Garrett Mitchell

Garrett Anthony-Charles Mitchell

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.
• School University of California, Los Angeles
• High School Orange Lutheran High School
• Debut August 27, 2022

• Born September 4, 1998 in Orange, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Garrett Mitchell was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 20th pick of the first round of the 2020 amateur draft, out of UCLA. It was his second time being drafted, as the Oakland Athletics had taken him in the 14th round on the 2017 amateur draft when he was coming out of high school, but he declined their offer in order to attend college.

Mitchell made his way quickly to the majors, after being unable to start his professional career until 2021 as the minor leagues were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He played 64 games between the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and AA Biloxi Shuckers that first season, batting an exceptional .359 in 29 games at the first stop, but only .186 at the higher level. In 2022, he missed some time with an injury and had a brief rehabilitation assignment in the Arizona Complex League, but otherwise did very well, batting .277 in 44 games at Biloxi, and .343 in 20 games for the Nashville Sounds of the AAA International League. That earned him a late-season call-up to Milwaukee, where he hit .312 with his first two career homers in 28 games.

Mitchell's strong showing in his first cup of coffee in the majors earned him the starting job in centerfield for the Brewers at the start of the 2023 season. On April 4th against the New York Mets, he hit his first two homers of the year in remarkable circumstances: he first completed a string of three consecutive homers by Brewers hitters off ace Max Scherzer in the 6th inning, going deep after teammates Rowdy Tellez and Brian Anderson had done so, then in the 7th combined again with Anderson to go back-to-back in a 9-0 Milwaukee win. Both events were historic, as the Brewers had not hit three consecutive long balls in one game since 2018, and there had never been two batters to homer back-to-back in consecutive innings in team history. In fact, it had not been done in the major leagues since 1998.

Further Reading

• Adam McCalvy: "'It got me': Mitchell's 1st HR moves dad to tears: Brewers rookie's tying blast in 8th inning sets stage for Hiura's walk-off jack in 9th", mlb.com, August 30, 2022. [1]

Related Sites

• Garrett Mitchell on mlb.com
• UCLA bio