BIOGRAPHY
Jonah Heim was born June 27, 1995, in Buffalo, New York. He is a catcher in the MLB.
He spent 2018 with both the Stockton Ports and the Midland RockHounds, batting .258 with eight home runs and sixty RBIs in 119 total games between both teams. He split the 2019 season between Midland and the Las Vegas Aviators, hitting a combined .310/.385/.477/.862 with 9 home runs and 53 RBI. On November 1, 2019, Heim was added to the Athletics 40–man roster.
On August 24, 2020, Heim was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. Heim made his major league debut the next day against the Texas Rangers as the starting catcher.
On February 6, 2021, Heim, Khris Davis, and Dane Acker were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Elvis Andrus and Aramis Garcia.
Heim hit his first major league home run on April 6, 2021, off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Tommy Milone. On July 31, Heim hit home runs from each side of the plate, including his first career walk-off home run, off Seattle Mariners pitcher Diego Castillo. On August 1, he hit another walk-off home run versus Seattle to become the first player in Texas Rangers history, and the first rookie in MLB history, to record walk-off home runs in two straight games. Over 82 games in 2021, Heim hit .196/.239/.358/.598 with 10 home runs and 32 RBI.
Heim hit his first major league grand slam on April 14, 2022, off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani in a 10-5 Rangers win; it was the first grand slam Ohtani had given up in his major league career. Heim appeared in 127 games for Texas in 2022, in which he hit .227/.298/.399/.697 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI.
Heim was voted in as the American League starting catcher for the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He went on the injured list with a sprained tendon in his wrist on July 28. Over 131 games for Texas in 2023, Heim hit .258/.317/.438/.755 with 18 home runs and 95 RBI. Heim and Texas won the 2023 World Series. Heim won the American League Gold Glove Award for catcher in 2023, the first of his career.
Heim signed with the Rangers for the 2024 season.
