Jack William Suwinski (pronounced suh-WIN-ski)..Wife's name is Rory...Is a 2016 graduate of Taft High School in Chicago, Ill... Played travel ball in the Chicago-land area with big league infielder Owen Miller...Was a fan of the Chicago White Sox growing up and his favorite player was Paul Konerko...One of his favorite memories is playing at Wrigley Field as a high school sophomore in the City Championship Series...Also swam the 100m Free and 100m Butterfly in his youth and briefly in high school.
2024
Made his second straight Opening Day roster with the Pirates...Doubled and homered on 4/3 at Washington; connected for his eighth career homer off a LHP when he took Robert Garcia deep (was his only HR off a lefty)…Connected off Zack Wheeler for his second career grand slam on 4/14 at Philadelphia...Had a walk-off single as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning on 5/4 vs. Colorado (his third career walk-off hit)…Had two stolen bases for the third time in his career on 5/12 vs. Chicago (NL)…Was hitting .174 (24-for-138) with four homers and 13 RBI in 49 games when he was optioned to Indianapolis on 5/23...Went 1-for-4 with a triple in his first game with Indy on 5/27 vs. Omaha...Homered on 5/30 vs. Omaha (Game 1)…Was recalled on 6/4; started in center field that night and homered off Tyler Glasnow in his first at bat to give the Pirates a 1-0 victory...Recorded his first career sacrifice bunt on 6/5 vs. Los Angeles (NL)… Hit a 459-foot home run at Coors Field on 6/14...Hit .153 (9- for-59) with one double, two homers and seven RBI in 21 games during the month of June...Went 3-for-3 with a homer on 7/2 vs. St. Louis and 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBI on 7/9 at Milwaukee...Snapped an 0-for-15 streak on 7/19... Went 2-for-2 with a double on 7/23 vs. St. Louis and hit safely in three straight games from 7/19-23 (4-for-6)…Was optioned to Indianapolis on 7/29...Hit safely in his first three games with Indy thru 8/2, before going 1-for-39 in his next 11 thru 8/20...Snapped an 0-for-24 streak with a home run on 8/21 at Columbus...Reached base safely in 17 of his final 19 Triple-A games, going 24-for-81 (.296) with seven doubles, four homers, 20 RBI and a .352 OBP...Made 41 starts in center field, 24 in left field and two in right field while playing with the Pirates.
2023
His 26 home runs were the sixth-most among National League outfielders…Ranked first among NL players with 24 home runs hit as a center fielder; fourth in MLB behind Luis Robert Jr. (38), Julio Rodriguez (32) and Jose Siri (25)…Ranked 11th in all of MLB with a 14.0 percent walk rate…Was the Opening Day starter in center field...Hit a 461- foot home run on 4/17 at Colorado…Homered twice on 4/18 at Colorado and went deep in three consecutive at bats on 4/17-18 for the second time in his career...Joined Ralph Kiner (September 11, 1947 and July 2-3, 1950) as the only Pirates to accomplish the feat…Reached base safely in 17 straight games from 4/9-29...Went 3-for-6 with a career-high five RBI and hit his first career grand slam (444-foot blast) on 4/29 at Washington (Game 2)…Homered twice on 5/26 at Seattle and again on 5/29 at San Francisco…His two home runs in SF both landed in McCovey Cove - just the second player to hit two balls in the cove in the same game (also Barry Bonds, twice)…Also had two hits off a left-handed pitcher in the same game for the first time in his career on 6/9… Homered twice and reached base safely four times in four plate appearances on 6/13 at Chicago (NL)...Hit a 442-foot home run with an exit velocity of 114.7 mph, the hardest-hit ball of his career, on 7/4 at Los Angeles (NL)…His 19 home runs prior to the All-Star break were the second-most in team history for a player age 24 or younger behind Ralph Kiner’s 20 in 1947…Homered off Shohei Ohtani on 7/21 at Los Angeles (AL)…Hit his 40th career HR in his 592nd at bat; faster than anyone in franchise history.
2022
Finished tied for the National League rookie lead in home runs along with Atlanta’s Michael Harris II; also ranked 10th among National League rookies in RBI and slugging, fourth in walks, sixth in extra base hits (30) and eighth in total bases (134)...Hit the sixth-most home runs by a rookie in a single season in Pirates history; the record is shared by Jason Bay (26 in 2004) and Josh Bell (26 in 2017)... Finished tied for the third-most home runs (16) in a single season in PNC Park history (Brian Giles holds the record with 18 in 2001)...His 16 home runs at home were the most in a single season in Pirates history for a rookie; the previous record was 15 held by Jason Bay (15 in 2004) and Al Martin (15 in 1993)...Spent a majority of the season with the Pirates after beginning the year with Altoona...Hit .441 (15-for-34) with seven doubles, two home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.337 OPS during a nine-game hitting streak with the Curve from 4/15- 24...Was recalled on 4/26 when Bryan Reynolds was placed on the COVID-19 injured list...Made his Major League debut as a starter in right field on 4/26 vs. Milwaukee and singled off Jose Ureña for his first hit in the ninth inning...Collected his first Major League RBI on 4/28 vs. Milwaukee...Connected against Dodgers’ Robbie Erlin for his first career home run on 5/9...Hit his first career walk-off home run on 6/4 vs. Arizona; a two-run shot off Mark Melancon in the ninth inning (was the first walk-off home run to break up a shutout in Pirates history according to StatsInc.)...Hit safely in eight straight games from 5/30 through 6/9, going 12-for-30 (.400) with two doubles and three home runs...Homered three times, which included a walk-off blast off Tyler Rogers on 6/19 vs. San Francisco; became the 12th different player in team history to hit hit three homers in a game and the first lefty to do it since Willie Stargell in 1971 and also the second rookie (also Andrew McCutchen in 2009)...Also became the first rookie in MLB history to hit three home runs in one game, including a walk-off...Hit a 443’ home run on 6/25 at Tampa Bay - the longest home run by a Pirate for the 2022 season...Hit the third-most home runs (14) by a Pirates rookie prior to the All-Star break; Josh Bell had 16 in 2017 and Ralph Kiner hit 15 in 1946...Was optioned to Indianapolis on 7/15...Was recalled on 8/29; singled in his first at-bat that night at Milwaukee to snap his 0-for-29 streak...Went 3-for-4 with a home run on 9/10 vs. St. Louis; his first homer with the Pirates since 7/5... Led all Pirates outfielders with seven assists.
2021
Hit .262 (96-for-367) with 17 doubles, four triples, 19 home runs and 58 RBI in 111 minor league games... Ranked fifth among all players at the Double-A level in walk percentage (15.6), 12th in OBP (.383) and 16th in OPS (.868)... Also tied for fourth among all players at the Double-A level with 77 Weighted Runs Created... Began season with San Antonio (Padres’ AA)... Was named Double-A Central League Player-of-the-Week on 5/30 after batting .450 (9-for-20) with three doubles, two homers, six RBI and a stolen base in six games...Homered in three straight games from 6/12-15, which included a two-homer game on 6/13... Reached base safely in his last 11 games with San Antonio, going 11-for-31 (.350) with a .556 OBP and 1.136 OPS...Was acquired by the Pirates on 7/26 and was assigned to Double-A Altoona...Hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning in his debut with the Curve on 7/28 vs. Harrisburg... Matched his career-high with four hits on 8/4 at Akron...Homered twice on 8/20 vs. Somerset...Batted .327 (17-for-52) and posted a .916 OPS in 16 games during the month of September.
