Stephen Vogt

Stephen Vogt
Vogt with the Guardians in 2024
Cleveland Guardians – No. 12
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1984-11-01) November 1, 1984 (age 39) Visalia, California, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 6, 2012, for the Tampa Bay Rays
Last MLB appearance
October 5, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.239
Home runs	82
Runs batted in	313
Managerial record	50–26
Winning %	.658
Teams
As player Tampa Bay Rays (2012) Oakland Athletics (2013–2017) Milwaukee Brewers (2017) San Francisco Giants (2019) Arizona Diamondbacks (2020–2021) Atlanta Braves (2021) Oakland Athletics (2022) As manager Cleveland Guardians (2024–present) As coach Seattle Mariners (2023)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2015, 2016)

Stephen Guy Vogt (/ˈvoʊt/ VOTE;^[1] born November 1, 1984) is an American professional baseball manager who is the manager of the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a catcher, Vogt played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Atlanta Braves. He was an MLB All-Star in 2015 and 2016. Vogt was selected by Tampa Bay in the 12th round of the 2007 MLB draft.

Vogt played college baseball at Azusa Pacific University, where he was a two-time All-American selection and set multiple school records. He spent six years in minor leagues in Tampa Bay and was named the franchise's Minor League Player of the Year in 2011, before debuting with the Rays in 2012 at age 27. He started his major league career with a streak of 32 consecutive at-bats without a hit, which set a Tampa Bay record and lasted into his debut with Oakland in 2013. That year, he started all three games of the 2013 American League Division Series, and hit a game-winning single in Game 2. Vogt led American League catchers in most offensive categories for the first half of his 2015 season, and his .277 batting average in 2016 was ranked in the top five among catchers heading into the All-Star break that year.

Vogt left Oakland in 2017 with a batting average of .255 with 49 home runs and 198 runs batted in over 458 games. Vogt joined the Brewers in 2017, playing one injury-shortened season with the team and finishing with a .254 batting average, his highest since 2015. After missing more than a year due to a 2018 shoulder injury, he joined the Giants, his childhood favorite team. He finished 2019 in San Francisco with some of the best offensive numbers of his career, including a .263 batting average, his highest since 2014. Vogt signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2019.

In 2014, Oakland fans coined for him the chant "I believe in Stephen Vogt!" Vogt won the Catfish Hunter Award for being the Athletics' most inspirational player for three consecutive years and the Dave Stewart Community Service Award for two straight years.