BIOGRAPHY
Andrew Stevenson was born on June 1, 1994, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
Stevenson played college baseball at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 2013 to 2015. After his sophomore season in 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he batted .311 with 23 stolen bases in 53 games, was named to the 2014 All-League team, and helped lead the Red Sox to the league championship. At LSU, he was a teammate of shortstop Alex Bregman, the second overall pick in the 2015 draft by the Houston Astros. In both Stevenson and Bregman's final season of college ball, the LSU Tigers reached the 2015 College World Series. En route to the Tigers' World Series berth, Stevenson attracted media attention with an outstanding defensive play in center field. Playing behind starting pitcher Jared Poche, Stevenson leaped toward the warning track and laid out to take away a likely RBI extra-base hit from the University of North Carolina Wilmington's designated hitter. He then scrambled to his feet and threw from deep center field to the second baseman, doubling up the runner on base. The Times-Picayune, writing about the game, referred to Stevenson's play as "The Catch" and compared the LSU outfielder to American football wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., known for his athletic plays on the field. The Tigers ultimately were eliminated in the World Series by the TCU Horned Frogs.
Stevenson was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the second round. Stevenson was described by Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo after being drafted in 2015 as someone who "plays 100 mph with his hair on fire", a phrase he has also applied to standout players like Bryce Harper and Adam Eaton.
In 2019 he batted .367/.486/.467 in 30 at bats. 2019 would also see him make his postseason debut: pinch-running for Ryan Zimmerman in the 8th inning of the Wild Card Game against the Milwaukee Brewers, he would score the tying run on Juan Soto’s single; acting aggressively due to Stevenson’s speed, Brewers right fielder Trent Grisham misplayed the ball, allowing the eventual winning run to score as well. While not on the playoff roster for the rest of the Nationals’ championship run, Stevenson would take the field before Game 3 of the World Series to catch the ceremonial first pitch from Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In his free time, Andrew Stevenson is an avid outdoorsman.
