Jamie Ritchie (baseball)

Jamie Ritchie (born April 9, 1993) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Jamie Ritchie
Pittsburgh Pirates
Catcher
Born: (1993-04-09) April 9, 1993
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Ritchie played college baseball at Belmont for three seasons. As a junior, he batted .302 with 58 hits, 13 doubles, six home runs and a team-high 38 RBIs.[1]

Ritchie was selected in the 13th round by the Houston Astros in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.[2] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York–Penn League.[3] Ritchie began the 2015 season with the to the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits, where he was named a Midwest League All-Star, before being promoted to the Class A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks.[4] Ritchie returned to Lancaster for the 2016 season.[5] Ritchie spent the 2017 season with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks and started 2018 with the team before being promoted to the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies.[6][7] He played for the Triple-A Round Rock Express in 2019 and was a member of the Astros 60-man player pool in 2020 after the minor league season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Ritchie elected for free agency at the end of the 2020 season.[9]

Ritchie signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on January 11, 2021.[10] He was assigned to the Triple-A Reno Aces to start the 2021 Minor League season.[11]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On November 28, 2021, Ritchie signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[12]

References
  1. "Jamie Ritchie Selected in 13th Round of MLB Draft – Belmont Bruins". Belmont.prestosports.com. 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. Gallagher, Michael (July 1, 2020). "Belmont trio receive MLB summer camp invites". NashvillePost.com.
  3. "ValleyCats' Ritchie adjusting to pro ball". The Record. 27 June 2014.
  4. "Ritchie gets all-star nod; River Bandits fall to Bees". Quad-City Times. June 20, 2015.
  5. "Ritchie, JetHawks get rich in rout of Storm". MiLB.com.
  6. "History-making cycle could be jump start for Ritchie's season". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. August 9, 2017.
  7. "Astros' Prospect Jamie Ritchie Battles Backstop Backlog". February 25, 2019.
  8. "Astros' Jamie Ritchie: Added to player pool". CBSSports.com. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  9. "Giants might be interested in these minor-league free agents – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  10. "Diamondbacks' Jamie Ritchie: Gets minor-league deal with Arizona". CBS Sports. RotoWire. January 11, 2021.
  11. Ritenhouse, Duke (May 29, 2021). "How hot hitting has led Reno Aces to one of the best records in minors". Reno Gazette Journal.
  12. "Major League Baseball Transactions: November". MLB.com. MLB. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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