Garrett Stubbs

Garrett Stubbs

Stubbs (left) with Johnny Bench
Houston Astros
Catcher
Born: (1993-05-26) May 26, 1993
Del Mar, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Garrett Patrick Stubbs (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Houston Astros' organization. He previously attended the University of Southern California (USC) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans, and won the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's best collegiate catcher.

Career

Stubbs attended Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California. He was twice named to the All-California Interscholastic Federation team for baseball, and enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans.[1] After his junior year, when he became eligible to be selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, he made it known that he intended to return to college for his senior year.[2] In 2015, his senior year at USC, Stubbs was named the Pac-12 Conference's Defensive Player of the Year,[3][4] and won the Johnny Bench Award as the best catcher in college baseball.[5]

The Houston Astros selected Stubbs in the eighth round of the 2015 MLB Draft. He signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.[6] After 11 games with Tri-City, the Astros promoted Stubbs to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League.[7] In 2016, Stubbs began the season with the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League,[2] before receiving a promotion to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League in July.[8] Stubbs finished 2016 with a .304 batting average, along with 10 home runs and 54 RBI's.[9] After the season, the Astros assigned Stubbs to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.

Personal life

Stubbs is from Del Mar, California.[10] His younger brother, C. J., also played baseball for Torrey Pines, and is now a sophomore playing baseball at USC.[1] His step-grandfather, Fred Shuey, played Minor League Baseball and had Garrett train with former Major League Baseball catcher Ed Herrmann starting when Garrett was nine years old.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Maffei, John (April 20, 2015). "Talkin' baseball and brotherly love: Torrey Pines' Garrett and CJ Stubbs play with the same passion". U-T San Diego. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Josh (June 1, 2016). "Cal notes: Stubbs showing diverse skills; JetHawks catcher focused on baseball while exploring other ambitions". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Klein, Gary (May 27, 2015). "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs voted Pac-12 defensive player of year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs packs big game into small body". USA Today. Associated Press. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ "USC Catcher Garrett Stubbs Wins Johnny Bench Award". Inside USC with Scott Wolf. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mark Berman (June 11, 2015). "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs said he has deal with Astros". myfoxhouston.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Batterson, Steve (July 29, 2015). "Stubbs catching on to pro game with River Bandits". Quad Cities Times. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=596117#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL
  10. ↑ "Del Mar native Garrett Stubbs wins Bench Award bestowed to nation's top catcher". Del Mar Times. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

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