Jacob Nottingham

Jacob Andrew Nottingham (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners.

Jacob Nottingham
Nottingham catching for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2018
Free agent
Catcher
Born: (1995-04-03) April 3, 1995
Redlands, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 2018, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Batting average.184
Home runs8
Runs batted in23
Teams

Career

Amateur career

Nottingham attended Redlands High School in Redlands, California. He accepted an offer to play college baseball at the University of Oklahoma.[1]

Houston Astros

The Houston Astros selected him in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Astros, where he spent the whole season, batting .247 with one home run and 20 RBIs in 44 games. In 2014, he played for the Greeneville Astros, where he batted .230 with five home runs and 28 RBIs, and he started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits.[3][4] He was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks in late June.

Oakland Athletics

Prior to the 2015 trade deadline, the Astros traded Nottingham and Daniel Mengden to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Kazmir.[5] Oakland assigned him to the Stockton Ports, where he finished the season. In 119 total games between Quad City, Lancaster, and Stockton, Nottingham batted .316/.372/.505 with 17 home runs, 82 RBIs, and an .877 OPS.

Milwaukee Brewers

On February 12, 2016, the Athletics traded Nottingham and Bubba Derby to the Milwaukee Brewers for Khris Davis.[6] Nottingham spent 2016 with the Biloxi Shuckers where he hit .234 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs. After the season, the Brewers assigned Nottingham to the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. Nottingham returned to Biloxi in 2017 where he struggled, batting only .209 with nine home runs and 48 RBIs in 101 games.[7] The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.[8]

Nottingham began the 2018 season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. The Brewers promoted him to the major leagues on April 16, 2018. Nottingham finished the year with 4 hits in 20 at-bats. With Colorado Springs, he hit .281/.347/.528.

He began the 2019 season with the San Antonio Missions, but was recalled from Triple-A on May 16, 2019. On May 17, in a game against the Atlanta Braves, he hit his first career home run.[9] On the year, Nottingham only registered 6 at-bats, getting 2 hits including his first MLB home run off of Josh Tomlin of the Atlanta Braves.[10] Nottingham appeared in a career-high 20 games in 2020, hitting .188/.278/.458 with career highs in home runs (4) and RBI (13) in 48 at-bats.

In the 2020–21 offseason, Nottingham underwent surgery on the radial collateral ligament on his left thumb.[11] After spending the beginning of the 2021 season recovering from the surgery, he was designated for assignment by Milwaukee on April 22.[12] On April 28, he was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[13] On May 1, the Mariners designated him for assignment.[14] The next day, the Mariners traded him to the Brewers in exchange for cash considerations. The Brewers, who were dealing with injuries to starter Omar Narváez and backup Manny Piña, immediately added Nottingham to the active roster.[15] In his first at-bat back with Milwaukee, he hit a solo home run off of Los Angeles Dodgers starter Julio Urías. In the 8th inning of the same game, he hit a two-run homer off of Mike Kickham, giving him his first career multi-homer game in his return to Milwaukee.[16] On May 13, he was again designated for assignment by Milwaukee.[17]

Seattle Mariners

On May 20, 2021, he was again claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[18] Nottingham being claimed off waivers twice by the Mariners within a span of a month exposed a loophole which was closed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that resolved the 2021–22 MLB lockout. The new clause, in which a player can’t be claimed off waivers for a second time by the same ballclub within a season until each of the other teams have passed on him, is colloquially known as the Jacob Nottingham Rule.[19] He was again designated for assignment by Seattle on June 8, after going 3-for-26 with 1 home run.[20] He was outrighted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on June 12.[21] He was released by the Mariners organization on September 21.[22]

Baltimore Orioles

Nottingham signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles on December 8, 2021.[23] He was assigned to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides to begin the season, where he spent all of 2022. In 89 games, Nottingham hit .229/.333/.425 with 15 home runs, 51 RBI, and 12 stolen bases in 15 attempts. He elected free agency on November 10, 2022.[24]

Seattle Mariners (second stint)

On December 22, 2022, Nottingham signed a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners.[25] He played in 17 games for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, hitting .200/.294/.450 with 4 home runs and 10 RBIs in 60 at bats.

San Francisco Giants

On May 25, 2023, Nottingham was traded to the San Francisco Giants.[26] In 17 games for the Triple–A Sacramento River Cats, he batted .262/.360/.415 with 2 home runs and 9 RBI. Nottingham was released by the Giants organization on June 28.[27]

Washington Nationals

On July 3, 2023, Nottingham signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals organization.[28] In 19 games for the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings, he hit .194/.256/.403 with 4 home runs and 13 RBI. Nottingham was released by the Nationals on August 11.[29]

Personal life

Nottingham's grandmother and aunt both died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He has a tattoo of them being watched over by Lou Gehrig on his left arm.[30]

References
  1. "Redlands' Jacob Nottingham named Daily Facts All City Baseball Player of the Year". June 15, 2013.
  2. "Nottingham can give Astros catching depth". Houston Astros. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. "Nottingham looking to become 'all-around catcher' for the Bandits". Quad-Cities Online. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. Steve Batterson. "Bandits' Nottingham finding strength in his offense". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. Dykstra, Sam (July 23, 2015). "A's get Nottingham, Mengden for Kazmir: Former Astros prospects were thriving at Class A, Class A Advanced". MiLB.com.
  6. Tom Haudricourt. "Brewers trade Khris Davis to Athletics for catching prospect, pitcher". Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  7. "Jacob Nottingham Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". milb.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  8. McCalvy, Adam (January 20, 2016). "Brewers add 4 prospects to 40-man roster | Milwaukee Brewers". M.brewers.mlb.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  9. Hoehn, Jim (January 20, 2016). "Brewers call up prospect Jacob Nottingham". MLB.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  10. Ford, Brad (October 22, 2019). "2019 Brew Crew Ball community top prospects in review: #8 Jacob Nottingham". Brew Crew Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  11. Lesniewski, Kyle (December 31, 2020). "Jacob Nottingham undergoes thumb surgery". Brew Crew Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  12. Steve Adams (April 22, 2021). "Brewers Designate Jacob Nottingham For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  13. Connor Byrne (April 28, 2021). "Mariners Claim Jacob Nottingham, Designate Brandon Brennan". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  14. Mark Polishuk. "Mariners Designate Jacob Nottingham". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  15. TC Zencka. "Brewers Acquire Jacob Nottingham For Cash Considerations". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  16. "Dodgers 16, Brewers 4: Alec Bettinger has nightmarish MLB debut". Jsonline.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  17. "Major League Baseball Transactions". Major League Baseball.
  18. Anthony Franco (May 20, 2021). "Mariners Claim Jacob Nottingham, Designate Jose Marmolejos". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  19. Dubroff, Rich. "Orioles open Grapefruit League play; Regulars won’t miss road trips; The Jacob Nottingham Rule," BaltimoreBaseball.com, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  20. Steve Adams (June 8, 2021). "Mariners Designate Jacob Nottingham For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  21. TC Zencka (June 12, 2021). "AL Roster Moves: Rays, Mariners, Tigers". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  22. "Jacob Nottingham Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  23. Darragh McDonald (December 8, 2021). "Orioles Sign Jacob Nottingham To Minor League Deal". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  24. "2022-23 Minor League Free Agents for All 30 MLB Teams".
  25. "Jacob Nottingham Stats, Fantasy & News".
  26. "Giants' Jacob Nottingham: Traded to San Francisco". cbssports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  27. "SF Giants release trio of minor leaguers, including recent acquisition". aroundthefoghorn.com. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  28. https://www.mlb.com/transactions/2023/07/03
  29. "Nationals release Franmil Reyes, Jacob Nottingham". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  30. "Nottingham gets family tribute in ink". MLB.com.
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