Joc Pederson 31 CF
Los Angeles Dodgers
- Status: Active
- Full Name: Joc R. Pederson
- Age: 22 (April 21, 1992)
- Birthplace: Palo Alto, CA
- Bats/Throws: L/L Ht: 6' 1" Wt: 185
- Draft: Round 11 (2010, LAD)
- MLB Debut: 09/01/2014
- School: Palo Alto, CA
- Relationship(s): son of Stu Pederson
Joc Pederson Career Stats
Joc Pederson News
- PCL MVP goes to Isotopes' Pederson
- Pederson named PCL's Rookie of the Year
- Pederson, Nelson head All-PCL squad
- 'Topes' Pederson joins PCL 30/30 club
- Pederson clubs 30th homer for Isotopes
- Scruggs homers twice, plates six in rout
- Dodgers' Pederson hits go-ahead grand slam
- Isotopes' Pederson back in the groove
Joc Pederson Awards and Honors
Joc Pederson 31 CF
- Full Name: Joc R. Pederson
- Born: April 21, 1992
- Age: 22
- Birthplace: Palo Alto, CA
- Bats: L
- Throws: L
- Height: 6' 1"
- Weight: 185
- Draft: Round 11 (2010, LAD)
- School: Palo Alto, CA
- MLB Debut: 09/01/2014
Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Palo Alto (California) High School....Ranked as Dodgers' No. 2 prospect in 2014... Ranked No. 3 among Dodgers prospects by MLB.com entering the 2013 season. ... Was named the Dodgers' Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year in 2012. ... Ranked sixth in the California League in on-base percentage, eighth in batting and ninth in slugging percentage in 2012. ... ... Was named top prospect in the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League by Baseball America after batting .319 with Waimea and earning a selection to the league's All-Star Game. ... Helped lead Palo Alto to the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division title and was named co-league MVP in 2010. ... Was named first team All-SCVAL as a junior in 2009. ... Had committed to play baseball at the University of Southern California prior to signing with the Dodgers. ... His father, Stu Pederson, was drafted by the Dodgers in 1981 and played in eight games in the Majors in 1985... father also spent parts of three seasons with Triple-A Albuquerque (1985-87), the same team Pederson spent the majority of the 2014 season with... father appeared in 1,291 Minor League games over 12 years (1981-1992)... Pederson became fifth player in Albuquerque franchise history and first Pacific Coast League hitter since Terry Evans in 2009 to reach the 20/20 milestone of 20 homers and 20 stolen bases when he homered on 7/23/14 against Fresno; he also became the second Minor Leaguer in 2014 to go 20/20, joining Nationals prospect Michael Taylor, who did it 7/20/14... hit the first grand slam of Albuquerque's 2014 season, a go-ahead drive off Fresno's Heath Hembree on 7/24/14.