Education
Calhoun attended Buckeye Union High School in Buckeye, Arizona. Calhoun then attended Yavapai College and Arizona State University.
Calhoun attended Buckeye Union High School in Buckeye, Arizona. Calhoun then attended Yavapai College and Arizona State University.
He played college baseball for Yavapai College before getting a scholarship to Arizona State University. In 2005, Calhoun and Sammy Solis were named the West Valley High School Baseball Company-Players of the Year. Minor Leagues
Calhoun was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the eighth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
He was assigned to Rookie League Orem, where in 56 games, he hit.292 with 7 Human Resources and 42 Reserve Bank of India. He played 2011 with High-A Inland Empire, where in 133 games, he hit.324 with 22 Human Resources, 99 Reserve Bank of India and a.957 Office of Personnel Services. He also stole 20 bases.
He was named to the California League Postseason All-Star team as a utility player. This monster season earned him a direct promotion to Triple-A Salt Lake to begin 2012.
In 43 games prior to his first callup, he hit.296 with 5 Human Resources and 31 Reserve Bank of India. Major Leagues
= 2012 On May 21, 2012, Calhoun was recalled by the Angels to replace Vernon Wells, who was placed on the disabled list. He made his debut the next day, and he recorded his first major league hit the day after, a double off of Jarrod Parker.
Calhoun was the 8th player from the 2010 MLB Draft to make his major-league debut.
He was sent back down on June 12 after 8 games with the Angels. He made the Pacific Coast League All-Star team He had another short stint with the Angels before being called up for good on August.
His final stats with the Bees in 105 games were.298 with 14 Human Resources, 73 Reserve Bank of India, and a.877 Office of Personnel Services. He was used exclusively off the bench in August and September.
In 21 games with the Angels, he hit.174 with 1 Reserve Bank of India in just 23 at-bats. Calhoun was recalled on July 28 to replace the injured Albert Pujols.
Calhoun was hitting.354 with 12 Human Resources and 49 Reserve Bank of India with Salt Lake. On August 2, Calhoun hit his first major league home run, a two-run, go-ahead shot off of Steve Delabar in the bottom of the 8th inning, part of a 4-hit night for Calhoun.
Because Pujols went down, Josh Hamilton received the most time at designated hitter, leaving right field up for grabs.
In 58 games with the Angels in 2013, Calhoun hit.282 with 8 Human Resources and 32 Reserve Bank of India. = 2014 His control over right-field extended into 2014, as he was the starting right-fielder entering 2014. However, after just 14 games, Calhoun was placed on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle. By the time he returned on May 21, Collin Cowgill was playing well as the right-fielder, and Calhoun shared some of his starts with Cowgill.
= 2015 Calhoun played in 159 games for the Angels in 2015, hitting.256 with a career high 26 Human Resources and 83 Reserve Bank of India. He also played stellar defense in right field, posting a.989 fielding percentage and six defensive runs saved en route to winning his first Rawlings Gold Glove award.
He was the Kenny Myers Minor League Player of the Year in 2011. = 2013 Calhoun was competing for the fifth outfielder spot with J. B. Shuck, but after a poor Spring Training, in which he hit.174 with 10 Reserve Bank of India and 16 strikeouts in 23 games, Shuck won the position, and Calhoun began 2013 with Salt Lake. By the time September rolled around, Calhoun won the job, starting the last 21 games of the season there.
