Ryan Patrick McMahon (born December 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. McMahon was an MLB All-Star in 2024.
| Ryan McMahon | |
|---|---|
 McMahon with the Colorado Rockies in 2018 | |
| Colorado Rockies – No. 24 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: December 14, 1994 Yorba Linda, California, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 12, 2017, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Batting average | .243 |
| Home runs | 124 |
| Runs batted in | 417 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
Amateur career
editMcMahon attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California where he played baseball and was a quarterback on his football team.[1] The Rockies selected him in the second round, with the 42nd overall selection, of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[2]
Professional career
editMcMahon signed with the Rockies, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Southern California,[3] and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. He spent all of 2013 there, batting .321/.402/.583 with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs in 59 games. In 2014, he played for the Asheville Tourists where he posted a .282 batting average with 18 home runs, 102 RBIs, and 46 doubles in 126 games, and in 2015, he played with the Modesto Nuts where he slashed .300/.372/.520 with 18 home runs, 75 RBIs, and 43 doubles in 132 games. McMahon spent 2016 with the Hartford Yard Goats where he batted .242 with 12 home runs and 75 RBIs in 133 games.
McMahon began 2017 back with Hartford. Aside from third base, he also started to play second and first in order to improve his versatility.[4][5] He was promoted to the Albuquerque Isotopes in June. He played in the All-Star Futures Game in July.[6]
The Rockies promoted McMahon to the major leagues on August 11, 2017, primarily to play first base.[7][8] He was sent back down on August 18 and recalled again in September. In 119 games between Hartford and Albuquerque he batted. 355/.403/.583 with 20 home runs and 88 RBIs, and in 17 games for Colorado, he batted .158.[9]
The Rockies went into the 2018 season with McMahon as the primary first baseman, but after 28 games he was sent down to the Isotopes after beginning the season with just three RBIs and hitting .180 in 50 at-bats. On June 14, McMahon hit his first career home run. On August 11, with the Rockies trailing 0–2 to the Dodgers in the bottom of the 9th inning, McMahon hit a two-out three-run walk-off home run off Dodgers closer J. T. Chargois to give his team a 3–2 victory. It was McMahon's first career walk-off homerun and came only a day after he had hit another go-ahead home run against the Dodgers that proved to be the game winner.
In 2019, McMahon served as the Rockies' primary second baseman, playing other games at first base and third base. He batted .250/.329/.450, and had the highest strikeout percentage in the National League (29.7%).[10] In the shortened 2020 season, McMahon hit .215/.295/.419 with 9 home runs and 26 RBIs in 52 games.[11]
On April 6, 2021, in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, McMahon had his first career three home run game, with two solo shots off of starter Luke Weaver and one off of Alex Young.[12] He finished the 2021 season slashing .254/.331/.449 with 23 home runs and a career-high 86 RBIs and 80 runs scored.
On March 21, 2022, McMahon signed a six year, $70 million contract extension with the Rockies. The extension allows for an opt-out after the fourth year if he finishes top five in National League MVP voting in any of the first three years.[13]
In 2024, McMahon was named an MLB All-Star.[14]
References
edit- ^ Eric Sondheimer (April 11, 2013). "High school sports: Ryan McMahon a good fit for the Mater Dei way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Rockies Select 3B Ryan McMahon With 42nd Overall Pick In The 2013 Mlb First-Year Player Draft". Colorado.rockies.mlb.com. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Ryan McMahon Class of 2013 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA".
- ^ "Ryan McMahon's move to second base highlights a growing Rockies demand for versatility". May 27, 2017.
- ^ Writer, Ken Sickenger. "Isotopes' McMahon is a moveable beast". www.abqjournal.com.
- ^ Tate, Van (June 30, 2017). "Ryan McMahon headed to MLB Futures game".
- ^ Patrick Pinak (August 11, 2017). "Rox call up slugging prospect McMahon". MLB.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Patrick Saunders (August 11, 2017). "Ryan McMahon, one of Rockies' top prospects, called up to major-league club". Denver Post. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Ryan McMahon Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Major League Leaderboards » 2019 » Batters » Advanced Statistics | FanGraphs Baseball".
- ^ "Ryan McMahon Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Ryan McMahon hits 3 homers vs. D-backs". MLB.com.
- ^ Passan, Jeff (March 21, 2022). "Sources: Colorado Rockies lock up Ryan McMahon with 6-year, $70 million extension". ESPN. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ "McMahon earns 'very deserving' 1st career All-Star nod". MLB.com.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Ryan McMahon on Twitter
- Ryan McMahon on Instagram