Taylor Hill Teagarden (born December 21, 1983, in Dallas, Texas) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers. Teagarden attended the University of Texas at Austin where he played the position of catcher on the Texas Longhorns NCAA Baseball team. Most notably, Teagarden played on the Longhorns 2005 NCAA Championship team, which won the College World Series. He was drafted in the third round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Taylor Hill Teagarden (born December 21, 1983, in Dallas, Texas) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers. Teagarden attended the University of Texas at Austin where he played the position of catcher on the Texas Longhorns NCAA Baseball team. Most notably, Teagarden played on the Longhorns 2005 NCAA Championship team, which won the College World Series. He was drafted in the third round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.
His first major league hit (a solo home run) happened on July 20, 2008. It came off Minnesota Twins pitcher Scott Baker in the top of the 6th, who, until then, had not given up a hit all game. It would end up being the only run of the game in a Rangers 1-0 victory.
Teagarden was named to the 2008 USA Olympic Team.
His at-bat music is "T.N.T." by AC/DC.
Teagarden is a native of the DFW area; he graduated from Creekview High School in Carrollton.
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