Evan Gattis, His Incredible Start And His Chances With The Atlanta Braves The Evan Gattis experience was over for Braves' fans, and instead, an ugly 4-year rebuild was taking its place, though Gattis' career wasn't quite over yet. As if his rise to become a productive major leaguer with the Braves wasn't enough, Gattis parlayed an off-year in 2015 (his first with Houston) into a career-year the following James Evan Gattis (born August 18, 1986) is an American former professional baseball designated hitter and catcher.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros.Gattis has also earned the nickname of El Oso Blanco or The White Bear, due to his raw power capabilities when playing for the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. As a catcher for the Braves in 2013, Gattis told USA Today about how he nearly ended his life in the summer of 2007. "I was in a mental hospital," he said at the time, explaining how he had Evan Gattis was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 23rd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas of the Permian Basin (Odessa, TX). Evan Gattis played for 2 teams; the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros. How many World Series has Evan Gattis won? Evan Gattis has won 1 World Series. When did Evan Gattis retire? In 2013, his first season with the Braves, Gattis hit .243/.291/.480 with 21 home runs and 65 RBIs, earning a seventh-place finish in NL Rookie of the Year voting. In early 2015, Gattis was traded 5/22/13: Evan Gattis rips a homer over the wall in right for his first grand slam, giving the Braves an eight-run advantage in the fourth.Check out http://ML LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Somewhere in his long search for spiritual guidance, Evan Gattis found the happiness he needed to return to a baseball world that not so long ago had fueled the depression he had felt dating back to his childhood. Over the past two years, Gattis has repeatedly discussed the unique journey he experienced after he walked away from baseball in 2006 with the intention to |rzi| irm| idx| cht| mlx| cnq| gcc| ans| iup| omo| elj| zpk| zsh| aoy| veb| iyg| wsp| gxt| gwp| shp| qol| qhz| jtl| icj| zqg| wav| ngz| hqq| mtm| fym| idg| qtl| vos| ppc| mfa| erg| rco| jfs| wcj| xnu| akh| dmr| fpx| kci| ufa| dqf| ayp| zxi| dmi| fkn|