John Nogowski

John Francis Nogowski (born January 5, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 34th round of the 2014 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut for the Cardinals in 2020.

John Nogowski
Nogowski with Florida State in 2013
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 34
First baseman
Born: (1993-07-26) July 26, 1993
Tallahassee, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 16, 2020, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.250
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Career

Oakland Athletics

Nogowski attended North Florida Christian School and played college baseball at Florida State University, batting .307/.431/.443 in 2014.[1] He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 34th round of the 2014 MLB Draft. He spent the 2014 season with the AZL Athletics and the Vermont Lake Monsters, batting a combined .264/.351/.347.[1] In 2015, he was assigned to the Stockton Ports, and batted .274/.352/.364.[1] He would spend the entire 2015 season with Stockton. He played in Stockton and for the Midland RockHounds in 2016. Nogowski was released before the season started on March 27, 2017.

Sioux City Explorers

On May 18, 2017, Nogowski signed with the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Nogowski played in 32 games for Sioux City, slashing .402/.482/.607.

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Nogowski’s contract on June 27, 2017.[2][3] He would finish the 2017 season with the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. He would also spend most of the 2018 season with them, batting .309/.392/.463. He spent 2019 with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, batting .295/.413/.476 in 380 at bats while coming in third in the PCL with 69 walks and 10 hit-by-pitch, and tying for fourth by grounding into 15 double plays.[4]

Nogowski was called up to the majors for the first time on August 15, 2020.[5] He made his major league debut the next day against the Chicago White Sox and got his first major league hit off of Dallas Keuchel.

References
  1. "John Nogowski College, Minor, Fall, Independent & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. Keegan, Harrison. "First baseman not wasting second chance with Cardinals". Springfield News-Leader.
  3. Henry, Jim. "Nogowski making most of his second opportunity". Tallahassee Democrat.
  4. "2019 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. Schneider, Joey. "St. Louis Cardinals to promote top prospect Dylan Carlson". ky3.com.
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