Cal Stevenson
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| Cal Stevenson | |
|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: September 12, 1996 Fremont, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 10, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .178 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 8 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Cal Stevenson (born September 12, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Philadelphia Phillies. Stevenson played college baseball for the University of Nevada, Reno Wolfpack (with whom he was named the 2015 Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year), Chabot Junior College, and the University of Arizona. The Toronto Blue Jays selected Stevenson in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB draft.
Stevenson was born in Fremont, California to Jim and Tanya Stevenson, attended and played baseball under his father who was head coach at John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont.[1][2][3] He was named all-Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL) as an outfielder in 2012 and 2013, and as a utility player in 2014 when he also won the MVAL Player of the Year Award.[1][4] Over the summer he played for the PUF Capitalists in the California Collegiate League (CLL), led the league in batting average, was named first team All-CLL, and was named Nevada's 2014 summer position player of the year.[1]
In 2014, he attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he played college baseball for the Nevada Wolf Pack.[5] He batted .358(4th in the Mountain West Conference)/.429/.454 in 218 at bats, with 55 runs (4th), 4 triples (2nd), 0 home runs, 25 RBIs, and 10 steals (6th) in 13 attempts.[6] He was named the 2015 Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year, and a Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger and Baseball America.[4] In the summer of 2015, he played for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League, batting .326/.481(leading the league)/.393 in 178 at bats, with 4 triples (4th), one home runs, 41 RBIs, 53 walks (2nd), and 16 stolen bases in 21 attempts.[1]
He transferred to Chabot Junior College in 2015, where he was First-Team CCCAA in 2016 after batting .287/.432/.377 in 167 at bats with 57 runs (leading the league), five triples (4th), no home runs, 26 RBIs, 40 walks (2nd), and 21 stolen bases (6th) in 25 attempts.[7][8] That summer he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League, with whom he batted .254/.364/.263 in 118 at bats, with 21 walks (6th in the league), and 10 steals (8th) in 13 attempts.[9]
He then transferred to the University of Arizona, where he was honorable mention All-Pac-12 in 2017, after batting .311/.448(4th in the conference)/.461 in 193 at bats, leading the conference with 61 runs and 48 walks, and stealing five bases without being caught.[3][10] In 2018 with Arizona he batted .293/.416/.397 in 174 at bats with one home run, 26 RBIs, and 35 walks (9th in the conference) and six sacrifice flies (leading the conference).[1] In college he played 101 games in center field, 56 games in right field, four games in left field, and pitched in three games.[1]