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Cal Stevenson
Oakland Athletics – No. 37
Outfielder
Born: (1996-09-12) September 12, 1996 (age 28)
Fremont, California
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 10, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.167
Home runs0
Runs batted in1
Teams

Cal Stevenson (born September 12, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Career

Stevenson attended John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont, California. In 2014, he attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he played college baseball for the Nevada Wolfpack.[1] He transferred to Chabot Junior College for 2015 and then to the University of Arizona.[2] In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Stevenson in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB draft. On July 31, 2019, the Blue Jays traded Stevenson, Aaron Sanchez, and Joe Biagini to the Houston Astros for Derek Fisher.[4] On January 9, 2020, the Astros traded Stevenson and Peyton Battenfield to the Tampa Bay Rays for Austin Pruitt.[5]

On July 9, 2022, the Rays traded Stevenson and Christian Fernandez to the Oakland Athletics for Christian Bethancourt.[6] The Athletics promoted Stevenson to the major leagues on August 10.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Wolf Pack's Stevenson making huge impact as freshman". Rgj.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  2. ^ Hansen, Greg. "Cal Stevenson's walk-off a pleasant surprise for Arizona baseball team". Arizona Daily Star.
  3. ^ "#4 Cal Stevenson - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Astros acquire Greinke, Biagini, Sanchez in multiple trades today". MLB.com.
  5. ^ John Romano (2020-01-10). "Tampa Bay Rays trade pitcher Austin Pruitt to Houston Astros". Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. ^ Swan, Rachel (2022-06-27). "A's trade Christian Bethancourt to Rays for outfield and pitching prospects". Sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  7. ^ "Oakland A's designate Jed Lowrie for assignment, send All-Star Paul Blackburn to IL". 10 August 2022.