Jake Anchia

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Born (1997-03-05) March 5, 1997 (age 27)
Miami, Florida
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBaseball Catcher

Jake Anchia (born March 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Amateur career

Anchia enrolled at Nova Southeastern University to play college baseball after graduating from Archbishop McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, Florida, where he grew up.[1] In his junior year at NSU in 2018, Anchia posted a batting average of .340 with 71 hits, 64 RBIs, 22 home runs & a slugging percentage of .713.[2]

Professional career

Anchia was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, and later signed with the Mariners for $200,000.[3] Anchia started his professional career the same year with the Everett Aqua Sox & accomplished a batting average of .228 along with 13 hits, 8 RBIs & 2 home runs.[4] In 2019, he played for both the West Virginia Power & the Modesto Nuts and earned a combined .201 batting average with 65 hits, 43 RBIs & 12 home runs.[5] No baseball was played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, however, in 2021, Anchia achieved a combined batting average of .218 with, 61 hits, 52 RBIs, a triple & 15 home runs, including a grand slam for both the Aqua Sox & the Arkansas Travelers.[6] In 2022, he got a combined of .222 with 65 hits, 40 RBIs & 4 home runs for the Travelers & Tacoma Rainiers.[7] For 2023, Anchia spent the season with the Travelers and racked up a batting average of .190 with 23 RBIs, 4 home runs & 2 triples on 45 hits.[8]

References

  1. https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/baseball/article194923684.html
  2. "Jake Anchia - Baseball".
  3. "Jake Anchia Drafted in Seventh Round by Seattle Mariners". 5 June 2018.
  4. "Jake Anchia minor league baseball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  5. "West Virginia Power catcher Jake Anchia enjoying All-Star first half of season". 13 June 2019.
  6. "Anchia's Six RBIs Lift AquaSox to Sixth Straight Win".
  7. "Jake Anchia Stats, Fantasy & News".
  8. "Anchia delivers for Travs". 29 July 2023.

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