Alec Bohm

Early life

Alec Bohm was born on August 3, 1996, in Omaha, Nebraska. He spent four years on the varsity baseball team at Roncalli Catholic High School. A growth spurt the summer before his senior year made him look clumsy to scouts, and a fractured elbow in a summer league tournament stopped his progress as a pitcher.

During his final high school season, Bohm posted a .533 batting average, the best among Nebraska high schoolers. After graduation, he won the Connie Mack World Series Home Run Derby with 22 home runs and finished fourth in the Triple-A Home Run Derby. Despite these achievements, no MLB team drafted him in 2015.

College career

Bohm committed to Wichita State after not being recruited by Nebraska. He hit a home run in his first college at bat as a pinch hitter. As a freshman in 2016, he played 51 games, starting 44, and batted .303 with six home runs and 30 RBIs, including a 12-game hitting streak.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named him to their Freshman All-American team. That summer, he played for the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League, hitting .330 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs in 54 games, and won the CPL All-Star Game home run derby. He spent the 2017 summer with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, hitting .351 with 28 RBIs and 23 runs scored, receiving All-Star and All-League recognition.

Professional career

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Bohm third overall in the 2018 MLB draft. He signed for a $5.85 million bonus and began in the Gulf Coast League, where he went 5-for-10 in three games before moving to the Williamsport Crosscutters. A hit-by-pitch on July 8 struck a nerve in his left knee, sidelining him for a month. He finished the season with a .224 average in 29 games.

In 2019, Bohm started with the Lakewood BlueClaws, hitting .367 in 22 games, then moved to the Clearwater Threshers, where he batted .329 in 27 games. He was promoted to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils on June 20 and represented the Phillies at the All-Star Futures Game. Across three minor league levels, he hit .305 with 21 home runs and 80 RBIs, earning the Paul Owens Award. He later played in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .361 in 19 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions.

International career

In 2019, Alec Bohm played third base for Team USA in the WBSC Premier12, a qualifier for the 2020 Olympics. Over nine games, he batted .233 with one homer and four RBIs. His top outing was against the Dominican Republic, where he collected three hits—including a double and a home run—and drove in three runs. The U.S. placed fourth, falling 3–2 to Mexico in the bronze medal game.

Did You Know?

• In 2026, Bohm sued his parents in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, alleging $3 million worth of financial mismanagement dating back to 2019.
• Bohm fired his agent Scott Boras as part of the legal proceedings, replacing him with an agent from The Team.