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Full Name:
 

Ian Michael Kinsler​

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Nicknames:

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“Bootsie"

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Born:  
 

June 22, 1982 
   Tucson, Arizona

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Family:  

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Father: Howard 
Mother: Kathy
Spouse: Tess Brady 

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He married his high school sweetheart; the wedding was November 18, 2006. She attended Salpointe Catholic High. 

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His father was a warden at a state prison in Tucson, Arizona; he also coach Ian as a child on a PONY League baseball team.

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His mother was/is a Medicaid case manager for the state of Arizona.

 

Friends:  

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Brian Anderson: his best friend in high school.

 

Jeremy Hernandez: teammate in Missouri.

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Justin Upton: very close

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Justin Verlander
 

School:  

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Canyon del Oro High School, Oro Valley, Arizona
Mascot: Dorados
Teammates: Brian Anderson, Scott Hairston, Chris Duncan, and Shelly Duncan

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Central Arizona College
Mascot: Vaqueros (The Vaqs)
Coach: Clint Myers
Teammates: Scott Hairston and Rich Harden

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transferred to:

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Arizona State 
Sun Devils baseball
Coach: Pat Murphy 
Major: Communications
Teammates: Dustin Pedroia and Andre Ethier

 

transferred to:

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University of Missouri 
Tigers baseball
Coach: Tim Jamieson 

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Baseball Related:

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2000 - Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks (29th round) but did not sign.

 

2001 - Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks (26th round) but did not sign.

 

2003 - Drafted by the Texas Rangers (496th overall) 

2006 - April 3 - Major League debut with the Texas Rangers.

 

2008 - Signed a 5-year contract with the Texas Rangers ($22 million).

 

2009 - He hit for the cycle and joined the 30–30 club (he did not make the all-star game).

 

2013 - Traded from the Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Prince Fielder.

 

2017 - Traded from the Tigers to the Los Angeles Angels for Troy Montgomery and Wilkel Hernandez.
 

Extra:

 

Kinsler is Jewish (via his father).

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Sample Heckles:

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