Joc Russell Pederson is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB draft, out of Palo Alto High School. By virtue of his Jewish heritage, he played for the Israel national baseball team in the qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He is a free agent and is expected to sign with a new team in 2019.
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Joc Russell Pederson is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pederson was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB draft, out of Palo Alto High School. By virtue of his Jewish heritage, he played for the Israel national baseball team in the qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He was ranked the Dodgers’ # 1 prospect by Baseball America after the 2013 season. He made his major league debut in September of that year. He became the first Dodger to hit at least 25 home runs in each of his first two seasons, with 25 in 2016. In 2017, he was demoted to the minor leagues in late 2017 and initially left off the Dodger’s playoff roster, but went on to hit three home Runs in the 2017 World Series. He returned to the World Series in 2018 with the Dodgers, hitting a home run in Game 3 as the Dodgers lost to the Boston Red Sox in five games. He is a free agent and is expected to sign with a new team in 2019. His father, Stu Pederson, played in eight games for the LA Dodgers in 1985, and spent a total of 12 years in Minor League Baseball. His older brother, Tyger, played baseball for the University of the Pacific, then later played second base in the Dodgers minor league system. Joc’s eldest brother, Champ, has Down’s Syndrome and sometimes stays with him during the season. His younger sister, Jacey, is an elite national amateur soccer player, who played forward on the US Under-17 and Under-19 Women’s National Soccer Teams.
He has described himself as ‘pretty much nothing’ in terms of his religious identity. His maternal great-great- great-grandfather and great-Great-great uncle immigrated to the U.S. in the 1840s, and were charter members of synagogue Temple Emanuel in San Francisco. His mother was an athletic trainer in college, and he is Jewish by birth, and is eligible because he isJewish to play for the Israeli national baseballteam, which he has played on. Through 2019, Joc was second among Jewish baseball players in career home run frequency, 7th in career slugging percentage, and 10th in Career home runs. He also played for his high school’s football team, leading it with 30 receptions in his senior year for 650 yards and 9 touchdowns. In the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, Pederson committed to play college baseball at University of Southern California, where his father played college baseball. In 2011, as the youngest player with the Pioneer Ogden Raptors, he had a. 353 batting average and an. 577 on-base percentage, with 20 stolen bases in 22 attempts. In 2012, he hit. 319 for Waimea, was picked for the league’s All-Star Game, and was named the top prospect in the HCBL by BaseballAmerica. In 2013 he was selected to the NL All-Stars team.
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