Garrett Stubbs
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Garrett 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] In 2015, his senior year at USC, Stubbs was named the Pac-12 Conference's Defensive Player of the Year,[2][3] and won the Johnny Bench Award as the best catcher in college baseball.[4]
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.[5] After 11 games with Tri-City, the Astros promoted Stubbs to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League.[6]
Personal life
Stubbs is from Del Mar, California.[7] His younger brother, C. J., also plays baseball for Torrey Pines, and committed to 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.[3]
References
- 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.
- ↑ Klein, Gary (May 27, 2015). "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs voted Pac-12 defensive player of year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs packs big game into small body". USA Today. Associated Press. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ "USC Catcher Garrett Stubbs Wins Johnny Bench Award". Inside USC with Scott Wolf. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Mark Berman (June 11, 2015). "USC catcher Garrett Stubbs said he has deal with Astros". myfoxhouston.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Batterson, Steve (July 29, 2015). "Stubbs catching on to pro game with River Bandits". Quad Cities Times. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Del Mar native Garrett Stubbs wins Bench Award bestowed to nation’s top catcher". Del Mar Times. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)