Alex Ogg

Alexander Paul Ogg

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

• School University of Michigan, Indiana University, University of Arizona
• High School The Harvey School

• Born August 4, 2000

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Biographical Information

Alex Ogg has been on the Hungarian national team, as has his brother Robert Ogg.

He helped his high school to their first conference title. In the 2018 C-Level European Championship, he was 0-1 with a 8.59 ERA for Hungary, losing to Eduard Pirvu of Romania, He also hit .200/.200/.400. He tied for 3rd in doubles (2), was 8th in IP, 10th in ERA (of 11 qualifiers) and tied Ergo Rohi for the most walks issued.

Alex did not play as a college freshman; the season was cut short by COVID-19. He pitched a third of an inning at ASU in 2021, then did not pitch at Indiana in 2022. In between, he allowed 7 runs (6 earned) in one inning in a loss to Mitchell Hillert and Ireland in the 2021 European Championship Qualifiers; Peter Gornik relieved. He was 0-for-6 as a part-time 1B.

He lost to Steffen Torgensen and Norway in the 2022 European Championship Qualifiers, posting a 13.50 ERA with 7 walks in 2 2/3 IP for the event. As a 1B/DH, though, he hit .368/.455/.632 with eight RBI in five games and error-free defense. He tied for 7th in the qualifiers in RBI as Hungary won a spot in the 2023 European Championship, their first European Championship.

As a transfer at Michigan, he did not pitch in 2023. He then was with Hungary for the 2023 Euros. In their debut, against Italy, he relieved Tibor Bagyinszki in the 4th with a 7-1 deficit, two on and one out. He hit Mattia Mercuri, threw a wild pitch to make it 8-1 while walking Nathanael Batista. After two more run-scoring wild pitches, he walked Ricardo Paolini on four pitches. Benedek Laffer relieved and let both inherited runners score. He next closed out their 17-7 loss to Sweden, replacing Viktor Boda. He struck out Oskar Jerfsten on three pitches. He allowed two runs in 2/3 IP against Croatia in his third appearance. Finally, he started against Austria in the 15th/16th place game. He walked seven and allowed one hit while striking out four in two innings, but due to the poor control issues, gave up seven runs (all earned) in a loss to Mo Hackl. László Győri succeeded him. That gave him a pretty wild line for the event: 4 GP, 3 IP, 1 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 11 BB, 6 K, 9 WP, 5 HB. He tied for the most appearances (with Yanni Orfanidis, Rhiner Cruz, Sergii Shtapura, Sven Schüller and Oskar Syrén), tied for 4th in runs allowed (with Justin Olic, Christian Tomsich and Linus Ritzen), tied Ritzen and Olic for 4th in earned runs, tied Ben Couvreur for second in walks (one behind Ádám Piros), had more wild pitches than the next two (Jose Diaz and Piros) combined and led in hit batsmen (one ahead of Piros, Cedric Desmedt and Jonah Schaller).