Hawks in the Major Leagues

Bret Boone was born April 6, 1969. He graduated from El Dorado High School in 1987. He is tied for the Hawks single season Home Run record with ten during the 1987 season and holds the Hawks career homerun record at 16. Bret helped the Hawks reach the CIF Semi-Finals in 1986 (record 22-8) and 1987 (record 22-5). Bret had a Hawk career batting average of .399 (6th) while hitting 16 homeruns (1st) and 22 doubles (4th) while collecting a career 107 hits (3rd), 65 RBI (3rd) and scoring 75 runs (3rd) between 1985-1987. He was drafted in the 5th round (131st overall) in the 1990 Major League Amateur Draft out of the University of Southern California where he played baseball following his Hawk career.

Bret Boone made his Major League debut with the Seattle Mariners on August 19, 1992 making Major League history by becoming the first-ever third-generation Major Leaguer. His Dad (Bob Boone – Phillies, Angels & Royals) was a Major League catcher from 1972-1990 while his Grandfather (Ray Boone – Tigers, White Sox, KC Athletics, Milwaukee Braves & Red Sox) was a Major League infielder from 1948-1960.

Bret Boone played fourteen Major League seasons. He played for the Seattle Mariners from 1992 to 1993, the Cincinnati Reds from 1994 to 1998, the Atlanta Braves in 1999, the San Diego Padres in 2000, the Seattle Mariners from 2001 to 2005 and played his final Major League game on July 30, 2005 with the Minnesota Twins. The 1987 El Dorado High School alum appeared in 1,780 Major League games with a career batting average of .266. Bret hit 252 homeruns, 366 doubles and 38 triples in 7,432 career plate appearances while notching 1,775 hits, 1,021 RBI and scoring 927 runs. He was voted to the American League All-Star team three times (1998, 2001 & 2003) and was a four-time Gold Glove recipient at second base (1998, 2002, 2003 & 2004).