Joseph Nicholas Gallo was born on November 19,1993 and is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
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Joseph Nicholas Gallo was born on November 19,1993 and is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
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Joey Gallo has previously played for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees.
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Joey Gallo was selected to the 2019 and 2021 MLB All-Star Games and won the Gold Glove Award in 2020 and 2021.
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Joey Gallo signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Louisiana State University and play college baseball for the LSU Tigers.
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Joey Gallo started his professional career with the Arizona League Rangers, where he hit.
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Joey Gallo was promoted to the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short-Season Northwest League, hitting.
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Joey Gallo played the season with the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, leading the league with 38 home runs and 165 strikeouts in 392 at bats, and was named a Mid-Season All Star and a Post-Season All Star.
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Joey Gallo won the Joe Bauman Home Run Award for hitting the most home runs in minor league baseball for the 2013 season.
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Joey Gallo started the 2014 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, batting.
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Joey Gallo began the 2015 season with Frisco, and was named a Mid-Season Texas South All Star.
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On June 30,2015, Joey Gallo was optioned to Triple A to make room for Josh Hamilton.
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In 2016, Joey Gallo spent the majority of the season in the minors, appearing in only 17 games for the Rangers.
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In 2017, Joey Gallo won a roster spot out of spring training and played multiple positions all season for the Rangers, finishing batting.
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Joey Gallo hit the third-longest home run in MLB in 2017, at 490 feet.
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Joey Gallo became the fastest player in American League history to reach 100 home runs, doing so in his 377th career game, a record since surpassed by Gary Sanchez, who did it in 355 games.
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Joey Gallo set an MLB record, by recording the fewest career singles at the time of reaching the 100 home run mark.
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Joey Gallo was selected as an American League reserve outfielder for the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and hit a home run off of Will Smith in his lone at-bat.
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On July 6,2020, it was announced that Joey Gallo had tested positive for COVID-19, despite being asymptomatic.
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Joey Gallo was named to the 2021 MLB All-Star Game, drawing a walk in his only plate appearance.
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Joey Gallo had the highest strikeout percentage in the major leagues, and lowest of his career, at 34.
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Joey Gallo tied for the major league lead in bunt hits, with seven.
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Joey Gallo grew up in Las Vegas and played on youth baseball teams with Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant.
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Joey Gallo's mother, Laura, was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and raised in Bensonhurst a few blocks away from his father.
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