Pete Crow-Armstrong

Peter Crow-Armstrong (born March 25, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization. He was selected 19th overall by the Mets in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[1][2]

Pete Crow-Armstrong
New York Mets
Outfielder
Born: (2002-03-25) March 25, 2002
Sherman Oaks, California
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Career

Crow-Armstrong attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California, where he played baseball.[3] In 2019, his junior year, he was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year after hitting .395 with three home runs, 23 RBIs, forty runs, and 47 hits over 34 games, striking out only seven times.[4] That summer, he played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game.[5] In 2020, his senior year, he was batting .514 before the baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] During his amateur career, Crow-Armstrong played for USA Baseball four times, playing on their 12U, 15U, and 18U teams.[7][8] He committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University in the fall of 2017.

Crow-Armstrong was considered one of the top prospects for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[9][10][11] He was selected 19th overall by the New York Mets.[12] He signed with the Mets on June 25 for a bonus of $3,359,000.[13]

Personal life

Crow-Armstrong's parents, Matthew John Armstrong and Ashley Crow, are both actors.[14][15]

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References
  1. "2020 Prospect Watch: 100 Draft". MLB Prospect Watch. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. "MLB Draft Tracker". MLB.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. "Column: Harvard-Westlake's Pete Crow-Armstrong has become a hitting machine". Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2019.
  4. "Harvard-Westlake's Pete Crow-Armstrong highlights 2019 Daily News baseball all-area team". June 6, 2019.
  5. "2019 Under Armour All-America Road to Wrigley – Pete Crow-Armstrong". Baseball Factory. July 16, 2019.
  6. "10 things to know about Mets' top Draft choice". MLB.com.
  7. "3 Up, 3 Down with Pete Crow-Armstrong". USA Baseball.
  8. "Forty-One USA Baseball Alumni Selected in the 2020 MLB Draft". USA Baseball. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  9. "Pete Crow-Armstrong is a high-end prep talent". Baseball Prospect Journal. January 13, 2020.
  10. "Harvard-Westlake baseball's Pete Crow-Armstrong is top outfielder to watch". February 12, 2020.
  11. Gammons, Peter. "Gammons: One prestigious high school prepares for an unusual..." The Athletic.
  12. Puma, Mike (June 11, 2020). "Mets take Pete Crow-Armstrong in first round of 2020 MLB Draft".
  13. https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-pick-pete-crow-armstrong-signs-with-mets
  14. "Top Draft prospect has a 'Little Big League' mom". MLB.com.
  15. "PG welcomes Crow-Armstrong". Perfect Game.
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