bats birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue team position statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
right des moines , iowa 2008 2008 season .324 1 4 free agent third baseman batting average home runs runs batted in may 24 29 may 1982 mattmacri1.jpg matt macri
 minnesota twins matt macri right
matt macri

matthew michael macri -lrb- born may 29 , 1982 in des moines , iowa -rrb- is a major league baseball player who plays third base .
macri graduated from dowling catholic high school in 2001 and went to the university of notre dame .
he played ball there briefly his freshman year before undergoing tommy john surgery .
in , macri was named second team all-america by baseball america , collegiate baseball magazine , and usa today .
the colorado rockies drafted macri in the 5th round of the 2004 major league baseball draft as the 140th overall draft pick .
he joined the rockies single-a affiliate tri-city dust devils later that year hitting .333 with seven home runs and 43 rbi making the league 's all-star team .
macri spent a large amount of on two separate trips to the disabled list with a left wrist sprain .
when healthy , he played most of the season with the rockies high a affiliate modesto nuts hitting .283 with 7 home runs and 34 rbi before being called up to the double-a tulsa drillers for one game .
macri stayed in tulsa for all of hitting .232 with 8 home runs and 35 rbi before suffering a season ending left wrist fracture .
he came back to tulsa in to hit .298 with a career high 11 home runs and 33 rbi .
macri was called up to the triple-a colorado springs sky sox where he played in only three games before being traded to the twins for pitcher ramón ortiz on august 15 .
he finished the season in rochester playing in 14 games .
macri played in the arizona fall league helping the phoenix desert dogs win the league championship .
he drove in and scored a run in the championship game .
macri started the season with rochester playing in 25 games before straining his left calf during an at-bat against the pawtucket red sox on april 28 .
macri was called up to the twins on may 22 making his major league debut on may 24 against the detroit tigers at comerica park .
he earned his first major league hit in his first at-bat of the game off nate robertson .
macri then singled to right in his 2nd major league at-bat and drove in his first rbi .
on august 18 , 2009 the twins designated macri for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for philip humber .
on december 23 , 2010 the rockies announced that they had signed macri to a minor-league contract .
he played with the colorado springs sky sox in 2011 .
