Kole Cottam
| Kole Cottam | |||
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| Frederick Atlantic League Team | |||
| Catcher | |||
| Born: May 30, 1997 Knoxville, Tennessee | |||
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Kole Warren Cottam (born May 30, 1997) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Frederick Atlantic League Team of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Amateur career[edit]
Cottam attended Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he earned three varsity letters in baseball. During his junior season in 2014, he hit .373 with 25 RBIs.[1] As a senior in 2015, he batted .489 with six home runs, 54 RBIs, and 18 doubles.[2] He went unselected in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at the University of Kentucky where he played college baseball.
As a freshman at Kentucky in 2016, he batted .287 with one home run and 15 RBIs over forty games before hitting .319 with seven home runs and 44 RBIs over 55 games as a sophomore.[3] During the summer of 2017, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.[4] As a junior in 2018, he played in 56 games and batted .352 with 19 home runs, 51 RBIs, and 12 doubles.[5] Following the season's end, he was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the fourth round with the 130th overall selection in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[6] He signed with the team for $375,000.[7]
Professional career[edit]
Boston Red Sox[edit]
Cottam split his first professional season in 2018 between the Lowell Spinners and Greenville Drive, batting .236 with three home runs and 24 RBIs over 32 games. He spent the 2019 season with Greenville and the Salem Red Sox and hit a combined .255 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs over 87 games between the teams.[8] He did not play a game in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of the minor league season.[9]
Cottam split the 2021 season between Greenville and the Portland Sea Dogs, slashing .278/.371/.500 with ten home runs and 33 RBIs over 71 games.[10] He opened the 2022 season back with Portland and was promoted to the Worcester Red Sox in early August.[11] Over 78 games between the two teams, he batted .255 with two home runs and 28 RBIs.[12] Cottam was released by the Red Sox on March 5, 2023.[13]
Frederick Atlantic League Team[edit]
On March 20, 2023, Cottam signed with the Frederick Atlantic League Team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kole Cottam commits to Kentucky".
- ↑ "Where are they Now? Catholic's Kole Cottam".
- ↑ "Ignored by Tennessee Vols, Kole Cottam has found power stroke for Kentucky baseball".
- ↑ "Kole Cottam - Cape Cod Baseball League - player".
- ↑ "Cottam, Heyer continue to receive season honors".
- ↑ "Cottam, Heyer continue to receive season honors".
- ↑ https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-baseball/article213852569.html[bare URL]
- ↑ "Boston Red Sox Prospects: Why you should keep an eye on Kole Cottam". April 28, 2021.
- ↑ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled".
- ↑ "Boston Red Sox add 12 non-roster invitees to 2022 Spring Training roster".
- ↑ "Boston Red Sox Prospects: Kole Cottam promoted to Triple-A". August 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Kole Cottam Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ↑ "Kole Cottam Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ↑ "Frederick Atlantic League Baseball Club Signs Four Veterans". oursportscentral.com. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
External links[edit]
- Kentucky Wildcats bio
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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