Mike Papi Team Issued & Signed Official Camo Lynchburg Hillcats US ARMY Promotional Adventures Hat

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Mike Papi is an outfielder for the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Papi attended the University of Virginia, where he played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers. In his collegiate career, he was named an All-American. He previously played professionally in the Cleveland Indians organization.

Papi attended Tunkhannock Area High School in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He played for the school’s baseball team, competing in the Wyoming Valley Conference. With Tunkhannock, Papi was a member of two consecutive district champions, and his 2011 team reached the state championship. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Papi in the 30th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted not to sign with the Angels.

Papi enrolled at the University of Virginia, and played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team. In 2013, his sophomore year, Papi led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with a .381 batting average becoming UVa’s first ACC batting champion since Glenn Harris in 1981. Papi hit seven home runs, 15 doubles and three triples, while driving in 57 runs and scoring 57 times. Papi was selected to the First All-ACC team and was named an All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America. He was named a preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2014.

The Cleveland Indians selected Papi with the 38th overall selection of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Papi signed with the Indians, receiving a $1.25 million signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. After two games with Mahoning Valley, the Indians promoted Papi to the Lake County Captains. He got off to a slow start with Lake County, and finished the Lake County season with a .178 batting average. Papi was assigned to the Lynchburg Hillcats in 2015 and spent the whole season there, posting a .236 batting average with four home runs and 45 RBIs.

He began the 2016 season with Lynchburg and was promoted to the Akron RubberDucks in June. Papi ended 2016 with a combined .231 batting average, 15 home runs and 58 RBIs in 118 games between both teams. In 2017, he played for both Akron and the Columbus Clippers, batting a combined .258 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs in 124 games between both clubs. He spent the 2018 season with the Clippers, hitting .247 with seven home runs and 26 RBIs in 83 games.

The featured Official Camo Lynchburg Hillcats US ARMY Promotional Adventures Hat was issued to Mike Papi as a member of the Hillcats. The talented outfielder played 167 games for the Hillcats from 2015 to 2016. The Lynchburg Hillcats are a Minor League Baseball team in Lynchburg, Virginia that plays in the Low-A East and is the Low-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. They had been a farm team of the Atlanta Braves from 2011 to 2014, the Cincinnati Reds in 2010, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1995 to 2009. The Hillcats play home games at Calvin Falwell Field; refurbished and renamed in 2004, the stadium seats 4,291 fans. Papi wore this dynamite Hat in BP and has signed the Hat and added “Game Worn Batting Practice” in black. Sweet Hat for a Hillcats and Indians fan!!!