American baseball player (born 1996)
Baseball player
Joseph Andrew Bart (born December 15, 1996) is an American
professional baseball
catcher for the
San Francisco Giants of
Major League Baseball (MLB). Bart played
college baseball for the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets . The Giants chose him with the second overall pick of the
2018 MLB draft . He made his MLB debut in 2020.
Amateur career
Bart attended
Buford High School in
Buford, Georgia .
[1] He became the starting
catcher for the school's baseball team in his freshman year. He had a .556
on-base percentage and a .859
slugging percentage in his junior year, but was pitched around by opposing teams in his senior year, decreasing his performance. Buford HS won the Georgia Class 4A State Championship his senior year going 34-2 and finishing ranked as 8th in the MaxPreps National Poll. The
Tampa Bay Rays selected Bart in the 27th round of the
2015 MLB draft , but he opted not to sign.
[2]
Bart enrolled at the
Georgia Institute of Technology to play
college baseball for the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and majored in business administration. After his freshman year in 2016, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Wareham Gatemen of the
Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), where he was named a league all-star.
[3]
[4] He was named to the
Johnny Bench Award watch list in his sophomore year,
[5] but he missed the last 11 games of his sophomore season with a broken finger.
[6] Following his sophomore season, he played for the
United States national collegiate baseball team ,
[7] and returned to the CCBL to play with the
Harwich Mariners .
[8]
[9]
In 2018, his junior year, Bart had a .359
batting average , the best in the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), a .632
slugging percentage , the second-highest in the ACC, and a .471 on base percentage, third-highest in the conference, along with 16 triples (5th) and 55 runs (9th).
[10]
[11]
[12] He was named to the
Golden Spikes Award watch list,
[13] and was named the
Atlantic Coast Conference 's
Baseball Player of the Year .
[14] Bart also won the
Johnny Bench Award .
[15]
Minor leagues
Considered a top
prospect in the
2018 MLB draft ,
[12]
[16] the
San Francisco Giants selected Bart with the second overall pick.
[17] He signed with the Giants for $7,025,000, the largest
signing bonus ever for a position player.
[18]
Due to the layoff following the college season, the Giants sent Bart to their
Scottsdale, Arizona , facility, before assigning him to the
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the
Class A-Short Season
Northwest League .
[19]
[20] In 45 games and 181 at bats for Salem-Keizer, Bart
slashed .298/.369/.613 (leading the Northwest League) with 13 home runs (3rd) and 39 RBIs (5th), as he also was second in the league with 9 hit-by-pitch.
[21]
[22] He was named an NWL mid-season All Star, a NWL post-season All Star, a Baseball America Short-Season All Star, and a 2018 MiLB.com Organization All Star.
[23]
The Giants invited Bart to
spring training as a non-roster player in 2019.
[24] Bart began the 2019 season with the
San Jose Giants of the
Class A-Advanced
California League .
[25] He broke his hand on a
hit by pitch on April 15 and was on the
injured list until June 4.
[26] Bart was named to the 2019
All-Star Futures Game .
[27] In August, the Giants promoted Bart to the
Richmond Flying Squirrels of the
Class AA
Eastern League ,
[28] with whom he finished the year. Over 79 games and 313 at bats between the two clubs, Bart slashed .278/.328/.495 with 16 home runs and 48 RBIs.
[29] He played in the
Arizona Fall League for the
Scottsdale Scorpions following the season, for whom he batted .333 (7th in the league)/.524 (leading the league)/.767 (leading the league) with four home runs (2nd) and 10 RBIs in 30 at bats, and was named a "Rising Star".
[11]
[23]
[30]
[29] He was named a 2019 MiLB.com Organization All Star.
[23]
The Giants again invited Bart to spring training in 2020.
[31]
Major leagues
2020
On August 20, 2020, Bart was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.
[32] He made his debut that night against the
Los Angeles Angels and got his first career hit, a double, off of
Julio Teherán .
[33] Bart recorded an
extra-base hit in each of his first three career games, only the third Giants player to do so since at least 1901.
[34] He finished the season slashing .233/.288/.320 in 33 games.
[35]
2021
On May 4, 2021, Bart was called back up to the majors from one of the Giants alternate training sites.
[36] He had one at bat as a
PH in the Giants' second game of the double header against the
Rockies .
[37] Two days later, Bart was optioned to the
Sacramento River Cats to start the
Triple-A season.
[38] On July 10, due to the hand injury of
Buster Posey , the Giants called Bart up again after he was hitting over .335 with an OPS of over .980.
[39] Bart hit seventh and caught
Anthony DeSclafani while going 2-5 with two singles and an RBI.
[40] The following day, Bart was optioned back down to Triple-A Sacramento due to the
MLB All-Star break .
[41]
2022
Bart began the 2022 season with San Francisco, and hit his first career home run off of
Miami Marlins starter
Sandy Alcántara on April 8.
[42] Bart scuffled in his brief look and was optioned down to Triple-A Sacramento on June 8, after the Giants traded for
Austin Wynns .
[43] Playing in a career–high 97 games, Bart hit .215/.296/.364 with 11 home runs and 25 RBI.
[44]
2023
Bart made the
Opening Day roster for the Giants in 2023, but ceded starting duties to
Roberto Pérez to begin the year.
[45] After Pérez underwent season–ending surgery on April 13, Bart assumed the starting role, with
Blake Sabol serving as the backup.
[46] He hit .231 in 26 games before being placed on the injured list on May 19 with a groin strain.
[47] Upon being activated on June 10, Bart was optioned to Triple–A Sacramento in favor of
Patrick Bailey , leaving Bailey and Sabol as the starting and backup catchers.
[48]
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1965 :
Gallagher
1966 :
Reynolds
1967 :
Rader
1968 :
Matthews
1969 :
Phillips
1970 :
D'Acquisto
1971 :
Riccelli
1972 :
Dressler
1973 :
LeMaster
1974 : Lee
1975 : Barnicle
1976 : Kuecker
1977 : Landis
1978 : Cummings
1979 :
Garrelts ,
Luecken
1980 :
Reid
1981 :
Grant
1982 :
Stanicek
1983: None
1984 :
Cockrell ,
Mulholland
1985 :
Clark
1986 :
M. Williams
1987 :
Remlinger
1988 :
Clayton ,
Wood
1989 :
Hosey
1990 :
Hyzdu , Christopherson,
Jensen
1991 : Whitaker
1992 :
Murray
1993 :
Soderstrom
1994 :
Powell ,
Cruz
1995 :
Fontenot
1996 :
White
1997 :
Grilli , McKinley
1998 :
Torcato ,
Bump , McDowell, Jones, Urban
1999 :
Ainsworth ,
Je. Williams
2000 :
Bonser
2001 :
Hennessey ,
Lowry ,
Linden
2002 :
Cain
2003 :
Aardsma , Whitaker
2004: None
2005: None
2006 :
Lincecum ,
Burriss
2007 :
Bumgarner , Alderson, Fairley,
Noonan ,
Ja. Williams ,
Culberson
2008 :
Posey ,
Gillaspie
2009 :
Wheeler
2010 :
Brown
2011 :
Panik ,
Crick
2012 :
Stratton
2013 :
Arroyo
2014 :
Beede
2015 :
Bickford ,
Shaw
2016: None
2017 :
Ramos
2018 :
Bart
2019 :
Bishop
2020 :
Bailey
2021 :
Bednar
2022 :
Crawford
2023 :
Eldridge