Josh Vitters
Joshua Warren Vitters is an American professional baseball third baseman for the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs.Amateur career
Vitters was an AFLAC All-American Prep Third Baseman for Cypress High School in Cypress, California. He was also named the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for California in 2007. Vitters committed to attend Arizona State University on a scholarship, to play for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team.Professional career
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs drafted Vitters with the third overall selection of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Cubs of the Arizona League. On April 3, 2014, he hit his first home run for the Iowa Cubs in a 10–2 loss to the Memphis Redbirds.
Vitters was selected to appear in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game. In mid-2009, the Cubs promoted Vitters from the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League to the Daytona Cubs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He spent the 2010 season with Daytona and the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League.
The Cubs promoted Vitters and fellow prospect Brett Jackson from the Iowa Cubs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on August 5, 2012. He made his Major League debut later that day as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers On August 7, 2012, Vitters' was pinch hitting for pitcher Jeff Beliveau and made his first MLB hit for a double against the San Diego Padres in the seventh inning, scoring both Steve Clevenger and Darwin Barney. His first major league home run was on August 20, 2012 in the fifth inning against Mark Rogers of the Milwaukee Brewers. On October 11, 2012, he was started playing in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League with Leones del Caracas and appeared 2 games. He started playing in the Minors in Triple A. On November 4, 2014, he granted Free Agency.On March 15, 2016, Vitters signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.On March 16, 2017, Vitters signed with the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. He was released on June 21, 2017.On April 12, 2018, Vitters signed with the Québec Capitales of the Can-Am League. He was released on June 24, 2018.York Revolution
On March 9, 2020, Vitters signed with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.Personal
Josh's brother, Christian, played minor league baseball.
