Pete Crow-Armstrong

Peter Crow-Armstrong
(PCA)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 184 lb.
High School Harvard-Westlake High School
Debut September 11, 2023

Born March 25, 2002 in Sherman Oaks, CA USA

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OF Pete Crow-Armstrong was the 19th player selected in the 2020 amateur draft, by the New York Mets out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, CA. He signed quickly, agreeing to a signing bonus of $3.359 million. He passed up an opportunity to attend Vanderbilt University in order to sign. He was considered the top defensive outfielder in that year's draft and a potential Gold Glove winner. Playing for the USA junior national team, he was one of three All-Star outfielders at the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup (alongside Darryl Collins and Robert Hassell), played in Busan, South Korea. The US won Silver.

He only played briefly in the Mets system, as the minor leagues were shut down by the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, and he was limited to just 6 games with the St. Lucie Mets of the Low-A Southeast in 2021. He did hit .417 during that brief stint, before he tore the labrum on his non-throwing shoulder, ending his season prematurely. He was on the injured list when on July 30th he was traded to the Chicago Cubs in return for SS Javier Baez, P Trevor Williams and cash. He made his debut in the Cubs' system in 2022, first with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. He hit .354 in 38 games to earn a promotion to the South Bend Cubs of the Midwest League on May 31st. He was then named to play for the National League team in the 2022 Futures Game; one of his teammates was 2019 USA teammate Hassell. He then hit .287 in 63 games for the South Bend Cubs of the Midwest League to finish the season at .312/.376/.520 in 101 games, with 20 doubles, 10 triples and 16 homers. He scored 89 runs and drove in 61, and also picked up a minor league Gold Glove Award for his fielding work in center field.

He took part in the Cubs major league spring training in 2023 as a non-roster invitee. He was named to play in the 2023 Futures Game as well, having spent the season with the AA Tennessee Smokies and AAA Iowa Cubs. Between the two teams, he hit .283/.365/.511 in 107 games, with 27 doubles, 20 homers and 82 RBIs. On September 11th, he was called up to Chicago with the Cubs in the race for a postseason slot. He made his big league debut that day, coming in as a pinch-runner for Mike Tauchman in the 7th inning of a 5-4 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, then staying in the game to play centerfield. He started the next day's game and put on a defensive clinic in centerfield, making a couple of impressive catches, although he was unable to notch his first hit, going 0 for 4 in a 6-4 loss. Overall, he went 0 for 14 in 13 games, with 3 runs scored, 1 RBI, 2 stolen bases and as many times caught stealing.

He began the 2024 season in Iowa, hitting .203 in 19 games before getting called back to Chicago on April 24th when Cody Bellinger went on the injured list with cracked ribs. He finally recorded his first big league hit on April 25th with a 6th-inning two-run homer off Bryan Abreu of the Houston Astros that was key to a 3-1 Cubs win.

Both of his parents are accomplished actors including his mother Ashley Crow, who had a role as the mother of the main protagonist in the 1994 baseball film Little Big League.

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