Hunter Andrew Pence (born April 13, 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pence stands 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) tall and weighs 210 pounds (95 kg). He bats and throws right-handed.
Pence attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas. After playing outfield his first three years, he moved to shortstop his senior year, and wore #8.He attended Texarkana College for a year and was DH on...
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Hunter Andrew Pence (born April 13, 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pence stands 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) tall and weighs 210 pounds (95 kg). He bats and throws right-handed.
Pence attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas. After playing outfield his first three years, he moved to shortstop his senior year, and wore #8.He attended Texarkana College for a year and was DH on the baseball team. He transferred to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) where he returned to the outfield. He hit .347 as a sophomore in 2003 and was named a first-team all-conference outfielder. Despite missing 15 of UTA's 30 Southland Conference games the following year due to an injury at mid-season—he was still named the 2004 Southland Conference player of the year, leading the league with a .395 batting average. Pence still holds the conference record for doubles in a single series, with 5.
Pence was drafted by the Milwaukee...
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