Tubbs Gets First Homeruns as Professional Baseball Player

The son of a DeKalb County native baseball star is making a mark in the sport himself.
Darien Tubbs of Cookeville, son of Greg Tubbs, recently belted the first of two homeruns of his professional career as a member of the Class Low-A Great Lakes, Michigan Loons. His first homerun came with a leadoff shot during the Loons 3-1 loss to the South Bend Cubs on Monday, August 8. He followed with another solo shot during the third inning and had a walkoff single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Loons’ an 11-10 victory over the Lake County Captains on Thursday, August 11.
In 52 games with Great Lakes, the 21 year old outfielder is batting .239 with two homeruns, 25 runs scored, 11 doubles, 17 runs batted in and 13 stolen bases.
Tubbs played for Cookeville High School and the University of Memphis before being taken by the Dodgers in the 16th round of the 2016 MLB Draft with pick No. 491 overall.
Tubbs hit .304/.379/.441 with 12 doubles, five triples and three home runs in 57 games in 2016, leading Memphis in both walks (26) and stolen bases (22), the latter in just 24 attempts.
The 5’9 Tubbs bats right-handed and throws left-handed, and he started 156 games in center field in his three years in school, and stole 66 bases.
Originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 22nd round of the 1984 June Amateur Draft, Darien’s father Greg Tubbs played 11 combined seasons in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh’s and Cincinnati’s farm systems. In 1,243 minor league games, the outfielder hit .285 with 1,267 hits and 262 stolen bases. Tubbs made his Major League debut with the Reds in 1993 and hit .186 (11-59) with a home run and two RBI in 35 career games. The elder Tubbs, who is now an assistant baseball coach at Cookeville High School, played in the outfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates-affiliated Buffalo Bisons in 1991, 1992 and 1994 and was inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame on July 11, 2014 in New York.