BIOGRAPHY
Rhys Hoskins was born March 17, 1993, in Sacramento, California. He is a first baseman in the MLB.
In 2011, he enrolled at California State University, Sacramento, majoring in business administration; there, he played three seasons of college baseball for the Sacramento State Hornets. Hoskins chose to forego some of his scholarship money so that the coach could use it to add a pitcher who was needed by the team. As a freshman, he batted .353 with a .567 slugging percentage (both 2nd in the conference), with 10 home runs and 53 runs batted in (RBIs; 3rd), and was named Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team Freshman All-American, Baseball America First Team Freshman All-American, Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), All-WAC second team, and Academic All-WAC. In 2013, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. As a junior, he hit 12 home runs with 53 RBIs and a .573 slugging percentage (all leading the WAC), while batting .319, and was named WAC Player of the Year, Louisville Slugger Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball), Second Team All-West Region (ABCA/Rawlings), First Team All-WAC, and Academic All-WAC.
On August 10, 2017, the Phillies called up Hoskins to the Major Leagues. He made his MLB debut the same day as a left fielder. Beginning with his second game, he batted cleanup. He got his first MLB hit—a single—on August 13. He hit his first two MLB home runs the following day.
In a two-week span in late August and early September, Hoskins broke a series of records for rookie production. On August 25, he became the fastest Major League player to hit nine home runs since his debut, hitting nine in 16 games with 54 at-bats. He next became the fastest player to hit ten career home runs the next day, doing so in only 17 games; on the following day, he became the fastest player to hit 11 home runs and did so in only 18 games with 64 at-bats. He simultaneously tied a Phillies record by hitting a home run in five consecutive games. Additionally, he was the first Phillies player to initiate a triple play from the outfield in 53 years.
In 2021, Hoskins was leading the Phillies with 27 home runs and 71 runs batted in while hitting for a .247 batting average and .864 OPS across 107 games played.
In the 2022 regular season, Hoskins batted .246/.332/.462 in 589 at bats (8th in the NL) with 81 runs, 33 doubles, 30 home runs, 79 RBIs, and 169 strikeouts (6th). He led the Phillies in at bats and doubles.
On January 13, 2023, Hoskins signed a one-year, $12 million contract with the Phillies, avoiding salary arbitration.
Hoskins signed a 2-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers prior to the 2024 season.
