Thomas Hatch

BIOGRAPHY

Tom Hatch was born on September 29, 1994, in Tulsa, OK. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Hatch attended Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma. As a junior, he went 7-2 with a 1.60 ERA. He was not drafted out of high school in the 2013 MLB draft, and he enrolled at Oklahoma State University and pitched for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He pursued a degree in accounting. In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He did not pitch in 2015 due to a sprained ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow, which did not require surgery. He pitched extensively in 2016, as Oklahoma State reached the 2016 College World Series. In 2016, his junior year, Hatch went 9-3 with a 2.14 ERA in 19 starts, winning the Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year Award.

Hatch was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the third round, with the 104th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. On July 30, 2019, the Cubs traded Hatch to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for David Phelps. On July 26, 2020, he made his MLB debut. With the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays, Hatch appeared in 17 games, compiling a 3-1 record with 2.73 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 26.1 innings pitched.