Corey Seager

Seager with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 5

Shortstop

Born: April 27, 1994 (age 22)
Charlotte, North Carolina

Bats: Left

Throws: Right

MLB debut

September 3, 2015, for the Los Angeles Dodgers

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

.312

Teams

Career highlights and awards

Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers selected Seager in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Corey Seager was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Jeff and Jody Seager. He is the youngest of three brothers. Eldest brother Kyle Seager plays for the Seattle Mariners. Corey's older brother, Justin, was drafted in the twelfth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.

Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He committed to attend the University of South Carolina on a college baseball scholarship. The Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Seager in the first round, with the 18th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft. He received a $2.35 million signing bonus to sign with the Dodgers instead of attending the University of South Carolina.

Seager began his professional career with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, where he had a .309 batting average in 46 games in 2012. They promoted him to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League for 2013. He hit .309 with 12 home runs and 57 runs batted in (RBIs) in 74 games for Great Lakes and was promoted on August 3 to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League. However, in 27 games at the new level, he hit just .160. Seager played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League after the 2013 regular season, and was selected to play in the AFL Fall Stars Game, featuring the most promising prospects.