Brett Eibner

Brett William Eibner…last name pronounced EYEB-ner...Graduated from The Woodlands (Texas) High School in 2007...drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the 2010 draft…signed by Lloyd Simmons.

2016

Saw his first big-league action with Kansas City and Oakland, combining to hit .193 (36-for-187) with six home runs and 22 RBI in 70 games· Began the season in the Kansas City organization...recalled from Triple-A Omaha on May 26 and made his MLB debut on May 27 vs. the White Sox...went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored...Appeared in 26 games with Kansas City, before being traded to Oakland on July 30 for Billy Burns...after spending just four days in the minors with the Athletics' Triple-A Nashville, recalled by Oakland on Aug. 5 for the remainder of the season..Hit his first MLB home run on June 16, 2016 with Kansas City vs. Detroit with a fifth-inning shot off Justin Verlander...Placed on the big-league DL from June 1-16 with a left ankle sprain... Combined to hit .289 with 12 home runs and 34 RBI in 54 games with Triple-A Omaha and Nashville.

2015

Spent the entire season with Omaha (A A A), where he batted .303 with 23 doubles, 19 homers and 81 RBI...set career highs in hits (118), total bases (200), RBI and slugging percentage (.514)...Ranked ninth in the league in RBI, slugging percentage and OPS (.878) and finished 14th in batting average...Batted .348 (40-for-115) with runners in scoring position and was 5-for-10 with a double and a homer with the bases loaded... Hit .321 with 13 doubles and eight homers after the All-Star break...hit .380 (35-for-92) during the month of July with nine doubles, a triple and seven homers... followed that up batting .326 in August.