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Addison Barger
Barger with the Blue Jays in 2025
Toronto Blue Jays – No. 47
Third baseman / Right fielder
Born: (1999-11-12) November 12, 1999 (age 26)
Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 2024, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
(through 2025 season)
Batting average.229
Home runs28
Runs batted in102
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams

Addison Barger (born November 12, 1999) is an American professional baseball third baseman and outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.

Early life

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Barger was born in Bellevue, Washington, before moving to Florida at age six with his family, where they pursued missionary work.[1][2] He was home-schooled and his father built a full-size baseball field in the backyard.[3] His father hired former minor league baseball player Luis Arzeno to train him.[4] When he was 14, his father and Arzeno, sent him to the Dominican Republic for two weeks to play in the Dominican Prospect League showcase.[4] The next summer, his father created a travel team in Florida and invited 15 Dominican teenagers from the prospect showcase to play for the team and live at the Barger household and competed in tournaments against top teenage talent in Florida.[4] He then attended C. Leon King High School in Tampa, Florida for his junior and senior years.[4]

Career

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Barger was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[5] He made his professional debut that season with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, recording a .194 batting average, three home runs, and 18 runs batted in (RBI).[6] Barger played 2019 with the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League, hitting .283 with two home runs and eight RBI in 13 games.[6]

Barger did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] He returned in 2021 to play for the Low-A Dunedin Blue Jays and High-A Vancouver Canadians, where he hit .244 with 18 home runs and 82 RBI in 96 games. He started 2022 with Vancouver before being promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats,[8][9] and later briefly to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. In a career-high 124 games, Barger recorded a .308 batting average, 26 home runs, and 91 RBI.[6] In the offseason, he played 16 games for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League.[6]

On November 15, 2022, the Blue Jays added Barger to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Barger was optioned to the Bisons to begin the 2023 season.[10] In 94 total games that season, he hit .247 with nine home runs and 47 RBI.[6] Barger was again optioned to Triple–A Buffalo to begin the 2024 season.[11]

On April 24, 2024, Barger was promoted to the major leagues for the first time after Kevin Kiermaier was placed on the injured list.[12] Barger collected his first major league hit on April 29 against the Kansas City Royals.[13] On July 29, he hit his first MLB home run in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.[14] In 69 appearances for the Blue Jays during his rookie campaign, Barger batted .197/.250/.351 with seven home runs, 28 RBI, and two stolen bases.[15]

Barger was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo to begin the 2025 season.[16] He was recalled back to the Blue Jays on April 15.[17]

In Game 1 of the 2025 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barger hit his first career grand slam, while pinch-hitting for Davis Schneider. It was the first grand slam hit by a pinch hitter in World Series history, as well as the first in Blue Jays postseason history.[18] Barger revealed that he had slept the night before on the pullout sofa in Schneider's room at the Toronto Marriott City Centre, a story which went viral and prompted the hotel to display the sofa in the lobby next week.[19]

Personal life

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Barger and his wife have three children, a daughter and two sons.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Blue Jays' Addison Barger aims for encore vs. Mariners". Field Level Media. May 10, 2025.
  2. ^ Sri Hari KC, Karthik (November 1, 2025). "Is Addison Barger's Father a Millionaire? Inside His Parents' Wealth and Background". Essentially Sports.
  3. ^ Steiner, Ben (May 20, 2022). "Steiner Stories: Addison Barger". Minor League Baseball.
  4. ^ a b c d Singh, David (May 20, 2025). "Inside the 'rare' origin story of Blue Jays' Addison Barger". Sportsnet.
  5. ^ "Steiner Stories: Addison Barger".
  6. ^ a b c d e "Addison Barger Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season shelved". MiLB.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "Vancouver Canadians: Being an Ichiro Suzuki fan helped Addison Barger get in swing of things". theprovince.
  9. ^ "Big hitter going, going gone for Vancouver Canadians, slugger Addison Barger gets promotion". theprovince.
  10. ^ "Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Optioned to Triple-A". cbssports.com. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Sent to Triple-A". cbssports.com. March 16, 2024.
  12. ^ McDonald, Darragh (April 24, 2024). "Blue Jays Promote Addison Barger For Major League Debut". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "Addison Barger collects his first Major League hit". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  14. ^ Ginsburg, David (July 29, 2024). "Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers twice to help Blue Jays earn split with Orioles". AP News. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  15. ^ "Addison Barger 2024 Batting Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  16. ^ Delaney, Ryley (March 23, 2025). "Blue Jays told Alan Roden and others they've made the Opening Day roster". BlueJaysNation. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  17. ^ "Blue Jays recall Addison Barger from Buffalo". Sportsnet. April 15, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  18. ^ Matheson, Keegan (October 25, 2025). "Blue Jays' 9-run 6th features World Series first -- a pinch-hit slam!". MLB.com. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  19. ^ Longley, Rob (November 5, 2025). "Blue Jays' viral 'grand slam sofa' getting star treatment". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  20. ^ Steiner, Ben (May 20, 2022). "Steiner Stories: Addison Barger". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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