Alexander Wyatt Yarbrough (born August 3, 1991) is an American former minor league baseball player in the

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organization.

College career

A three-year starter for the Ole Miss Rebels from 2010 to 2012, Yarbrough earned second-team All-

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honors as a sophomore, leading the Rebels in extra-base hits and multiple-hit games. Yarbrough became one of the best infielders in college baseball as a junior, hitting .380 while committing only three

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s all season. He earned first-team All-American honors. He was also a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award. Yarbrough also earned first-team All-SEC honors and was named the SEC all-defensive team. After the 2011 season, he played

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with the Cotuit Kettleers of the

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Professional career

Yarbrough was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the fourth round of the

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. After signing, Yarbrough spent most of the rest of the 2012 season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels before being promoted to the

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. In 63 games between the two teams, he batted .275/.307/.393 with 27 RBIs. In 2013, he played for the Inland Empire 66ers where he slashed .313/.341/.459 with 11 home runs, 80 RBIs, 32 doubles, and ten triples in 136 games, and in 2014, he played with the

where he compiled a .285 batting average with five home runs, 77 RBIs, and 38 doubles in 136 games. Yarbrough spent 2015 with the Salt Lake Bees where he batted .236 with three home runs and 48 RBIs in 128 games, and 2016 with Salt Lake and Arkansas where he posted a combined .265 batting average with four home runs and 55 RBIs in 135 games between the two clubs. At the 2016 Winter Meetings, the

selected Yarbrough from the Angels in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. In 2017, he played for the

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where he batted .231 with four home runs and 30 RBIs in 111 games. He retired from professional baseball on February 14, 2018.

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1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Allen, Texas Baseball players from Collin County, Texas Baseball second basemen Ole Miss Rebels baseball players Cotuit Kettleers players All-American college baseball players Cedar Rapids Kernels players Arkansas Travelers players Inland Empire 66ers players Salt Lake Bees players Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp players {{US-baseball-second-baseman-stub