Andre Chiefs

Medford, MA (April 24) The Chiefs have announced that former Princeton University star and ex minor leaguer Andrew Hanson of Cumberland, Maine, has joined the Chiefs for the upcoming season. The OF-1B finished his record breaking career at Princeton University in 2001.  He helped lead the Tigers to four consecutive Gehrig Division Championships, two Ivy League Championships and NCAA Division 1 tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001.
  
Hanson, who hits left-handed, earned All-Ivy league honors for four consecutive years. By the time he graduated he re-wrote the Princeton record book which has a rich history of over 100 years of baseball. Andrew ranked 4^th in most games played in a career (161), 1^st in games played in a season (48), 4^th in career at bats (570), 3^rd in at bats in a season (186), 12^th in runs scored in a season (35),  5^th in career hits (184), 5^th in career runs scored(111), 3^rd in hits in a season (63),  1^st in hits in a game (6), 10^th in career doubles (31), 8^th in doubles in a season (12), 5^th in career homeruns, 6^th in homeruns in a season (8), 5^th in career extra base hits (56), 7^th in extra base hits in a season (20), 1^st in extra base hits in a game (5), 1^st in total bases in a season (118), 1^st in total bases in a game (16), 9^th in career slugging percentage (.498), 5^th in career RBIs (118), 3^rd in RBI in a season (47), 1^st in RBI in a game (7), 1^st in career put-outs (811), 1^st and 2^nd in most put-outs in a season (376, 369), 2^nd in put-outs in a game (19) and 1^st in put-outs in a 7 inning game (17). 

A former Princeton captain, he was the recipient of the prestigious Kafer Trophy. He was drafted sixth overall by the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League. In the spring of 2003, Andrew was signed by San Angelo Colts of the Central league and later traded to the Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League in 2004.  As a professional, Andrew played in 137 games, batted .248 with 77 runs scored, 46 RBI, 23 doubles, 5 triples and 4 homeruns.