bats birth_place team position birth_date article_title name throws
right leroy , alabama cincinnati reds outfielder 17 july 1992 phillip ervin
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phillip ervin

phillip ervin -lrb- born july 17 , 1992 -rrb- is an american professional baseball center fielder for the cincinnati reds organization .
ervin attended samford university , where he played college baseball for the samford bulldogs baseball team .
ervin was the cape cod league mvp in 2012 .
the cincinnati reds selected ervin in the first round , with the 27th overall selection , of the 2013 major league baseball draft .
the reds signed ervin to a contract with a $ 1,812,400 signing bonus .
he played for the billings mustangs of the rookie-level pioneer league and the dayton dragons of the class a midwest league after signing , where he had a combined .311 batting average , nine home runs , 35 runs batted in , a .425 on-base percentage , and 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts .
