Tony Wolters

Anthony John Wolters (born June 9, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Not to be confused with Tony Walters.
Tony Wolters
Wolters visits the United States Air Force Academy with the Rockies in January 2017
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Catcher
Born: (1992-06-09) June 9, 1992
Vista, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 5, 2016, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.239
Home runs7
Runs batted in115
Teams

Career

Cleveland Indians

Wolters was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft out of Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California.[1] He signed with Cleveland, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of San Diego.[2]

Prior to the 2013 season he was moved from an infielder to catcher.[3][4] After the 2014 season, the Indians added Wolters to their 40-man roster.[5]

Colorado Rockies

The Indians designated him for assignment before the 2016 season,[6] and he was claimed off of waivers by the Colorado Rockies.[7]

2016

Wolters made his major league debut on April 5, 2016, as a defensive replacement for Nick Hundley. In his first major league at bat, Wolters grounded out off of Jake Barrett. During his first major league start on April 10, 2016, Wolters got his first career hit when he singled against James Shields. In the same game Wolters walked and scored a run for the first time in the big leagues. Wolters hit his first career homerun on June 25, 2016 against Shelby Miller of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the 6th inning, scoring Brandon Barnes.[8] For the season he hit .259 with 3 home runs and 30 RBI's and 4 stolen bases.

2017

On April 3, 2017, Wolters was the starting catcher on Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers.[9] He went 2-4, scoring the two final runs to take the lead, one in the seventh off an error, and one in the ninth of a double from Alexi Amarista.[10] He struggled offensively throughout the season, ultimately being the backup catcher to Jonathan Lucroy after July. He ended the season hitting .240 in 83 games with no home runs and 16 RBIs.

2018

Wolters played in 74 games for the Rockies. In the 2018 NL Wild Card Game, he hit a go ahead single in the 13th inning of a game the Rockies would win, 2-1 and advance to National League Division Series to face the Milwaukee Brewers.

2019

Wolters established career highs offensively, he set career highs in average (.262), games played (121) and RBI (42).

Personal

Wolters grew up a San Diego Padres fan, with Tony Gwynn being his favorite player.[11]

References
  1. "Indians select INF Tony Wolters in the third round of 2010 First-Year Player Draft". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=128808
  3. "Cleveland Indians move top prospect Tony Wolters to catcher". cleveland.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. Stephanie Storm. "Indians spring training: Former infielder Tony Wolters making progress in transition to catcher". www.ohio.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. Fox Sports. "Indians fill out 40-man roster". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  6. "Cleveland Indians sign RHP Tommy Hunter to 1-year deal worth $2 million". cleveland.com. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  7. "Rockies claim catcher Tony Wolters from Indians". USA TODAY. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  8. http://www.purplerow.com/2016/4/12/11402718/rockies-backup-catcher-tony-wolters
  9. "Colorado Rockies on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  10. Armas, Genaro (2017-04-03). "Rockies win in debuts of Black, Holland, beat Brewers 7-5". AP News. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  11. https://www.mlb.com/news/rockies-tony-wolters-shares-insights-c220412446
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