Travis Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Travis Lee

baseball player

Date of Birth: 26-May-1975

Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Travis Lee (born May 26, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993, where he also played football.
Being ambidextrous Lee played as a lefty in baseball and as a QB for the Capital High football team threw with his right.
While playing for San Diego State University in 1996, Lee won the Golden Spikes Award, annually given to the best amateur baseball player by USA Baseball.
Lee was initially drafted as the second pick in the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins, but was declared a free agent by MLB after the Twins failed to tender him a contract within fifteen days of the end of the draft.
He then signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Lee played on the 1996 Olympic baseball team for the United States.
The team went 7-2 with losses to Cuba in the preliminary round and Japan in the semifinals.
The U.S.
team won the Bronze medal by defeating Nicaragua.