Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Dustin Fowler was born December 29, 1994, in Cadwell, Georgia. He is a centerfielder in the MLB.

Fowler received a non-roster invitation to spring training in 2016 and played that season with the Trenton Thunder where he batted .281 with 12 home runs, 88 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases in 132 games. He was again invited to spring training in 2017, and started the season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. He was ranked as the 98th best prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline at the time of his call-up. In 70 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to his promotion, he was slashing .293/.329/.542 with 13 home runs and 43 RBIs.

Fowler began the 2018 season with the Nashville Sounds. The Athletics promoted him to the major leagues on May 9, and he went to bat for the first time in the major leagues that night. He started his first game for Oakland on May 11, and got his first major league hit off Yankee pitcher Sonny Gray, the player he was traded for.