Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kody Hoese was born July 13, 1997, in Merrillville, Indiana. He is an infielder in the MLB.

In 2017, as a freshman at Tulane, Hoese hit .213 with zero home runs and 10 RBIs in 44 games. As a sophomore in 2018, he started all 58 of Tulane's games at third base and batted .291 with five home runs and 31 RBIs. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB draft but did not sign. After the season, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Newport Gulls, hitting .283 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 38 games. In 2019, Hoese's junior year, he hit .391 with 23 home runs and sixty RBIs in 56 games and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Hoese was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft with the 25th overall pick. He signed for $2.74 million, and made his professional debut on June 17, 2019, with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers. He had three hits, all doubles, in three at-bats in that game. After 19 games in the Arizona League, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League in July, with whom he finished the season. Over 41 games between the two clubs, Hoese slashed .299/.380/.483 with five home runs and 29 RBIs. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central League.