Michael Spidale, OF

B-T: R-R

HT: 6-1

WT: 180

BORN: March 12, 1982, Broadview, IL

RESIDES: Broadview

HOW OBTAINED: Signed by Phillies as a minor league free agent, 6/8/06; was originally selected by CWS in 12th round of June 2000 draft

EDUCATION: Graduated from Nazareth Academy HS (IL) ... Was an All-USA Today Honorable Mention ... Named All-State by the Illinois Coaches Association, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times ... 2007: Began season with Clearwater (A) ... Had multiple hits in 6 straight games, 5/3-8 (.500, 13-26, 6 RBI) ... Had 18 multi-hit games ... Hit safely in 9 straight games, 5/29-6/7 (.405, 15-37, 7 R) ...Transferred to Reading (AA), 6/13 ... Had a 12-game hit streak, 7/18-8/1 (.373, 19-51, 6 RBI) and hit safely in 32 of 36 games, 7/18-8/28 (.387, 53-137, 13 RBI, 26 R) ... Had 24 multi-hit games ... Combined to hit .316 vs LHP and .288 vs RHP between both clubs ... 2006: Began the season with the independent Kansas City T-Bones ... Hit safely in 9 of his 13 games played ... Signed by PHI as a minor league free agent on 6/8 and assigned to Lakewood (A), where he finished the season ... Led the South Atlantic League in batting average and led all BlueClaws with 29 SB ... Had three separate 11-game hitting streaks during the season ... Scored a run in 10 straight games, 7/29-8/8 ... Had seven straight multi-hit games, 8/22-29 (.567, 17-30) ... Kept his batting average above .306 over a 78-game span, 6/11-9/4 ... Had 31 multi-hit games, including two 5-hit games (7/9 at Hagerstown, 9/2 vs Lake County) ... Had six multi-steal games ... Reached base safely in 71 of 80 games played ... Hit .398 (45-113, 9 2B, 13 RBI, 28 R, 13 SB) in 28 July games ... 2005: Split season between Charlotte (AAA) and Winston-Salem (A) ... Was honored as the 2004 White Sox Minor League Player of the Year… 2004: Spent season with Birmingham (AA) ... Led the organization with a .304 batting average ... Also ranked among the organizational leaders in hits (2nd), runs scored (2nd), OBP, triples and BB (4th) and SB (5th) ... Led the Southern League in runs scored, ranked third in hits, T-3rd in OBP (.391) and T-5th in hitting and triples ... Recorded 45 multi-hit games ... Batted .343 at home, compared to .262 on the road ... Had a season-high 12-game hitting streak, 8/1-12 ...Batted .381 (43-113) with 3 HR, 15 RBI and 23 runs scored in August ... Reached base safely in 25 of 26 games ... 2003: Spent season with Winston-Salem ... Led team in triples and BB, ranked 2nd in SH and finished 3rd in SB ... Recorded five straight multi-hit games, 4/6-14 (.524, 11-21) ... Had 26 multi-hit efforts and two 4-RBI games ... Reached base safely in 18 straight games to conclude the season, including a 15-game hitting streak (.429, 24-56) ... Batted in every spot in the lineup ... 2002: Rated by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Outfielder in the White Sox organization ... Second season with Kannapolis (A) ... Led team with a .291 average, .372 OBP and 13 HBP, was 2nd in SB and 3rd in runs scored and hits ... Ranked 2nd in the organization in OBP, 4th in average and 5th in SB ... Named Player of the Year by the Kannapolis Rotary Club ... Returned to hit .292 (49-168) after missing 42 games with a fractured bone in right hand ... Did not commit an error in 235 chances ... Earned South Atlantic League midseason All-Star honors ... 2001: Played for Kannapolis ... Led team with 35 SB ... A converted 2nd baseman, appeared in 120 games in the OF ... Was 2nd on team in hit-by-pitch and 3rd in hits and runs scored ... Stole two bases in a game 14 times ... 2000: Made pro debut with Arizona League White Sox (R).

CAREER STATISTICS: *League leader

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