Alex Call

Alexander Marvin Call (born September 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Nationals.

Amateur career Call was born in Burnsville, Minnesota and graduated from River Falls High School in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Call attended Ball State University, where he played college baseball for the Ball State Cardinals. In 2013 and 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Eau Claire Express of the Northwoods League. In 2015, he played with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2016, he was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year.

Professional career Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox selected Call in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft. In 2017, Call played for the rookie-level Arizona League White Sox, Kannapolis, and the High-A Winston-Salem Dash, batting a combined .207/.295/.317 with three home runs, 33 RBI, and five stolen bases. He spent the 2019 season with the Double-A Akron RubberDucks, slashing .205/.266/.321 with five home runs and 31 RBI across 81 games. In 2021, he played in a combined 109 games between Akron and the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, slashing .262/.356/.438 with 15 home runs, 50 RBI, and 15 stolen bases. On July 22, he recorded his first career hit, a single off of Chicago White Sox reliever Tanner Banks. He appeared in 12 big league games for Cleveland, going 2-for-12 with four walks. On August 5, 2022, the Guardians designated Call for assignment, removing him from the roster.

Washington Nationals

On August 7, 2022, Call was claimed off waivers by the Washington Nationals. On August 19, he hit his first career major league home run, a two-run shot off of San Diego Padres closer Josh Hader. On September 8, he had four hits in five at bats, including a three-run home run, and five RBI in the Nationals 11–6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. In 35 games for Washington, he had a slash line of .245/.330/.441 with five home runs and 13 RBI.

Call played in 128 games for the Nationals in 2023, hitting .200/.307/.307 with eight home runs, 38 RBIs, and nine stolen bases. He was optioned to the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings to begin the 2024 season, where he hit .222 with 11 homers and 52 RBI in 75 games. He played in 38 games for the Dodgers (primarily as the right handed part of a platoon with Michael Conforto) and batted .247 with two home runs and five RBI. He started two games in the Division Series and had two hits in two at-bats with two walks before being replaced in each game; he had one at-bat in the National League Championship Series.