{{short description|American baseball player (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Sean Halton | image = Sean Halton Brewers.jpg | width = | caption = Halton with the Milwaukee Brewers | team = | number = | position = First baseman / Outfielder | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|7}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = June 27 | debutyear = 2013 | debutteam = Milwaukee Brewers | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = September 29 | finalyear = 2013 | finalteam = Milwaukee Brewers | statyear = | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .238 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 4 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 17 | teams = * Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|2013}}) }} '''Sean Michael Halton''' (born June 7, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2013.
==Career== Halton attended Fresno High School and Fresno City College.<ref name=fresno>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/06/26/3362334/former-fresno-high-fresno-city.html |title=Former Fresno High, Fresno City star Sean Halton gets call-up from Br… |website=www.fresnobee.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629090130/http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/06/26/3362334/former-fresno-high-fresno-city.html |archive-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After two years at FCC, he then attended Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
===Milwaukee Brewers=== He was drafted by Milwaukee in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB draft. That year, he played for the Helena Brewers of the Rookie-level Pioneer League. He played part of the 2010 season with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Single-A Midwest League and then ended the season with the Brevard County Manatees of the High-A Florida State League.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
In 2011, Halton spent the entire season with the Double-A affiliated Huntsville Stars. Halton spent all of 2012 with the Nashville Sounds of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. After spending all of 2013 spring training with the big league club, Halton was sent to Nashville to begin the season.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
Halton made his major league debut for the Brewers on June 27, 2013, against the Chicago Cubs. In a pinch-hit at-bat, Halton singled off of Cubs pitcher Matt Garza to record his first major league hit in his first major league plate appearance.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
Halton was outrighted off the Brewers roster on March 18, 2014.
===Baltimore Orioles=== He was drafted by the Orioles in the Triple-A phase of the 2014 Rule 5 draft.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141215064036/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/103814668/2014-major-leaue-baseball-rule-5-draft-results "2014 Rule 5 Draft Results."] ''Major League Baseball''. December 11, 2014. Retrieved on December 11, 2014.</ref> He elected free agency on November 6, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=l_trn&lid=117|title=International League Transactions|page=November 2015|work=milb.com|accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</ref>
===Lancaster Barnstormers=== On March 9, 2016, Halton signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Halton made 106 appearances for the Barnstormers, slashing .290/.354/.550 with 22 home runs, 71 RBI, and six stolen bases.
===Broncos de Reynosa=== On April 1, 2016, Halton signed with the Broncos de Reynosa of the Mexican League. He made 30 appearances for the Broncos, batting .271/.363/.402 with two home runs and 17 RBI. Halton was released by Reynosa on May 7.
===Detroit Tigers=== On January 3, 2017, Halton signed a minor-league contract with the Detroit Tigers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/213231756/tigers-sign-22-players-to-minor-league-deals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111140619/http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/213231756/tigers-sign-22-players-to-minor-league-deals/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |title=Tigers sign Minors contracts with 22 players |website=MLB.com|first=Jason |last=Beck |date=January 10, 2017 |accessdate=January 10, 2017}}</ref> He was released prior to the start of the regular season on March 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/minor-league-transactions-march-18-24/#VqckUQ6l8P7EEaHh.97|title=MINOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS: MARCH 18-24|work=Baseball America|first=Matt|last=Eddy|date=March 29, 2017|accessdate=March 29, 2017}}</ref>
===Lancaster Barnstormers (second stint)=== On April 5, 2017, Halton signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in 135 games for Lancaster, hitting .267/.340/.506 with 26 home runs, 90 RBI, and three stolen bases. Halton became a free agent following the season.
Halton retired from professional baseball in January 2018.
==Personal life== Halton now owns a baseball training facility in Pacific Grove, California called "The Clubhouse 831"
==See also== *Rule 5 draft results
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} {{baseballstats| mlb=488936| espn=31157| br=h/haltose01| fangraphs=9853| brm=halton001sea}}
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