David Dahl (baseball)

He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies.

Dahl was selected by the Rockies in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft out of Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Alabama.

[1] In 2011, Dahl was selected to play for the United States 18-and-under national baseball team, and appeared in the 2011 Pan American Games.

[2] Dahl recorded 11 runs batted in (RBIs) during the 15 games of the tournament, in which the United States won the gold medal.

[5] He made his professional debut for the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, hitting .379/.423/.625 with nine home runs and 57 RBIs.

[11] On May 28, 2015, while playing for the New Britain Rock Cats of the Double–A Eastern League, Dahl collided with a teammate during a game while chasing a fly ball, and suffered a spleen laceration.

After surgery to repair the damage, Dahl opted to have his spleen removed, rather than waiting for it to heal, in order to return to baseball with less recovery time.

[13] He resumed playing baseball in July, with a six-game rehabilitation stint with the Boise Hawks of the Low–A Northwest League, before returning to New Britain.

After he batted .278 with 13 home runs, 45 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases for Hartford, the Rockies promoted Dahl to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Triple–A Pacific Coast League.

On August 11, 2016, Dahl pushed a career-opening hitting streak to 17 games, tying the MLB record set by Chuck Aleno in 1941.

[citation needed] On July 22, 2022, Dahl signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals organization.

[37] While playing for the Triple–A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Dahl hit for the cycle as part of a 4–3 victory over the Norfolk Tides, becoming the third player to do so in franchise history (Maikel Franco and Michael Taylor).

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Dahl during 2016 Colorado Rockies spring training