Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham | |
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Baltimore Orioles | |
Catcher | |
Born: Redlands, California | April 3, 1995|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 16, 2018, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
Batting average | .184 |
Home runs | 8 |
Runs batted in | 23 |
Teams | |
Jacob Andrew Nottingham (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners.
Career[]
Amateur career[]
Nottingham attended Redlands High School in Redlands, California. He accepted an offer to play college baseball at the University of Oklahoma.[1]
Houston Astros[]
The Houston Astros selected him in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Astros, where he spent the whole season, batting .247 with one home run and 20 RBIs in 44 games. In 2014, he played for the Greeneville Astros, where he batted .230 with five home runs and 28 RBIs, and he started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits.[3][4] He was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks in late June.
Oakland Athletics[]
Prior to the 2015 trade deadline, the Astros traded Nottingham and Daniel Mengden to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Kazmir.[5] Oakland assigned him to the Stockton Ports, where he finished the season. In 119 total games between Quad City, Lancaster, and Stockton, Nottingham posted a .316 batting average with 17 home runs, 82 RBIs, and an .877 OPS.
Milwaukee Brewers[]
On February 12, 2016, the Athletics traded Nottingham and Bubba Derby to the Milwaukee Brewers for Khris Davis.[6] Nottingham spent 2016 with the Biloxi Shuckers where he hit .234 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs. After the season, the Brewers assigned Nottingham to the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. Nottingham returned to Biloxi in 2017 where he struggled, batting only .209 with nine home runs and 48 RBIs in 101 games.[7] The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.[8]
Nottingham began the 2018 season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. The Brewers promoted him to the major leagues on April 16, 2018. Nottingham finished the year with 4 hits in 20 at-bats. He began the 2019 season in AAA with the San Antonio Missions, but was recalled from AAA on May 16, 2019. On May 17, in a game against the Atlanta Braves, he hit his first career home run.[9] On the year, Nottingham only registered 6 at-bats, getting 2 hits including his first MLB home run off of Josh Tomlin of the Atlanta Braves.[10] Nottingham appeared in a career-high 20 games in 2020, hitting .188/.278/.458 with career highs in home runs (4) and RBI (13) in 48 at-bats.
In the 2020–21 offseason, Nottingham underwent surgery on the radial collateral ligament on his left thumb.[11] After spending the beginning of the 2021 season recovering from the surgery, Nottingham was designated for assignment by Milwaukee on April 22.[12] On April 28, Nottingham was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[13] On May 1, the Mariners designated Nottingham for assignment.[14] The next day, the Mariners traded Nottingham to the Brewers in exchange for cash considerations. The Brewers, who were dealing with injuries to starter Omar Narváez and backup Manny Piña, immediately added Nottingham to the active roster.[15] In his first at-bat back with Milwaukee, Nottingham hit a solo home run off of Los Angeles Dodgers starter Julio Urías. In the 8th inning of the same game, Nottingham hit a two-run homer off of Mike Kickham, giving him his first career multi-homer game in his return to Milwaukee.[16] On May 13, Nottingham was again designated for assignment by Milwaukee.[17]
Seattle Mariners[]
On May 20, 2021, Nottingham was again claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[18] Nottingham was again designated for assignment by Seattle on June 8, after going 3-for-26 with 1 home run.[19] He was outrighted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on June 12.[20] Nottingham was released by the Mariners organization on September 21.[21]
Baltimore Orioles[]
On December 8, 2021, Nottingham signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.[22]
Personal life[]
Nottingham's grandmother and aunt both died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He has a tattoo of them being watched over by Lou Gehrig on his left arm.[23]
References[]
- ^ https://www.sgvtribune.com/2013/06/15/redlands-jacob-nottingham-named-daily-facts-all-city-baseball-player-of-the-year/
- ^ "Nottingham can give Astros catching depth". Houston Astros. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Nottingham looking to become 'all-around catcher' for the Bandits". Quad-Cities Online. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ Steve Batterson. "Bandits' Nottingham finding strength in his offense". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ Dykstra, Sam (July 23, 2015). "A's get Nottingham, Mengden for Kazmir: Former Astros prospects were thriving at Class A, Class A Advanced". MiLB.com.
- ^ Tom Haudricourt. "Brewers trade Khris Davis to Athletics for catching prospect, pitcher". Retrieved February 13, 2016.
- ^ "Jacob Nottingham Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". milb.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ McCalvy, Adam (January 20, 2016). "Brewers add 4 prospects to 40-man roster | Milwaukee Brewers". M.brewers.mlb.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ Hoehn, Jim (January 20, 2016). "Brewers call up prospect Jacob Nottingham". MLB.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ Ford, Brad (October 22, 2019). "2019 Brew Crew Ball community top prospects in review: #8 Jacob Nottingham". Brew Crew Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Lesniewski, Kyle (December 31, 2020). "Jacob Nottingham undergoes thumb surgery". Brew Crew Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Steve Adams (April 22, 2021). "Brewers Designate Jacob Nottingham For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Connor Byrne (April 28, 2021). "Mariners Claim Jacob Nottingham, Designate Brandon Brennan". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Mark Polishuk. "Mariners Designate Jacob Nottingham". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ TC Zencka. "Brewers Acquire Jacob Nottingham For Cash Considerations". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Dodgers 16, Brewers 4: Alec Bettinger has nightmarish MLB debut". Jsonline.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Transactions". Major League Baseball.
- ^ Anthony Franco (May 20, 2021). "Mariners Claim Jacob Nottingham, Designate Jose Marmolejos". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Steve Adams (June 8, 2021). "Mariners Designate Jacob Nottingham For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ TC Zencka (June 12, 2021). "AL Roster Moves: Rays, Mariners, Tigers". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Jacob Nottingham Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
- ^ Darragh McDonald (December 8, 2021). "Orioles Sign Jacob Nottingham To Minor League Deal". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Nottingham gets family tribute in ink". MLB.com.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Living people
- 1995 births
- People from Redlands, California
- Baseball players from California
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Gulf Coast Astros players
- Greeneville Astros players
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Lancaster JetHawks players
- Stockton Ports players
- Biloxi Shuckers players
- Salt River Rafters players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- San Antonio Missions players