314 with 25 doubles, eight home runs and 66 RBI in 120 games for the Las Vegas 51s. He reached Triple-A for the first time in 2013, hitting. 297, earning a spot on the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star team. 335 in 46 games) and the Binghamton Mets (with whom he hit. In 2010, he played for the GCL Mets (going 3-for-11 at the plate), St. Lucie Mets, with whom he had 6 hits in 22 at-bats. He split 2009 between the Savannah Sand Gnats, where he hit.
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Ĭampbell began his professional career in low-A with the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2008, hitting. Campbell, who had suspected that he would be chosen before the 15th round, only found out of his being picked by the Mets when he happened to check his computer before leaving for the links. New York Mets Ĭampbell was drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft, although he attempted to avoid following too closely the media coverage of the event, opting instead to go golfing with his father Hugh. Campbell was described by Eagles coach Mik Aoki as a "good, sarcastic Northeasterner" with a dry sense of humor, a good teammate and a humble player who could easily blend into any clubhouse environment. At Boston College, Campbell gained the appellation "Soup" from his teammates, a name which he would later carry into his professional career. 306 with 18 doubles, 43 runs and 41 RBI in 53 games. 350 with 20 doubles and 41 RBI in 52 games as a sophomore. 260, batting sixth and starting at third base. As a freshman with the Eagles, Campbell hit. College Īfter being spotted by then-coach Peter Hughes, Campbell was offered a scholarship to play college baseball for Boston College, where he was teammates with Pete Frates, who would later originate the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. That's what this game is about." He was a high school teammate of Andrew Carignan. Even as a Major Leaguer, Campbell reflected fondly upon his teenage years, saying: "My favorite memories of playing baseball is playing for NFA, because you are playing with all of your best friends and having fun.
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Described by coach John Iovino as a "complete, and I mean complete" player, as a senior, Campbell served as team captain and set Norwich Free Academy career records for hits, home runs, batting average, stolen bases, runs, walks and at bats, hitting nearly. While in high school, Campbell was named to Baseball America's preseason All-America and All-Northeast first teams he also received All-Conference and New Haven Register All-State accolades. Campbell was part of the 2003 team that won the Connecticut state high school championship. Campbell played first base his freshman year, then moved to third in tenth grade and to shortstop as a junior, setting himself up for the versatility he would become known for on a professional level. Baseball career High school Ĭampbell attended the Norwich Free Academy and played on the school's varsity baseball team beginning in his freshman year. His father was a school principal at the Norwich Free Academy as well as a baseball and basketball coach, while his mother, a 1977 NFA graduate, served as assistant principal and principal at Hebron Elementary School until her 2015 retirement after previously having spent 27 years working in Preston School District at Preston Veterans School in a variety of roles, including as a onetime principal-designee. Campbell was born on Apin Norwich, Connecticut, the younger of two children to Hugh Baird "Duke" Campbell and Amy B.