AtL Somerset Patriots

Somerset Patriots Welcome Back Outfielder Mike Lockwood

Published on August 17, 2008 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Somerset Patriots News Release


Bridgewater, NJ - The Three-Time Atlantic League Champion Somerset Patriots have announced the return of outfielder Mike Lockwood.

Lockwood finished the 2007 season with a .278 batting average, 90 runs scored, 129 hits, 14 doubles, and a team high 23 home runs and 92 RBI. Lockwood finished fifth in the league in home runs and runs scored in an All-Star season for the Patriots.

Lockwood played for Somerset during the first half of the 2006 season before signing a contract to play in Taiwan. He hit a .336 with 20 runs, 45 hits, seven doubles, six home runs, 15 RBI, and eight stolen bases in 36 games for the Patriots in 2006.

Lockwood spent the 2005 season at the Triple-A level for the Red Sox in Pawtucket of the International League. He had 75 hits, 13 doubles, four triples, ten home runs, and 50 RBI in 97 games played for Pawtucket.

Lockwood has four seasons of Triple-A experience in the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox organizations.

He is a career .277 hitter with 950 hits, 188 doubles, 29 triples, 85 home runs, and 494 RBI in 951 minor league games.

He was playing baseball in Italy this year before joining the Patriots. To make room for Lockwood, the Patriots have placed outfielder Kevin Kotch on the inactive list.

The 2008 Somerset Patriots Season presented by Ford is currently underway with Somerset winning the Freedom Division first half championship. The Somerset Patriots schedule can be viewed at www.somersetpatriots.com. For more information, call (908) 252-0700 or visit www.somersetpatriots.com.

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