Jake Fraley

Jake Arnold Fraley (born May 25, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Jake Fraley
Seattle Mariners – No. 8
Outfielder
Born: (1995-05-25) May 25, 1995
Frederick, Maryland
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 21, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.150
Home runs0
Runs batted in1
Teams

Amateur career

Fraley attended Caravel Academy in Bear, Delaware,[1] where he played for their baseball team. He batted .536 as a junior and .492 as a senior, and in his senior year was named to Louisville Slugger's All-American first team and the All-State first team.[2]

Fraley enrolled at Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball for the LSU Tigers. He batted .372 as a freshman in 2014, and was named a Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[3] He played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League after his freshman and sophomore years.[4][5]

Professional career

Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Fraley with the 77th overall selection of the 2016 MLB draft.[6] He spent the 2016 season with the Hudson Valley Renegades where he batted .238 with one home run, 18 RBIs and 33 stolen bases in 55 games. In 2017, he played for the Charlotte Stone Crabs, posting a .170 batting average with one home run and 12 RBIs in only 26 games due to injury, and in 2018, he returned to the Stone Crabs, batting .347/.415/.547 with four home runs, 41 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 66 games.[7]

That off-season he played in the 2017–18 Australian Baseball League season for the Perth Heat batting .361/.449/.680 in 40 games, setting the runs (50) and stolen base (39) records.[8]

Seattle Mariners

On November 8, 2018, Fraley was traded to the Seattle Mariners along with Mallex Smith for Mike Zunino, Guillermo Heredia, and Michael Plassmeyer.[9] He began the 2019 season with the Arkansas Travelers of the Class AA Texas League.[10] The Mariners promoted Fraley to the Tacoma Rainiers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on June 20.[11]

On August 20, 2019, the Mariners selected Fraley's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[12] He made his major league debut on August 21 versus the Tampa Bay Rays.[13] For the year Fraley hit .150 with 0 HR, and 1 RBI in 12 games.[14]

Personal life

Fraley was born in Frederick, Maryland on May 25, 1995. He is a Christian.[15] He has an older sister, Lauren, and two younger brothers, Andrew, and Brandon. His younger brother, Brandon, is also a baseball player who attended Caravel Academy.[16] Fraley married Angelica Caceres on October 21, 2016, in Miami, Florida. They have two children.

References
  1. "Caravel grad Jake Fraley key to LSU's World Series run". The News Journal. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  2. "Caravel grad Jake Fraley finding place at LSU". The News Journal. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  3. "Jared Poche', Jake Fraley Named Freshmen All-Americans By NCBWA - SportsNOLA". SportsNOLA. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  4. "Younger players following example of Tigers outfielder Jake Fraley". The Advocate. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  5. "A year later, LSU's Jake Fraley doesn't have to worry about wrestling with confidence". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  6. "Tampa Bay Rays select LSU's Jake Fraley". Shreveporttimes.com. June 10, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  7. "Jake Fraley Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  8. 2017 Australian Baseball League Batting Leaders Baseball Reference
  9. Johns, Greg (November 8, 2018). "Mariners complete Zunino-Mallex deal". MLB.com. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  10. "Travelers prevail in opener". Arkansasonline.com. April 5, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  11. "Mariners promote outfield prospect Jake Fraley to Class AAA Tacoma". The Seattle Times. June 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  12. MarinersPR (August 20, 2019). "Mariners Select Outfielder Jake Fraley from Tacoma". marinersblog.mlblogs.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  13. Dawn Klemish (August 21, 2019). "Fraley makes MLB debut for Mariners in CF". MLB.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  14. "Jake Fraley College, Amateur & Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  15. "LSU's Jake Fraley relies on an ironclad faith to keep him grounded on the diamond". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  16. "Caravel's Brandon Fraley is the Athlete of the Week". USA Today. April 27, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
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