Jackson Holliday
Jackson Holliday | |
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Baltimore Orioles – No. 7 | |
Shortstop / Second baseman | |
Born: Austin, Texas, U.S. | December 4, 2003|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 10, 2024, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
MLB statistics (through April 23, 2024) | |
Batting average | .059 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 1 |
Teams | |
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Jackson Matthew Holliday (born December 4, 2003) is an American
Early life
Holliday attended
Holliday entered his senior year in 2022 as a top prospect for the upcoming draft.[7][8][9] During a game against Union High School, he hit three home runs.[10] In another game, he hit two home runs in the same inning.[11] He finished the season batting .685 with 17 home runs, 79 RBIs, 29 doubles, and 30 stolen bases over 40 games.[12] He set a national record for hits in a season for an amateur player with 89, surpassing the previous record of 88 set by J. T. Realmuto in 2010.[13] He was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.[14] He was the third in his family to win the award alongside his father and uncle.[15] He was also awarded an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove.[16]
Professional career
Draft and minor leagues
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Holliday began the 2023 season with the Shorebirds, where he batted .396/.522/.660 with six doubles, one triple, two home runs and 16 RBIs in 14 games.[23][24] He was promoted twice during the first four months, first to the High–A Aberdeen IronBirds on April 24 and then to the Double–A Bowie Baysox on July 9.[25][26] His slash line with the Ironbirds was .314/.452/.488 with 11 doubles, five triples, five home runs, and 35 RBIs in 57 games.[24] He hit .338/.421/.507 with nine doubles, three triples, three home runs and 15 RBIs in 36 games with the Baysox before his promotion to the Triple–A Norfolk Tides on September 4.[27] In 18 games for Norfolk, he batted .267/.396/.400 with two home runs and nine RBIs. Following the season, Holliday was named the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year.[28]
Invited to spring training in 2024 as a non-roster player,[29] the Orioles assigned Holliday to Norfolk for the start of the season.[30] He batted .333/.482/.595 with two home runs through ten Triple-A games in 2024 and has a career .321 average and .949 on-base plus slugging (OPS) in Minor League Baseball.[31]
Baltimore Orioles
On April 10, 2024, the Baltimore Orioles selected Holliday's contract and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time.[32] He was assigned the no. 7 uniform and made his major league debut that night as a second baseman[33] against the Boston Red Sox and went 0–4 with 1 RBI at the plate.[34] He knocked his first major league hit in the game against Milwaukee Brewers, and later scored the go-ahead run.[35] After batting 2-for-34 (.059) in 10 games, the Orioles optioned Holliday to Norfolk on April.[36]
Personal life
Holliday is the son of former major leaguer and seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday.[37] His brother, Ethan, also plays baseball at Stillwater and is committed to play college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team.[38] Holliday's uncle, Josh Holliday, is the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State.[39]
Holliday is a Christian.[40] On December 28, 2022, Holliday got engaged to his girlfriend, Chloé Cox. They were married on January 6, 2024.[41]
References
- ^ Dahn, Jeff (December 21, 2020). "'Holliday' spirit sparkles in Stillwater". Perfect Game USA.
- 247Sports.com.
- ^ Jackson, James (June 20, 2021). "Meet The Oklahoman's 2021 All-City baseball team". The Oklahoman.
- ^ Jackson, James (May 23, 2021). "Oklahoma high school baseball: COAC announces 2021 All-Conference selections". The Oklahoman.
- ^ "Stillwater's Jackson Holliday to play in Perfect Game All-American Classic". The Oklahoman. August 21, 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Barry (August 31, 2021). "USA Baseball selects Owasso's Brennan Phillips, Stillwater's Jackson Holliday to 18U team". Tulsa World.
- ^ Elmquist, Jason (February 24, 2022). "Stillwater High senior Jackson Holliday a top 15 prospect on ESPN's MLB draft board". NewsPress.
- ^ Law, Keith (March 10, 2022). "MLB Draft ranking 2022: Keith Law's top prospects and a rare question — where are the college pitchers?". The Athletic.
- ^ Callis, Jim (April 25, 2022). "New Draft Top 150 list: Unprecedented 1st round?". MLB.com.
- ^ Hart, Hallie (March 29, 2022). "Stillwater baseball team rallies for walk-off win against Tulsa Union". NewsPress.
- ^ Stephens, Mitch (April 22, 2022). "CC Sabathia, Mark McGwire among former MLB stars with sons playing high school baseball this spring". MaxPreps.
- ^ Hood, Scott (May 23, 2022). "Jackson Holliday Has Record Setting Season". Prep Baseball Report.
- ^ Unruh, Jacob (May 23, 2022). "Matt Holliday has lived a charmed baseball life. His oldest son, Jackson, could be next". The Oklahoman.
- ^ "Stillwater's Jackson Holliday named Oklahoma high school baseball Gatorade Player of the Year".
- ^ "Stillwater's Jackson Holliday joins father, uncle as Gatorade's state baseball player of the year winners". June 3, 2022.
- ^ "2022 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Teams Announced".
- ^ "O's take Jackson Holliday, son of Matt, with No. 1 pick". MLB.com.
- ^ "Orioles sign No. 1 overall draft pick Jackson Holliday". National Post. Reuters. July 27, 2022.
- ^ "O's welcome No. 1 overall pick Jackson Holliday". MLB.com. July 27, 2022.
- ^ "Orioles minor league recap 8/11: Jackson Holliday debuts". August 11, 2022.
- ^ Branch, Alec (August 25, 2022). "Orioles first overall pick Jackson Holliday will debut with Shorebirds on Thursday". Salisbury Daily Times. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "Jackson Holliday Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "Holliday opens '23 in Delmarva with sights set on Double-A". MLB.com. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ a b Rill, Jake. "Bowie preparing to celebrate a new Holliday," Aberdeen Ironbirds, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "Jackson Holliday Promoted to Aberdeen IronBirds," MiLB.com, Monday, April 24, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ Melewski, Steve. "No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday being promoted to Double-A (Mayo & McDermott to AAA)," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Sunday, July 9, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ Melewski, Steve. "Source: Jackson Holliday is being promoted to Triple-A Norfolk," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Sunday, September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Jackson Holliday Wins 2023 Minor League Player of the Year Award". baseballamerica.com. September 25, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Jackson Holliday, Samuel Basallo among Orioles' 2024 spring training invitees". Baltimore Sun. February 6, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "Tides roll in: Holliday heading to Norfolk (source)". MiLB.com.
- ^ "No. 1 overall prospect Holliday getting the call to O's (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ DeRosa, Theo; Rill, Jake (April 10, 2024). "No. 1 overall prospect Holliday gets the call to O's". MLB.com. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ staff, Baltimore Sun (April 10, 2024). "Orioles' Jackson Holliday playing second base, batting 9th in MLB debut vs. Red Sox".
- ^ "Holliday's anticipated debut 'all I could have imagined'". MLB.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "'Relieved' Holliday gets 1st MLB hit, aids O's rally". ESPN.com. April 14, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Orioles option Jackson Holliday to Triple-A". MLB. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 25, 2007). "Holliday's Son Follows the Family Tradition". The New York Times.
- ^ Hart, Hallie (May 3, 2022). "Holliday brothers rely on competitiveness, camaraderie to create special varsity season together". NewsPress.
- ^ "From 3-year-old in the clubhouse to the No. 1 pick: Inside Jackson Holliday's journey to MLB draft night". July 17, 2022.
- ^ Doering, Joshua (July 18, 2022). "Jackson Holliday goes No. 1 in MLB draft to Orioles, aims to glorify God through baseball". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Jackson Holliday pops the question to his girlfriend Chloé Cox". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)