Hunter Bishop

Hunter David Bishop (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the San Francisco Giants organization. He was selected by Giants with the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

Hunter Bishop
Bishop at Arizona State in 2019
San Francisco Giants
Outfielder
Born: (1998-06-25) June 25, 1998
San Carlos, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Early and personal life

Bishop was born in San Carlos, California, grew up in Palo Alto, California, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4] His parents are Randy (who owns a private investigation company) and Suzy Bishop (who ran track at UCLA, and was a movie producer and head of the Vancouver Film School in Canada).[5][6][7][8] His mother Suzy struggled with early onset Alzheimer’s disease starting at age 54, when he was in high school.[9][10][11][12][13] Bishop said in 2019: "It made me grow up really, really fast, because the last four or five years I haven't really had a life with a mom. She's still there but it's not who my mom was growing up."[14] His mother died at age 59 in October 2019.[15] He and his brother are creating the "Suzy Bishop Memorial Grant" in their mother's honor, which will be gifted once a year to a family affected by Alzheimer’s.[15]

His brother, Braden Bishop, plays outfield in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners.[16]

High school

Bishop attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California.[17] He played both baseball and football in high school.[18] In his junior year he batted .348/.400/.435, and in his senior year he batted .426/.512/.663.[19] In baseball he was 2015 Under Armour Baseball All-American, 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American, 2016 Perfect Game Second-Team All-Region, and 2016 WCAL Baseball Player of the Year.[20] He was First Team All-League in football as a wide receiver his senior year.[20] He originally committed to play college football at the University of Washington, but instead decided to play college baseball at Arizona State University.[21][22] Bishop was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[20]

College

As a freshman at Arizona State in 2017, where he majored in Sports and Media Studies, Bishop batted .299/.360/.481 with four triples (tied for 5th in the Pac-12 Conference), five home runs and 25 runs batted in (RBIs) over 154 at bats in 51 games.[20][23][24] He was named All-Conference Honorable Mention.[20] As a sophomore in 2018, he hit .250/.352/.407 with five home runs and 26 RBIs over 140 at bats in 49 games.[24] He was named Pac-12 Academic All-Conference.[20] After the 2017 and 2018 seasons, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[25][26]

In 2019 Bishop batted .342/.479 (5th in the league)/.748 (2nd; 8th in the nation) with 67 runs (4th), 16 doubles (tied for 7th), 4 triples (tied for 6th), 22 home runs (2nd; 5th in the nation), 62 RBIs (4th), 50 walks (4th), and 12 stolen bases (tied for 7th) over 222 at bats in 57 games.[27][24] He was named Perfect Game and D1Baseball Midseason Player of the Year, First Team All-West Region by the ABCA, CoSIDA Academic All-American with a 3.41 GPA, and the NCBWA National Player of the Month for March.[20][20] He was also named a First Team All-American by D1Baseball, Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America, Perfect Game, and the American Baseball Coaches Association, and a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball News.[27]

Minor leagues

Bishop was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[28][29] He was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 10th overall pick.[30] Bishop signed with the Giants on June 29, 2019, for $4,100,000.[31]

He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants in the Rookie Arizona League, and, after seven games, Bishop was promoted to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in the Class A- Northwest League,[32] where he ended the year. Over 32 games and 105 at bats between the two clubs during which he played center field, he hit .229/.438/.429 with 38 walks, five home runs, 12 RBIs, and eight stolen bases in 10 attempts.[24] He was the Giants' #4 prospect (and the # 65 MLB prospect) according to MLB Pipeline.[33][34]

References
  1. Parker White (June 4, 2019). "Adorable Photo Surfaces of Giants 1st-Rounder Hunter Bishop in San Fran Gear as Toddler," 12up.
  2. Scott Barancik (2019-06-07). "2019 draft was a doozy; Tally of Jewish picks at 16 so far". Jewish Baseball News. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. "Hunter Bishop Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  4. Scott Barancik. "An Opening Day note from Jewish Baseball News". Jewish Baseball News. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  5. Larry Stone. "UW baseball player Braden Bishop leads his mother’s fight against early-onset Alzheimer’s," Seattle Times.
  6. "Sunday's Washington-Arizona baseball game was all 4MOM," ESPN.
  7. Larry Stone. "Bishop Plays ‘4MOM’ With Alzheimer’s," Baseball America.
  8. Keaton Cory. "Leading Off 4Mom," milb.com.
  9. Teddy Cahill (2019-05-28). "Hunter Bishop Chose Baseball Over Football, And The Rest Could Be History". Baseball America. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  10. Josh Eastern. "You Should Root For Mariners Prospect Braden Bishop," Baseball Essential.
  11. "Braden Bishop gets to stay in Seattle, drafted by Mariners," USA Today.
  12. Lewis, Adam. "Seattle Mariners see 'good makeup' in Washington's Braden Bishop". Pac-12. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  13. "Home," 4MOM.
  14. Aaron Fitt. "GSA Spotlight: Hunter Bishop," USA Baseball.
  15. Johnson, Dalton (2019-10-09). "Bruce Bochy sends Hunter Bishop heartfelt tweet after mother's death | NBCS Bay Area". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  16. Thompson, Elaine. "Braden Bishop is a top hitter for Mariners this spring. And he's not the only Bishop lighting it up". thenewstribune.
  17. Vytas Mazeika (29 July 2015). "Prep baseball: Serra's Bishop carving out own identity".
  18. Glen Reeves (4 May 2016). "Baseball: Nationally-ranked prospect from Serra faces another decision".
  19. "Hunter Bishop". The Baseball Cube. 1998-06-25. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  20. "Hunter Bishop - Baseball - Arizona State University Athletics". Thesundevils.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  21. Adam Jude (8 December 2015). "Huskies get commitment from receiver Hunter Bishop, brother of former UW baseball star Braden Bishop". The Seattle Times.
  22. "Prep baseball: It's baseball at Arizona State for Serra's Hunter Bishop". 22 January 2016.
  23. Terry Bernal. "Hunter Bishop in thick of Cape Cod playoffs". San Mateo Daily Journal.
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  28. "MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch". Major League Baseball.
  29. "2019 Top 500 MLB Draft Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  30. Kerry Crowley. "San Francisco Giants select Hunter Bishop in MLB Draft". Mercurynews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  31. Ty Bradley (2019-06-29). "Giants Sign First-Rounder Hunter Bishop". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  32. Johnson, Dalton (2019-07-17). "Giants top draft pick Hunter Bishop earns first professional promotion | NBCS Bay Area". Nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  33. Randhawa, Manny (2019-10-05). "Suzy Bishop, mother of Braden and Hunter, passes away". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  34. "MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch". mlb.com. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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