caption bats birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue team image_size position statlabel debutdate birth_date number image article_title debutteam name throws
kipnis with the cleveland indians left northbrook , illinois 2011 august 26 , 2015 .274 611 51 264 99 cleveland indians 250px second baseman batting bases average hits home runs runs batted in stolen july 22 3 april 1987 22 jason kipnis on june 30 , 2012.jpg jason kipnis
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jason kipnis

jason michael kipnis -lrb- born april 3 , 1987 ; nicknamed `` kip '' -rrb- is an american baseball player who plays second base for the cleveland indians .
he attended glenbrook north high school in the suburbs of chicago , where he earned three letters playing baseball for the glenbrook north spartans .
he attended the university of kentucky , but transferred to arizona state university after two years .
in college , kipnis was an all american and the 2009 pacific-10 conference player of the year for the sun devils .
the indians selected kipnis in the second round of the 2009 major league baseball draft .
in 2010 , he was named the indians ' minor league player of the year , and a `` baseball america '' minor league all star .
prior to the 2011 season , `` baseball prospectus '' ranked him as the top indians prospect and the 28th-highest prospect in baseball .
at mid-season , `` baseball america '' rated him as baseball 's 31st-best prospect .
he was called up from the minor leagues on july 22 , 2011 .
in 2012 , he became the starting second baseman for the indians .
