'19 Irving Falu
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- Year:
- 2019
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- Position:
- Infield
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- Team:
- Baseball
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- IHCC Years:
- 2001-03
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- Career Highlights:
- NJCAA All-Region • JUCO World Series • Drafted by Kansas City Royals • 16 year professional career • MLB debut in 2013
Parlaying an outstanding sophomore season at Indian Hills into a spot in the Major League Baseball Draft, Irving embarked on a professional career that is still going, more than 15 years after he left Centerville. Irving came to IHCC from Puerto Rico and batted .246 as a freshman, then put together a solid sophomore season in which he hit .374, slugged seven homers and knocked in 37 runs, leading the Falcons to a JUCO World Series berth. The Kansas City Royals took Falu in the 21st round of that year's draft and his pro career began. He has played in the pros for 16 years, including major league stints with the Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres. Irving has been with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs in the Washington Nationals organization the past two seasons and, in total, has played in 1,673 minor league games with 6,265 at-bats. He spent four full seasons with the Royals' farm club in Omaha and was one of the most popular players ever to wear an Omaha uniform. His major league debut came with Kansas City in 2013.