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Vol Baseball Countdown: 22 Days
January 22, 2015 | Baseball
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Baseball Time in Tennessee is just 22 days away!
Throughout January and February, UTSports.com will count down the days leading up to the start of the Vols' 2015 campaign (Feb. 13) with a look back at the many players who donned each jersey No. 30 through No. 1.
After opening last season at home, the Vols will travel to Miami, Fla., this year to face Florida International for a three-game series (Feb. 13-15). The team will return home to take on Tennessee Tech on Wednesday, Feb. 18 and Rutgers for four games (Feb. 20-22) during Tennessee's home opener weekend at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, including a doubleheader against the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, Feb. 21. The Orange & White will later host long-time SEC foe Georgia (March 20-22) for the program's first home conference opponent series in March. Additionally, Missouri (April 9-11), South Carolina (April 24-26), Texas A&M (May 1-3) and Mississippi State (May 15-17) will make trips to Rocky Top this year.
On the season, the Volunteers, led by Head Coach Dave Serrano and his staff, are scheduled to play 27 of their 55 regular season games against nine 2014 NCAA postseason participants, including College World Series squads Vanderbilt, UC Irvine and Ole Miss.
Thirty-two different Vols have donned the jersey No. 22 over the years, including current Tennessee catcher David Houser. Today, we take a look at back at Knoxville native and 1994 Tennessee All-American outfielder Bubba Trammell and his career on Rocky Top.
Looking Back...#22 BUBBA TRAMMELL
1993-94 | OF | 6-3 | 205 lbs. | Knoxville, Tenn. (Central HS)
A teammate of Tennessee great Todd Helton at Central High School in Knoxville, Bubba Trammell attended junior colleges Roane State Community College and Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee before coming back to his hometown of Rocky Top.
In his first season in 1993, the junior earned First Team All-SEC honors after leading the team with a .383 batting average and 12 home runs. His batting average ranked fourth in the league that season, and he was second in the conference with a .679 slugging percentage. Trammell, who started all 51 games before having his season cut short in early May with a season-ending broken ankle, was the team leader with 27 multi-hit games and led UT in both homer and RBIs at the time of his injury.
Trammell swung his way to second-team All-America status (NCBWA) during Tennessee's 1994 SEC Championship season. The senior hit .354 with 53 RBI and 10 home runs while starting all 56 games for the Vols in the outfield.
Over his two-year career, Trammell posted a .368 average, drove in 105 runs, bashed 22 home runs and finished his career with a .635 slugging percentage. His career batting average ranks ninth all-time in the UT record books, while his slugging clip sits eighth on the all-time list.
The Knoxville native was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1994 MLB Draft and went on to play seven seasons at the Major League level. Trammell, who made his debut for the Tigers on April 1, 1997, also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the New York Mets, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees. He was a member of the Mets' 2000 World Series team, which lost to the Yankees in five games. Trammell was 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the series.
The former Vol was named to Tennessee' All-Century Team in 2009.
THROWBACK NOTES ON TRAMMELL
- Full name is Thomas Bubba Trammell
- Named after Bubba Wyche, a former Vols QB
- Won the 1990 Class AAA State Title with a 31-0 record at Central HS
Looking Ahead...#22 David Houser
2013-Present | C | 6-2 | 220 lbs. | R/R | Columbia, S.C.
Junior catcher David Houser enters his third season on Rocky Top as the Vols' backstop, having played in 34 games last season while maintaining a 1.000 fielding percentage. The South Carolina native also started a team-high 27 games behind the plate as a true freshman in 2013, throwing out a team-best 26.5 percent of base runners on the season.
Last summer, Houser was one of six Vols to play in the Cape Cod Summer League, appearing in 28 games for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. After a successful wood bat summer league campaign, Houser looks to make an impact for the Vols and help the squad return to postseason competition in 2015.
NOTES FROM HIS BIO
- Named the High School Sports Report AAA Player of the Year as a senior
- Hit .397 with 12 home runs and 42 RBIs his senior season at AC Flora High School
- Majoring in communications
