Chris Cates, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1985
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, United States
Profession: baseball player
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Chris Cates
- Chris Cates (born April 15, 1985) is a former minor league shortstop selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 38th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.
- He is currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Florida State University Seminoles baseball team.
- Also he is the manager of the North Adams Steeplecats of the NECBL. Cates graduated in 2003 from Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida where he was a four-year letter winner in baseball.
- When he joined the University of Louisville Cardinals in 2004, he was the smallest player in NCAA Division I baseball.
- Despite standing only 5'3" tall and weighing just 145 lbs., his junior year he was named Third-Team All-Big East while leading the Louisville Cardinals with a .332 batting average and 47 runs scored.Cates also played for the North Adams Steeplecats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league.
- He won the Most Valuable Player award at the 2005 NECBL All-Star Game.
- He is returning to the North Adams Steeplecats for the summer of 2014 as their manager. In 2008, he represented the Beloit Snappers in the Midwest League All-Star game, and in 2009, Cates was 1-3 with a walk and a run scored as the starting shortstop for the South in the Florida State League All-Star game.
- For the season, he batted .251 with 25 runs batted in and 41 runs scored.
- Cates split 2010 between Fort Myers and New Britain, batting a combined .198.
- He improved modestly to a .205 hitter in 2011 for New Britain, and retired at the end of the season.
- For his career, he batted .228 with 109 RBIs and 163 runs scored.
- He never hit a professional home run.
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