Andrew McCutchen
Five-time All-Star and 2013 NL MVP who spent his first nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Andrew Stefan McCutchen (born October 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers. Internationally, McCutchen represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Center Fielder
- Primary team
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Mlb draft
- 2005, 3rd Round
- Mlb debut
- 2009
- Key honors
- 2010 NL Rookie of the Year; 3× All-Star
- Jersey number
- 7
Lore & Background
McCutchen was born in Fort Meade, Florida, to Lorenzo McCutchen and Petrina Swan, who were high school teenagers at the time. He has a sister, Loren. He lived with his mother while his father attended Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where Lorenzo played running back on the football team. Lorenzo gave up his dream of making the National Football League (NFL) to be close to his son and returned to Fort Meade in 1989.
Petrina would not marry him unless he became a church minister, which he did. The two married on August 1, 1992. McCutchen was eligible to play varsity baseball as an eighth grader at Fort Meade High School. He batted .591 as a freshman.
McCutchen's average his senior season was .709, as he hit 16 home runs and 42 runs batted in (RBIs). During his varsity career, McCutchen batted .474. McCutchen also ran track and played football. He was part of a state title-winning 4 × 100 metres relay in his first year of high school.
McCutchen was one of the top 200 football recruits in the state of Florida, with his high school position being wide receiver, but opted for a baseball career. He was reportedly offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of Miami to play football.
Reader's Guide
The Pirates selected McCutchen in the first round (11th pick overall) of the 2005 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2009. During McCutchen's first tenure in Pittsburgh, he was the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player in 2013, a five-time All Star (2011–2015), a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2012–2015), a Gold Glove Award winner in 2012, and the Roberto Clemente Award winner in 2015. McCutchen led the NL in hits (194) in 2012, and in on-base percentage (.410), OPS (.952), and extra base hits (69) in 2014. He finished fourth in the voting for the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2009, behind Chris Coghlan, J. A. Happ, and Tommy Hanson. He was named the Baseball America Rookie of the Year for 2009.
Did You Know?
- McCutchen hit three home runs in a single game on August 1, 2009, against the Washington Nationals.
- He stole a career-high three bases in a game on August 11, 2009, against the Colorado Rockies.
- McCutchen was the first Pirate to hit three home runs in a game during his rookie year.
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