Stephen Piscotty, a graduate of the Tri-Valley, California Babe Ruth League, is a right fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Piscotty attended Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California, where he played for the school’s baseball team as a pitcher and a shortstop.  In 2009, his senior year, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Easy Bay Athletic League.

Piscotty was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 45^th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted not to sign.  He enrolled at Stanford to play college baseball as a third baseman, pitcher, and an outfielder.  In 2011, he was named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference first Team.  Piscotty also played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in 2011 and was the Cape Cod League batting champion with a .349 batting average.  At Stanford, Piscotty majored in atmospheric and energy engineering, and completed his bachelor’s degree during the 2014-15 off season.

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Piscotty in the first round, with the 36^th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB draft, and signed him on June 16 with a $1.4 million bonus.  He made his major league debut on July 21, 2015, and was named the Cardinals’ organization Player of the Year that season.

His first season showed good results as he batted .295 with a .376 on-base percentage, .448 slugging percentage, four home runs, 18 doubles and 27 RBIs.  Piscotty’s first playoff appearance was in the National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.  There, he hit both his first career postseason home run and double in a 4-0 win.  He tied for sixth in the National Rookie of the Year award voting, and was the franchise Player of the Year for 2015.

In 2016, Stephen Piscotty picked up right where he left off in 2015.  His young career stacks up very well with some of his contemporaries after their first 102 games.  Note the table below: