Connor Wong #74

Full name is Connor Sun-Han Wong...Graduated from Pearland (TX) High School...Played baseball at the University of Houston from 2015-17...Was a three-year starter...Named to the All-American Conference First Team in 2016 as a utility player, and to the Second Team in 2017 as a catcher...Played for Yarmouth-Dennis (2015) and Bourne (2016) of the Cape Cod Baseball League...Combined to hit .286 with a .739 OPS and 30 RBI in 79 games...Ahead of the 2017 June Draft, ranked by Baseball America as the No. 88 college prospect...Father, Matt Maysey, was a right-handed pitcher in the SD (1985-90), MTL (1991-92), MIL (1993) and PIT (1994-95) systems...Made 23 relief appearances between the Expos (1992) and Brewers (1993).

2021

Made his ML debut...Appeared in six games (3 starts) over six stints with BOS (4-for-13, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB)...In his three ML starts (all at catcher), Sox pitchers allowed a total of 7 ER in 26.0 IP (2.42 ERA)...Also played in 50 games with Triple-A Worcester, making 44 starts at catcher, five at DH and one at 2B...Threw out 12 of 43 (27.9%) runners attempting to steal in the minors...Also threw out the only runner attempting to steal against him in the majors...Played in eight Spring Training games, batting .222 (2-for-9) with 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI and 5 BB...Started the season at the Red Sox Alternate Training Site...Recalled by BOS on 6/22 and made his ML debut that day at TB...Pinch ran in the 11th inning and scored a run in a 9-5 win (see table above)...Made his first career start on 6/26 vs. NYY...Recorded a hit in his first career PA that day, a single off Jordan Montgomery with two outs in the 2nd inning...Had exactly one hit in each of his first three career ML starts...Doubled off Shohei Ohtani for his 1st career XBH on 7/6 at LAA...In a 10-game stretch for Worcester from 8/17-9/4, hit .439 with 11 RBI (18-for-41, 3 2B, 3 HR)...On 9/14 at Syracuse, went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI, his only multi-HR game of 2021.

2020

Split the 2020 season between the Red Sox’ Alternate Training Site and the Taxi Squad after attending spring training as a non-roster invitee...Added to the Red Sox’ 40-man roster on 11/20/20.

2019

In 2019 between High-A Rancho Cucamonga (71 G) and Double-A Tulsa (40 G), hit .281 (119-for-423) with an .878 OPS, 24 HR, 82 RBI, 24 2B , and 7 3B. Named Texas League Player of the Week for 8/26-9/2/19. Named MiLB.com Player of the Month for August 2019 after batting .412 (40-for-97) with a 1.210 OPS, 5 2B, 9 HR, and 26 RBI in 26 games with Double-A Tulsa. Threw out all three attempted base stealers for High-A Rancho Cucamonga on 6/20/19 at Lancaster, as well as all three for Double-A Tulsa on 8/20/19 vs. Amarillo. Hit .512 (22-for-43) with 4 HR during an 11-game hitting streak with Tulsa from 8/16-27/19...Collected three hits in six of seven games from 8/24-31, including in four straight from 8/24-27. Hit safely in each of Tulsa’s 10 playoff games in 2019, batting .417 (15-for-37) with 3 HR and 11 RBI...Recorded an RBI in each of his first three playoff games...Had multiple RBI in three straight Finals games vs. Amarillo (3, 2, 2).