Biography

BIOGRAPHY

John Nogowski was born January 5, 1993, in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals in the MLB.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Nogowski’s contract on June 27, 2017. He would finish the 2017 season with the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. He would also spend most of the 2018 season with them, batting .309/.392/.463. He spent 2019 with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, batting .295/.413/.476 in 380 at-bats while coming in third in the PCL with 69 walks and 10 hit-by-pitch, and tying for fourth by grounding into 15 double plays.

Nogowski was called up to the majors for the first time on August 15, 2020. He made his major league debut the next day against the Chicago White Sox and got his first major league hit off of Dallas Keuchel.