BIOGRAPHY
Mitch Moreland was born September 6, 1985, in Amory, Mississippi. He is a first baseman in the MLB.
Born and raised in Amory, Mississippi, Moreland attended Amory High School, where he competed in baseball and soccer. At Amory, he was a 2004 Louisville Slugger All-American after posting a 7–1 win-loss record with a 0.53 earned run average (ERA) as a senior, while also batting .456 and striking out just three times during the season. While in high school, he played on the same team as Derek Norris. After high school, Moreland attended Mississippi State University to play college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. There, he hit .343 with ten home runs his junior season and went 2–0 on the mound with a 3.46 ERA. He also has a degree in general business administration. In 2006 and 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
In the 2017 postseason, Moreland played in all four games of the ALDS, batting 5-for-13 (.385) as the Red Sox lost to the eventual 2017 World Series champions, the Houston Astros. On December 18, 2017, Moreland signed a two-year contract with the Red Sox.
Moreland began the 2019 season as Boston's primary first baseman. On March 29, he hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning off of Hunter Strickland of the Seattle Mariners, giving the Red Sox the winning runs in a 7–6 victory.
Moreland and the Red Sox reached an agreement on a one-year contract announced on January 28, 2020. With the 2020 Red Sox from the delayed start of the season through late August, he appeared in 22 games, batting .328 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs.
On February 23, 2021 Moreland signed a one-year deal with the Athletics.
