Tyler Stephenson

Tyler Robert Stephenson (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Tyler Stephenson
Stephenson with the Dayton Dragons in 2017
Cincinnati Reds – No. 37
Catcher
Born: (1996-08-16) August 16, 1996
Atlanta, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 27, 2020, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through July 27, 2020)
Batting average1.000
Home runs1
Runs batted in1
Teams

Career

Stephenson attended Kennesaw Mountain High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. He was committed to Georgia Tech to play college baseball.[1]

Stephenson was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds as the 11th pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft.[2][3] He has been compared to Matt Wieters.[4] The Reds signed Stephenson and assigned him to the Billings Mustangs, where he spent the whole season, batting .268 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 54 games[5] He spent 2016 with both the Arizona League Reds and the Dayton Dragons, posting a combined .220 batting average with four home runs and 18 RBIs in 44 games. In 2017, he returned to Dayton where he batted .278 with six home runs, fifty RBIs, and a .787 OPS in eighty games[6] before suffering a torn ligament in his right thumb in late July that ended his season.[7] He returned in 2018 with the Daytona Tortugas, batting .250 with 11 home runs and 59 RBIs in 109 games.[8] Stephenson spent 2019 with the Chattanooga Lookouts,[9] slashing .285/.372/.410 with six home runs and 44 RBIs over 89 games. Stephenson played for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League following the 2019 season, and was awarded the AFL's Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award.[10]

Stephenson was added to the Reds 40–man roster after the 2019 season.[11]

He hit his first major league homer on his first at bat, off of Chicago Cubs pitcher Duane Underwood Jr.

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