas City Royals. In 2017, he was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) and became a recipient of the American League’s Silver Slugger Award.
In May 2018, Springer became the first player in Astros franchise history to record six hits in a nine-inning game.
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George Springer’s wife and girlfriend
George Springer married girlfriend Charlise Castro on January 20, 2018. He proposed in December 2016 while they were vacationing in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico.
According to Castro, they met while she was playing international softball (she actually played at the University of Albany and for the Puerto Rico national team). During her college career, she was named America East Conference Player of the Year and also became the second player to win the league’s Triple Crown in conference history.
The former softball player who holds a degree in communications from the University of Albany and a master’s degree in business administration from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, currently works as a personal trainer . She also runs her own fitness blog and website.
other facts
Springer, who started playing baseball at 5ft 2in and weighing 100lbs, now stands at 6ft 3in or 1.92m, weighing 98kg.
He is a Stutter and he works for the StutteringAssociation for Young People (SAY) Foundation as a spokesperson. The Houston-based foundation provides treatment for children with developmental speech disorders with the goal of helping them develop and restore their self-confidence.