Aaron Altherr #23

Aaron Samuel Altherr (pronounced ALL-tair)… Engaged to Samantha Chavez… 2009 graduate of Agua Fria High School (AZ)… Hobbies:Working out, golfing, watching King of Queens… Signed by: Brad Holland.

Began the season on the 60-day DL (torn tendon in left wrist) after diving for a ball in a spring training game...Underwent surgery on 3/9 (Dr. Randall Culp)...Appeared in 6 rehab games for Gulf Coast League Phillies (R), 2 with Clearwater (A), 3 with Reading (AA) and 2 with Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Activated on 7/28 and made his season debut that night at ATL (3-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI)...Went 3-for-5, HR, 5 RBI, SB and a career-high 3 runs scored on 8/2 vs SF...Overall, made 54 ML starts: 35 in RF, 12 in LF and 7 in CF

Among NL rookies, finished T-5th in HBP (5) and T-9th in triples (4)...Began the season with Reading (AA)...Was promoted to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 6/23...Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 6/15-21, and Player of the Month for June (28 G, .355, 9 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 15 RBI)...Of his eight HR with Lehigh Valley, six of them either tied the game (4) or gave the team a lead (2)...Batted .293 (127-433), 32 2B, 5 3B, 14 HR, 67 RBI, 49 BB, 16 SB, 4 CS, .367 OBP, .487 SLG % (111 G) between Reading and Lehigh Valley...Recalled by PHI on 8/18...Led the Phillies in runs (25), triples (4), XBH (20), total bases (67) and walks (16) and T-1st in doubles (11) from the time of his recall through the end of the season...Was the first player in MLB to begin his career with seven consecutive XBH (4 2B, 3B, 2 HR) since 2008 (OAK's Carlos Gonzalez)...Of his 33 ML hits, 20 went for extra bases (11 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR)...On 8/19 vs TOR, became the first Phillies rookie to collect his first ML hit, HR, double, run, RBI and walk in the same game since Denny Southern, 9/10/26 vs CHI...Established single-game career highs in hits (4), HR (2), XBH (3) and RBI (5), 9/25 at WSH...On 9/25 at WSH, became the 1st Phillie with an inside-the-park grand slam since 8/8/56 vs NYG (Ted Kazanski) and the first ML player to do it since 10/3/99 vs NYY (TB's Randy Winn)...Made 35 ML starts: 20 in LF, 10 in RF and 5 in CF...Following the season, won a minor league Gold Glove Award after finishing with a 1.000 fielding % (107 G, 279 TC, 8 A)

Began the season with Clearwater (A)... Promoted to Reading (AA) on 4/20... Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 6/9-15... Had his first ML recall on 6/16 and made his ML debut that night at ATL as a pinch-hitter (0-1)... Optioned back to Reading on 6/19... Recalled again on 7/2... Made his first ML start, 7/3 (LF), before being optioned back to Reading following the game... Homered four times over a 6-game span, 8/7-13... Played for Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League (.286, 5 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 31 G)

Spent the season with Clearwater (A)... Set professional highs in most offensive categories... Named a Florida State League midseason and postseason All-Star... Led the FSL in doubles (36), finished 5th in total bases (212), T-5th in hits (128) and triples (6), 7th in SLG % (.455) and 8th in RBI (69) and SB (23)... Hit .307 (35-114) with RISP... Batted .348 (32-92) in 25 April games... Was on the temporary inactive list, 5/12-15... Played in the Arizona Fall League with Peoria... Following the season, was named the 9th-best prospect in the Phillies minor league system by Baseball America

Spent the season with Lakewood (A)... Led all Phillies minor leaguers in SB (25)... T-6th in the South Atlantic League in triples (6)... Played all 3 OF positions... Was on DL with a left quad strain, 7/26-8/17... Played for Germany in the World Baseball Classic qualifiers (.545, 2 HR, 6 RBI)

Began the season with Lakewood... Transferred to Williamsport (A) on 6/10... Finished 4th in the New York-Penn League in SB (25), 6th in games (71) and T-8th in AB (269)... Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 8/1-7... Homered in 3 consecutive games, 8/2-4

Began the season with the Gulf Coast League Phillies (R)...Batted .351 (27-77) in 18 July games before being promoted to Williamsport on 7/22... Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 7/19-25... Hit safely in 21 of his 28 games with Williamsport... Following the season, was named 10th-best prospect in Phillies minor league system by Baseball America... Participated in Florida Instructional League

Began his pro career with the GCL Phillies... Participated in FIL