Garrett Cooper #31

Garrett is in his first season with the Cubs organization after signing a one-year Minor League contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training on March 1, 2024...Across parts of seven Major League seasons with the Yankees (2017), Marlins (2018-23) and Padres (2023), owns a career .268 average (437-for-1,628) with 91 doubles, six triples, 56 home runs and 222 RBI in 481 games...Was acquired by San Diego from Miami with right-handed pitcher Sean Reynolds for left-handed pitcher Ryan Weathers, Aug. 1, 2023...Made his first career N.L. All-Star team in 2022....finished the season with a career-best 33 doubles, to go along with a .261 average, nine home runs and 50 RBI in 119 games...Made his Major League debut, July 14, 2017 at Boston with the Yankees...Was traded twice in 2017, July 13 from Milwaukee to New York (AL) for left-handed pitcher Tyler Webb and Nov. 20 from New York (AL) to Miami with left-handed pitcher Caleb Smith for right-handed pitcher Michael King...Was named a Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star in 2017 and a Southern League Mid-Season All-Star in 2016...Was selected by Milwaukee in the sixth round of the 2013 draft out of Auburn University...Played two seasons at El Camino Community College before transferring to Auburn for two years.

2023

Garrett split the 2023 season between Miami and San Diego, playing in a combined 123 games with the clubs...Tallied a career-best 17 home runs and 61 RBI during the campaign...Began the season with Miami, batting .256 (78-for-305) with 11 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 46 RBI in 82 games...Posted a .998 fielding percentage (1 E, 413 TC) in 51 games at first base...Was traded Aug. 1 from Miami to San Diego with right-handed pitcher Sean Reynolds for left-handed pitcher Ryan Weathers...In 41 games with the Padres, batted .239 (28-for-117) with seven doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI...Reached base safely in 29 of his final 37 games, posting a .336 OBP during the run...Sept. 18 vs. Colorado, hit his career-high 16th home run of the season, surpassing his 15 from 2019.

2022

Garrett Nicholas Cooper was named a 2022 National League All-Star for the Marlins, the first of his career. Played in a career-high 119 games in his fifth season with Miami...Led the team in doubles (33) and RBI (50) and ranked second in hits (108) and walks (40)...Played in a career-high 119 games despite four trips to the injured list. Missed a combined 27 games on the IL, including a left fifth metacarpal fracture that caused him to miss the final eight games of the season...Also set career highs in hits, doubles, walks and tied his career high in RBI...Had season-long 10-game hitting streak from June 13-25, batting .293 over that span with one double, one home run and seven RBI...Had three on-base streaks of 10-plus games, the longest being 17 games from June 3-25...In 23 June starts, slashed .378/.418/.511 with a .930 OPS...In 81 games in the first half, posted a .283 average and .783 OPS with 21 multi-hit games. Had 81 hits, 21 doubles and 40 RBI...Hit .210 with a .681 OPS in 38 games in the second half, with only five multi-hit efforts...Went 23-for-95 (.242) with RISP with nine doubles, 12 walks and 29 strikeouts. Included a 3-for-12 (.250) mark with the bases loaded. ..Hit nine total home runs, eight against RHP and one against LHP...Made 56 starts at 1B and 56 at DH. Committed two errors in 441 total chances for a .995 fielding percentage. 

2021

Played in 71 games for the Marlins in 2021. Hit .284 with nine home runs and 33 RBI. Made 38 starts in right field, 13 at first base and two at designated hitter...Recorded first career multi-homer games July 7 vs. the Dodgers...Hit his first career walk-off home run against the Mets on May 22...Posted .329 average (25x76) in May (24 games), with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 11 RBI (.912 OPS)...Had two stints on the Injured List. Missed 14 games from June 8-25 with a Lumbar Strain. Missed the rest of the season after suffering an elbow sprain July 19. 

2020

Garrett Nicholas Cooper played in 34 games in 2020, hitting .283 with six home runs and 20 RBI... Hit a three-run home run in the first inning of the Marlins playoff-clinching game against the Yankees on Sept. 25... Hit a game-winning solo home run in the seventh inning of game two of the Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field that sent Miami to the Division Series.

2019

Cooper entered the 2019 season with zero career home runs, and just 27 total games played in the Majors. Finished the season with 16 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs, and 50 RBI hitting .281 (107x421) across 107 games...Season ended on September 13 at San Francisco due to a left knee contusion...Batted .375 (15x40) with three doubles, three homers, seven RBI over his last 10 games...Hit his first career grand slam, a go-ahead homer in the ninth inning at Detroit on May 23...It was the third two-out, go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning or later in Club history (first on the road), also: Bobby Bonilla (Sept. 16, 1997 vs. Colorado, down 6-5 in ninth) and Giancarlo Stanton (May 13, 2012 vs. Mets, tied 4-4 in ninth)...Had the longest on-base streak of the season, a 20-game streak from May 30 to June 23 (.408; 31x76, 3 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 8 BB)...Had second career GS on June 12 vs. St. Louis when he finished a double shy of the cycle...Was involved in back-to-back homers for the fourth time in 2019 on September 11 vs. Milwaukee; tied with eight others for second-most in Club history, behind Carlos Delgado (5 in 2005). - Elias Sports Bureau...He became the first player in Club history to hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning or later in back-to-back games on Sept. 3 & 4 at Pittsburgh. First was a go-ahead 10th-inning solo shot; second a game-tying two-run homer in the 7th inning...Miami was 10-5 when he homered, and 19-10 when he had an RBI.

2018

Limited to 14 games due to two stints on disabled list for right wrist injuries...Missed 85 games from April 5 (retro to April 2) through July 5 with a contusion after being hit by a pitch; suffered a sprain and returned to DL on July 24, eventually undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a torn tendon sheath...Was 1x7 with an RBI in just four games prior to first injury, suffered April 1 vs. Cubs...Prior to return from first DL stint, hit .300 (9x30) with a double, a home run, and five RBI in nine rehab games with Triple-A New Orleans, and was 2x3 in two rehab games for Single-A Jupiter...Returned from rehab on July 5; recalled from 60-day DL July 6...Went 6x26 (.231) with two runs scored, a double, and an RBI in 10 games for Miami prior to season-ending DL stint.

2017

In fifth professional campaign, combined to hit .377 (124x349) with 35 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs and 90 RBI in 90 games between Triple-A Colorado Springs, Double-A Trenton, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the Yankees. ..Began season with Triple-A Colorado Springs in Milwaukee's system, hitting .366 (102-for-279) with 64 runs, 29 doubles, 17 home runs, 82 RBI and 33 walks. At time of All-Star break, led all Triple-A players in batting average and doubles: ranked second in Pacific Coast League in RBI, OBP (.428) and SLG (.652), was tied for second with 46 extra-base hits and was third in runs scored...Named Sky Sox Player of the Month in each of first three months of season. In April, hit .320 (24x75) with eight doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI in 19 games. In 22 May contests, posted .384 average (33x86) with five doubles, five home runs and 23 RBI. Followed with a .372 average (32x86) in May with 10 doubles, six home runs and 25 RBI...Earned PCL Player of the Week for July 3-9, batting .500 (12x24) with 10 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI...Went 1x3 with one run scored and one RBI in Triple-A All-Star Game on July 12 at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, WA...Acquired by Yankees on July 13 in exchange for LHP Tyler Webb...Made Major League debut in July 14 loss at Boston, after having contract selected from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to game. Made start at first base and went 0x4. ..In Major League game, collected first Major League hit with fifth-inning double off David Price in second game of July 16 doubleheader at Boston...Went 3x4 with one run scored, two doubles and one RBI in July 17 loss at Minnesota, recording first career run scored and RBI. Marked first career multi-hit game and first three-hit game by a Yankees first baseman since Chris Carter on June 7, 2017 vs. Boston...Had three straight multi-hit games from August 8-10 in Toronto, batting .667 (8x12) with one run, two doubles and four RBI. Became second Yankee in last three seasons to collect eight hits in a three-game series, joining Aaron Hicks, who went 8x16 from May 5-7, 2017 at Cubs. Cooper's eight hits were most by a Yankee in a three-game set against Blue Jays since Ichiro went 9x12 from September 19 (G1)-20, 2012...Was 4x5 with one run, a double and two RBI in Aug. 9 win at Toronto, his 10th career game. Became just second Yankee since 2000 to collect at least four hits in a game within his first 10 Major League games (also Gary Sánchez, 4x5 on Aug. 10, 2016 at Boston in his ninth game)...Placed on 10-day disabled list from Aug. 17-Sept. 9 with left hamstring tendonitis, missing 22 games. Returned from rehab, reinstated from DL and optioned to Scranton/WB on Sept. 9... Overall, hit .326 (14x43) with three runs, five doubles, one triple and six RBI in 13 games (13 starts at 1B) over two stints with Yankees (July 14-31 and Aug. 6-Sept. 9)...Among Yankees to debut in Majors since 1950, his 14 hits through his first 11 career games (July 14-Aug. 10) were tied for most (Yangervis Solarte, 14x39 in 2014)...Following option to Scranton/WB, hit .429 (6x14) with one run, a double and one RBI in four postseason games.