# Springfield Cardinals Nathan Church Wins Texas League Player of the Week

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- Published: 2024-04-23T14:14:08-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Springfield Cardinals Nathan Church wins Player of the Week**

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**SPRINGFIELD, MO (April 22, 2024)** – Minor League Baseball announced on Monday
that Springfield Cardinals outfielder [Nathan Church](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=church000nat&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-04-23_br)
has been named the Texas League Player of the Week for the week of April 15-21. 
This is the second time in his professional career that he has received a Player
of the Week honor, last receiving Midwest League Player of the Week in June of 2023.
He is the first Springfield Cardinal to be honored this season.

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This past week in Amarillo, Church went 9-for-25 (.360) with six walks, two home
runs, eight RBI and a stolen base. Fourteen games into the season, Church is batting.
355 with a double and three home runs. His 15 RBI and 22 hits this season currently
lead the Texas League. His play has helped propel Springfield to the best record(
12-3) in Double-A baseball. Springfield is also the only team in the Texas League
with double-digit wins. Prior to this season, Church was a High-A Peoria Chief (
2023) and a Single-A Palm Beach Cardinal (2022). Including play so far this season,
he owns a career .273 average across 160 Minor League games.

Church played three seasons at UC Irvine in the Big West Conference from 2020-2022.
The Southern California native slashed .341/.405/.515 in 120 NCAA games. During 
the 2021 season, he led the NCAA in triples (8) while setting a program record with
100 hits in a single season for the Anteaters. Church was named All-Big West First
Team, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-American and Freshman All-American
that season. St Louis selected him in the 11th round of the 2022 MLB Draft.

The Springfield Cardinals will host the Arkansas Travelers this week, April 23-28,
for a six-game series with a lineup of can’t-miss promotions at Hammons Field.

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