Andrew Thomas Campbell (born 18 February 1992), nicknamed Soupy, is an

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professional

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for the

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of the

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and the

Brisbane Bandits The Brisbane Bandits are a professional baseball team in Brisbane, Queensland that plays in the Australian Baseball League and is one of the six founding teams of the league. From the 2010/11 season till the 2012/13 season their home ballpark w ...

of the

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(ABL). Campbell has played in all

seasons for Brisbane.

Career

An Ipswich Musketeers junior and senior player, Campbell represented Queensland at various Australia National Youth Championships before making his professional debut with the

in the team's first game 11 November 2010 as a defensive replacement. Campbell signed with the

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prior to 2011 and played two seasons between the

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and

Mahoning Valley Scrappers The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Niles, Ohio, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River, and play their home games at Eastwood Field. From 1999 to 2020, they were a M ...

before being released at the conclusion of the 2012 season. In the

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, Campbell was the runner-up Rookie of the Year after slashing .301/.387/.376 in 26 games. The

Chinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...

invited Campbell and Brisbane and Australian teammate Logan Wade to the 2018 homerun derby where he won the title. His 2018-19 Australian Baseball League season was just as successful, hitting a career best line of .310/.415/.542 en route to the Bandits winning their fourth consecutive ABL Championship. In 2019, Campbell signed with the

of Germany's

for the 2019 season.

International career

He was selected

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at the 2018 exhibition games against

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, 2019 Canberra camp, and

2019 WBSC Premier12 The 2019 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was the second WBSC Premier12 event. The championship ...

References

External links

Andrew Campbell stats
ABL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Andrew 1992 births Living people Arizona League Indians players Australian expatriate baseball players in Germany Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball outfielders Brisbane Bandits players Mahoning Valley Scrappers players Sportspeople from Ipswich, Queensland 2023 World Baseball Classic players Sportsmen from Queensland

Career

International career

See also

References

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