Logan Ice
| Logan Ice | |
|---|---|
 Ice in 2015 with Oregon State. | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: May 27, 1995 Puyallup, Washington | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right |
Logan Durrell Ice (born May 27, 1995) is an American former professional baseball catcher.
Career
[edit]Ice attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington. In his freshman year, he became the starting catcher for the school's varsity baseball team.[1]
Not selected in the 2013 MLB draft, Ice enrolled at Oregon State University and played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers.[1] He became the team's starting catcher as a freshman,[2] starting in 53 of the team's 59 games that year.[3] Known for his defensive abilities, Ice only batted .250. His batting average improved to .276 in his sophomore year.[4] After the 2015 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[5] In his junior year, Ice batted .310 with seven home runs and 39 RBIs in 54 games, and threw out 44% of attempted base stealers. Ice was named to the Pac-12 Conference's First Team[6] and was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year[7] and a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award.[4]
The Cleveland Indians selected Ice with the 72nd overall selection of the 2016 MLB draft.[7][8] Ice signed with the Indians, receiving an $850,000 signing bonus.[9] He spent his first professional season with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers where he batted .198 with two home runs and eight RBIs in 39 games. In 2017, he played for the Lake County Captains, posting a .228 batting average with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs in 93 games, and in 2018, he played with both the Lynchburg Hillcats and the Akron RubberDucks, batting .208 with one home run and 29 RBIs in sixty games between both teams. In 2019, with the Akron RubberDucks, he batted .180 with four home runs and 22 RBIs in 79 games.[10]
In October 2019, Ice appeared on the NPR podcast Planet Money.[11]
In January 2020, Ice announced his retirement as an active player, and per his LinkedIn was working as a baseball instructor in Vancouver, Washington.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Moran, Danny (June 11, 2016). "How blunt advice on a visit to Oregon State changed Logan Ice's baseball career". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Letourneau, Connor (February 27, 2014). "Oregon State baseball: Freshman catcher Logan Ice plays beyond his years to lock down starting job". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "Power surge has Oregon State catcher Logan Ice at the heart of Beavers' potent lineup". The Oregonian. March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "Rogers grad Logan Ice has hot MLB draft stock out of Oregon State". The News-Tribune. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "#33 Logan Ice - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Oregon State baseball catcher Logan Ice taken in draft by Cleveland Indians". Register Guard. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "Cleveland Indians' Brad Grant pleased with first-day haul in MLB draft". Cleveland.com. June 10, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "Indians draft Oregon State catcher Logan Ice". MLB.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Lundeberg, Bob (June 17, 2016). "OSU baseball: Ice signs with Cleveland Indians". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ^ "Logan Ice Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Episode 947: Some-of-the-Money Ball". NPR.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-ice-45b830151/ [self-published source]
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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