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james beresford -lrb- baseball -rrb-

james r. beresford -lrb- born 19 january 1989 -rrb- is an australian baseball player .
his prominent position is shortstop currently in the minnesota twins organization .
he is also the younger brother of simon beresford , who played minor league baseball for the milwaukee brewers organization .
beresford played with the waverly baseball club where he was named as club mvp before being signed with the twins organisation in 2005 at age 16 .
he debuted for the victoria aces in claxton shield 2006 replacing justin huber after he withdrew .
due to a torn labrum , he missed the 2006 minor league season .
in the 2007 claxton shield , he averaged .304 for australian provincial .
he returned to the us in 2007 making his debut and hitting a .288 / .349 / .302 clip as the starting shortstop for the gcl twins .
he played again in claxton shield 2008 and went 2 from 7 .
in the 2008 minor league season , he batted a .246 / .345 / .285 clip for the elizabethton twins .
in 2009 , he was named in the final australia national baseball team squad for the 2009 world baseball classic in march , and was again selected for the 2009 baseball world cup in september .
in 2009 , he was named beloit snappers player of the year .
in 2011 , he hit for a .270 average in 485 at bats for the fort myers miracle following a switch to second .
