Jared Walsh #20

Jared James Walsh...On Twitter: @Walshey21..Participated in multiple digital hospital visits with patients at Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Miller’s Children’s Hospital during the 2020 offseason...Played college baseball at the University of Georgia where he was a communications studies major...During senior season, led SEC in opponent batting average (.185) and ranked third in ERA (2.60), while also batting .306 with 19 extra-base hits and 22 RBI...Underwent Tommy John surgery during summer before freshman year of college...Attended Peachtree Ridge HS (GA)…Named Region 7-AAAAA Player of the Year and led school to first-ever playoff appearance...Earned All-Gwinnett County and Gwinnett Dugout Club First Team honors...Favorite athlete growing up was Hines Ward and favorite movie was Goodfellas...Originally signed by Angels scout Todd Hogan.

2020

In two stints with the Angels, improved in nearly every offensive category compare to rookie campaign including, average, hits, runs, triples, home runs, RBI, slugging and OBP...Among A.L. rookies, finished tied for second in home runs, tied for third in RBI, sixth in OPS (.971) and ninth in runs scored...Finished seventh in the American League Rookie of the Year voting...Also voted to Baseball Digest’s 2020 MLB Rookie All-Star Team at first base...After going hitless in his first 10 plate appearances of the season, was optioned to the Club’s Alternate Training Site in Long Beach, CA...Recalled Aug. 28 and went on to hit .326 (29/89) with four doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 26 RBI...Tabbed as September’s American League Rookie of the Month after posting a a .337/.368/.744 slash line... Ranked among the American League September leaders in OPS (1.113; 2nd), RBI (2nd) and home runs (3rd)…His nine September home runs were tied for third most all-time in franchise history trailing only Mo Vaugh (11 in 1999) and Vlad Guerrero (11 in 2004)…Homered in four straight games Sept. 8-12, marking 18th such streak in Club history...Had an RBI and scored a run in nine consecutive games (Sept. 6-17), the longest such streak in Major League history by a rookie since the RBI became an official stat in 1920…Became the ninth player in A.L. history with an RBI and run scored in nine straight games, joining Rudy York (12 straight games), Ted Williams (11), Lou Gehrig (10), David Ortiz (9), Don Mattingly (9), Rocky Colavito (9) and Joe DiMaggio (9).

2019