BIOGRAPHY
Joey Gallo was born November 19, 1993, in Henderson, Nevada. He is a center fielder in the MLB.
Gallo was named the AL Player of the Week for April 15-21, after hitting .478 (11-23) with 4 home runs and 11 RBI over 6 games. On May 8, Gallo hit his 100th career home run versus Nick Kingham of the Pirates. He 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. Gallo also set a MLB record, by recording the fewest career singles (93) at the time of reaching the 100 home run mark. On May 31, Gallo hit his first career grand slam off of Danny Duffy of the Kansas City Royals. 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.
On July 29, 2021, the Rangers traded Gallo and Joely Rodríguez to the New York Yankees in exchange for Josh Smith, Glenn Otto, Trevor Hauver, and Ezequiel Durán. On August 5, 2021, Gallo hit his first Yankee home run, a 3-run shot off Seattle Mariners pitcher Paul Sewald.
In 2021, he batted .199/.351/.458 with 38 home runs and 77 RBIs. He had the highest strikeout percentage in the major leagues, and lowest of his career, at 34.6%, and led the majors in strikeouts with 213. He tied for the major league lead in bunt hits, with seven. He won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award.
On August 2, 2022, Gallo was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Clayton Beeter.
The Minnesota Twins signed Gallo to a one-year contract on December 20, 2022.
Gallo signed with the Washington Nationals prior to the 2024 season.
