BIOGRAPHY
Jordan Luplow was born September 26, 1993, in Visalia, California. He is a right fielder in the MLB.
As a junior in 2014, he was the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year after hitting .377/.475/.609 with 9 HR and 48 RBI in 57 games as Fresno State's right fielder and primary three-hole hitter. After the season, Luplow was named to multiple All-American second and third-teams. While at Fresno State, Luplow was named to two All-Conference Academic Teams. He was also named an All-Star in both the Alaska Baseball League in 2012, and while playing for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2013.
Luplow was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Pirates on June 17, 2014, for a signing bonus worth $500,000. Luplow made his professional debut in 2014 with Short Season Jamestown, where he hit .277 with 30 RBI in 62 games. Luplow played 2015 with the Single-A West Virginia Power, where he was asked to convert to third base, a position he hadn't played since high school. He struggled defensively with 21 errors, but he performed better offensively, hitting .264 with 64 RBI and a team high 12 HR in 106 games. Luplow spent 2016 with High-A Bradenton, where he was converted back to the outfield. In 104 games, he hit .254 with 10 HR and 54 RBI. Luplow started 2017 with Double-A Altoona, but was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on June 30. In 73 games with Altoona, Luplow hit .283 with 37 RBI and 16 HR, already a career-high, and was named as an Eastern League All-Star. After just 21 games with a .324 average at Triple-A, Luplow received a promotion to the major leagues, with Pirates manager Clint Hurdle describing the move as "aggressive, but it's the culmination of work we've seen at every step of the way."
On November 14, 2018, Luplow and Max Moroff were traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Erik González, Tahnaj Thomas and Dante Mendoza. In 85 games with the Indians in 2019, Luplow batted .276/.372/.551 with a career highs in home runs (15) and RBI (38).
Overall with the 2020 Cleveland Indians, Luplow batted .192 with two home runs and 8 RBIs in 29 games.
On July 30, 2021, the Indians traded Luplow and D. J. Johnson to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Peyton Battenfield. He made his debut on August 6, 2021, against the Baltimore Orioles
