Oakland A’s Outfielder Rhett Stafford Signs With The McFadden Agency

Oct. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- OAKLAND, California - Rhett Stafford is showing the Oakland A’s and the baseball world everything he has. Rhett was taken in the 22th round by the A’s in the 2011 MLB draft. Oakland scouts saw potential when they noticed his team leading 10 home runs and 41 RBI’s in his Junior year at the Marshall University. With such tremendous potential, The McFadden Agency and Scott McFadden, Director of Baseball Operations, gladly welcomed Stafford to their team.

We couldn’t be more impressed with Rhett’s career.” says McFadden, “His tremendous potential has exceeded a lot of people’s expectations and we are sure that he will continue to excel as time goes on.”

By the end of the 2011 season, Stafford led the team in home runs (10) RBI’s (41) slugging percentage (.560) and total bases (98).

After the draft, Rhett began his professional career playing rookie ball with the Arizona League Athletics. In his second game he made his presence known with 2 singles. After a few months Stafford was back to his old ways and led the team in runs and was quickly promoted to A+ ball with the Stockton Ports. In his last 2 games as a fielder he earned 5 putouts and an assist with zero errors and he ended the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage.

About Rhett Stafford
Rhett Stafford was born in Cheraw, South Carolina and graduated from Cheraw High School where he won the regional championship. After high school he attended the Marshall University and majored in Criminal Justice.

For more information, please contact Scott McFadden, Director of Baseball Operations, at 530- 227-3138 or visit www.themcfaddenagency.com.