Darren Fenster

Who is Darren Fenster?

Darren Jeffrey Fenster is a baseball manager in the Boston Red Sox minor league system.

Born in Edison, New Jersey, Fenster was a three-time All-American shortstop at Rutgers University, being selected by the Kansas City Royals organization in the 2000 MLB Draft. He played from 2000 through 2004 for four Royals minor league teams, before suffering a career-ending ACL injury during the 2005 spring training.

While at Rutgers from 1997 to 2000, Fenster was part of two Big East Conference regular season and tournament championships in 1998 and 2000. In his senior year of 2000, he posted a .433 batting average en route to Big East Player of the Year and NCBWA District II Player of the Year honors. In addition to being named to the All-America Team, he served as the team's captain and was also one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Dick Howser Trophy, which was won by Georgia Tech third baseman Mark Teixeira.

During his four years at Rutgers, Fenster set several offensive categories including career hits, single-season hits, and career doubles. Short after his graduation in 2000, he began his professional baseball career with Class A-Short Season Spokane Indians. In 2001 he played for Class A Burlington Bees, and gained a promotion to Class A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks a year later. A Carolina League All-Star in both 2002 and 2004, as a member of Wilmington, he advanced to Double-A Wichita Wranglers during the 2003 midseason. His most productive season came in 2004, when he hit a career-best .302 average between Wilmington and Wichita, including a solid .405 on-base percentage. He earned an invitation to spring training camp in 2005 and was forced to quit due to his injury.