Bobby Cressey

Bobby Cressey (born 1981) is an American musician and composer who is the stadium organist for Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres.[1]

Cressey also plays organ for the San Diego Gulls and the San Diego Sockers.[2] He has been playing organ at Petco Park for over ten years as of 2020.[2] When he plays daytime games for the Padres, his organ is in section 313 and he takes requests in person and over Twitter.[2] Cressey got the job in 2010 when he was at a special preview night for the Padres and the owners were discussing having "throwback" Thursday games with live organ music.[3] They disclosed they had no organ player in mind and Cressey introduced himself and persisted in suggesting himself until he got an audition and got the gig.[3][4] He began by playing just Thursday games, but now plays day games and Sunday games.[4]

Cressey plays keyboards in the award-winning San Diego-based band The Mighty Untouchables.[5] he has recorded one solo album in 2017, Cali Native, with 20 local musicians.[6][7] He has played music for video games including MLB 14 The Show, writing both original songs and other audio cues for the game.[3]

Personal life

Cressey was born in Carlsbad, California in 1981.[8] He graduated from the University of California San Diego with a degree in structural engineering.[8] He learned to play piano on his mother's Baldwin Acrosonic. He is married and he and his wife have one daughter.[8]

References
  1. Warth, Gary (December 8, 2020). "Voices of Our City to perform at governor's tree-lighting, annual holiday concert". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. Hamblin, Abby (April 25, 2019). "Meet the Padres, Gulls and Sockers organist who plays classics and "Game of Thrones" music - and takes requests". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. "MLB 14 The Show Interview: Organist Bobby Cressey". Operation Sports. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  4. "Bobby Cressey hustled to bring the organ to Petco Park". San Diego Reader. August 1, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. "Home". The Mighty Untouchables Band. March 11, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. "The Mighty Untouchables". San Diego Reader. December 29, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. Bush, Robert. "BOBBY CRESSEY & FRIENDS: Cali Native". San Diego Troubadour. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. "Touching base: Bobby Cressey". The Kept Faith. March 26, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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