Draft
Selected in the 22nd round of the 2005 MLB First
Year Player Draft by the Houston Astros.
Arizona 2007
Season:
Started 56 of the 57 games he
appeared in ... Batted .323 with 41 runs scored, 14 doubles, four triples,
seven home runs and 47 RBI ... Tied for the team lead with 21 stolen bases
... at No. 6 Arizona State (May 23-25): Batted .286 (4 for
14) with two doubles, a RBI and two runs scored ... Washington (May
18-20): Hit a bases-loaded triple in the series opener and finished the
three-game set with four RBI and four runs scored ... Liberty (May 4-6):
Recorded a career weekend at the plate, going 11 for 14 (.786) with two
doubles, three HRs, eight RBI and five runs scored in three games ... Collected
his first career multi-homer, five-hit and five-RBI game during the series
... at Washington State (April
20-22): Hit his fourth HR of the year in Friday's 3-1 win ... at
Stanford (April 13-15): Batted .429 (6 for 14) with his third HR of the
year, two doubles, four runs scored and a team-high six RBI ... Cal (April 5-7): Went 4 for 11
(.364) with a triple, three RBI and two runs scored ... No. 2 Oregon State (March
30-April 1): Batted .200 (2 for 10) with three RBI and three runs scored ... Northern
Colorado (March 24-25): Batted .467 (7 for 15) with a triple, his second HR
of the year, five RBI and two runs scored ... Hit a walk-off, two-run homer
with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead Arizona to a
come-from-behind win on Sunday ... Eastern Michigan (March 2-4): Went 4
for 15 (.267) with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored in three games
... at UNLV (Feb. 23-25): Finished the three-game series 4 for 12 (.333)
with thre eruns scored ... at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 18-20):
Batted .364 (4 for 11) with three doubles in three games ... New Mexico (Feb.
9-11): Went 4 for 14 (.286) with a double, two RBI and run scored in the
three-game series ... Utah Valley State ((Feb. 6-7): Batted .286 (2 for
7) with a double and two RBI in two games ... Gonzaga (Feb. 2-4): Went 6
for 12 (.500) with a double, a triple, six RBI, four runs scored and his first
career home run in the opening series.
Arizona 2006
Season: Batted .312 with 13 doubles, five
triples, 33 RBI and 33 runs scored in 51 games ... Led all conference
players with a Pac-10-best .418 average in 21 conference games ... at
USC (May 26-28): Hit .429 (6-for-14) with a double, two RBI and five
runs scored in three games ... No. 12 Arizona State (May 19-21): Went
5-for-10 (.500) in two starts in the outfield and finished with a double, three
RBI and two runs scored ... Washington State (May 13-15): Went 7-for-13
(.538) in three games and finished with two doubles, a triple, three RBI and
six runs scored ... Washington (April 28-30): Batted .273 (3-for-11)
with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in three games ... Southern
Utah (April 25-26): Went 4-for-8 (.500) with a double, four RBI and three
runs scored in two games ... Stanford (April 21-23): Batted .300 (3-for-10)
with a double and four runs scored in three games ... at New Mexico (April
18): Went 2-for-4 at the plate ... No. 10 Arizona State (April 2): Went
1-for-5 at Chase Field ... at No. 15 Mississippi State (March 10-12):
Batted .250 (3-for-12) with his four triple of the year and two RBI ... Dairy
Queen Classic (March 3-5): Hit a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning
to break open a 4-2 game in UA's 7-2 win over Minnesota La Salle (Feb. 24-26): Batted
.333 (4-for-12) with two doubles, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored in
three starts ... New Mexico (Feb. 17-19): Went 2-for-8 (.250) in two
starts against the Lobos ... at UC Riverside (Feb. 10-12): Finished the
three-game series 5-for-12 (.417) with two doubles, two triples, a team-high
five RBI and four runs scored ... Loyola Marymount (Feb. 3-5): Opened
the year 2-for-11 (.182) with three RBI and a run scored in three starts.
High School
Graduated from Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Ariz.
... Earned three varsity letters in baseball for coach Len Anderson ...Named
2005 second-team all-state by the Arizona Baseball Coaches Association.
Summer Leagues
Played two summers for Arizona in the Sun Belt Tournament.
Personal
Full name: T.J. Steele ... Born 9/21/86 in Tucson, Ariz.
... Son of Tommy and Cindy Steele ... Father played professional
football in the NFL ... Has one brother, Doug ... Majoring in retail
and consumer science.
