He was not a starter on his high school's baseball team until his senior year and did not receive any attention from college recruiters.

He transferred to Saddleback College after his former high school coach was named head coach of Saddleback's baseball team.

He spent 1995 with the Memphis Chicks, and had 20 home runs and 64 RBIs.

He would only play in thirteen major league games, batting .224 with two home runs and six runs batted in while committing six errors.

After sitting out the entire 1997 season, he returned to the Las Vegas Stars in 1998.