Joey Gallo (baseball)

Joey Gallo

Gallo bats for the Hickory Crawdads, 2013
Texas Rangers
Third baseman
Born: November 19, 1993
Henderson, Nevada
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
  • 1x All Star Futures Game MVP (2014)

Joseph Nicholas Gallo (born November 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Texas Rangers organization.

Early years

Gallo attended Bishop Gorman High School in Summerlin, Nevada.[1] As a senior he was the Nevada Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and a High School All American by MaxPreps, ESPNHS and USA Today.[2][3][4][5] He hit a Nevada high school record 67 career home runs, and during his senior year of high school, he had a .509 batting average with 21 home runs and 80 RBIs.[6]

Professional career

Gallo was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round with the 39th overall selection in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[7][8]

Gallo started his career with the Arizona League Rangers, where he hit .293/.435/.733 with 18 home runs and 52 runs batted in in 43 games. The 18 home runs were an Arizona League record.[9] He was named the Arizona League MVP.[10][11] He was promoted to the Class A Short-Season Spokane Indians of the Northwest League, hitting .214/.343/.464 with four home runs in 16 games.

Prior to the 2013 season, Gallo was the Rangers 10th best prospect according to Baseball America.[12] He played the season with the Class A Hickory Crawdads of the South Atlantic League. He became the first teenager since Dick Simpson in 1962 to hit 40 home runs in a minor league season.[13] Gallo won the Joe Bauman Home Run Award for hitting the most home runs in minor league baseball for the 2013 season.[14] Over the offseason, he worked out with Troy Tulowitzki and Jason Giambi at the Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas.[15] He started the 2014 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders in June.[16] In July, he played in the All-Star Futures Game, where he was named the MVP of the game after hitting a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Brewer, Ray. "Gorman baseball player Joey Gallo has big bat, talent to merit first-round draft pick". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Rohrbach, Ben. "Nevada Baseball POY: Joey Gallo". Espn.go.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kevin Askeland (July 4, 2012). "Joey Gallo leads 2012 MaxPreps All-American Baseball Team". Maxpreps.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "ESPNHS 2012 Baseball All-Americans". Espn.go.com. June 21, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Jim Halley, USA TODAY (January 14, 2013). "Tampa Jesuit'S Lance Mccullers Jr. Leads All-Usa Baseball Team". Usatodayhss.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Davison, Drew. "Home run ball has gotten Rangers prospect Joey Gallo plenty of love". Star-telegram.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ RunThisTown (Matt Philips). "Bishop Gorman’s Joey Gallo goes 39th overall to the Texas Rangers". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rangers draft high school power on Day 1". Texas.rangers.mlb.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Fresh out of high school, prospect Joey Gallo puts on Texas Rangers uniform for first time". Rangersblog.dallasnews.com. March 16, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ Wild, Danny (August 29, 2012). "Rangers' Gallo named AZL's best". Milb.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ Boedeker, Adam (November 6, 2012). "Gallo Takes MVP Honors in Arizona". Nbcdfw.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ Eddy, Matt (December 5, 2012). "Baseball America 2013 Texas Rangers top 10 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ Seiner, Jake (August 31, 2013). "Gallo makes history with 40th homer". Milb.com. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Late charge earns Gallo Bauman Award: Rangers slugger edges Astros' Springer in season's final week". MiLB. September 5, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Slugging prospect Gallo works out with two All-Stars | texasrangers.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  16. ↑ Gallo, Gonzalez promoted to Double-A Frisco
  17. ↑ Joey Gallo earns Futures Game MVP honors after leading Team USA to victory

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