The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ANFERNEE Seymour’s recent production at the plate for the Kane County Cougars produced a career milestone.

Seymour tripled in the third inning on Wednesday night against the Gary Southshore Railcats to record the 500th hit of his professional baseball career.

He finished the night 2-5 with a double, triple, stolen base and an RBI but the Cougars’ saw their five game winning streak come to an end in a 7-6 loss at US Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana. Hit number 501 was his double in the ninth inning.

Seymour hit .333 with four stolen bases in the series against the RailCats, a 2-1 edge for the Cougars who improved to 6-3 on the season. In game one he went 2-5 with an RBI and two stolen bases in Kane County’s 5-4 win. He followed with a 1-5 night with a run and another stolen base in a 5-1 win.

The veteran outfielder recorded hits in eight of his last nine games and has stolen at least one base in five consecutive games.

On the season, he is hitting .233 with a league leading 10 stolen bases and six runs.

Seymour was one of the Cougars’ first signees this season, the franchise’s first in the American Association of Professional Baseball.

The AAPB is an independent Major League Baseball Partner League. The Cougars were formerly members of Minor League Baseball’s Midwest League, but the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a reorganisation of the minor leagues.

Seymour last appeared as a member of the Miami Marlins organisation with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of the Double A Southern League. In 2019 Hurricane Dorian forced a premature end to the Southern League season.

Seymour finished the season just nine hits shy of 500 for his minor league career. On the season, he hit .261 with a .314 OBP, a .648 OPS and slugged .333 in 103 games. He totaled 72 hits, 92 total bases, 13 doubles, two triples, one home run, 28 RBI, 17 stolen bases and 30 runs scored.

Following the season, he opted for free agency in November.

He was originally drafted by the Marlins in 2014 and spent two years in the organisation before he was traded to the Braves in 2016 and returned to the Marlins for a second stint in 2018.