Cody Bellinger

Cody James Bellinger (#35) is a 6'4" professional baseball player playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bellinger plays first base and outfield. Bellinger was drafted by LA in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB (Major League Baseball) draft. Cody Bellinger made his MLB debut in 2017 against the San Francisco Giants.

Career

Cody Bellinger's Major League career started in 2017 against the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB draft. He then went on to win the Rookie Of The Year award after hitting 39 home runs (Breaking the rookie record for most home runs in a single season) with a .267 batting average. He then went on to become a reserve for the 2017 All Star Game. He then went to participate in the 2017 Home Run Derby to only fall to Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees.The ROTY (Rookie of the Year) is awarded to the best rookies in both the National League and American League. After his monstrous start to his career, Cody Bellinger only hit .260 with only 25 home runs in 2018. Then, in his most impressive season, Cody hit .305 with 47 home runs. This performance helped the Dodger Slugger earn the 2019 MLB MVP award. He also won the NL Silver Slugger award, as well as the Gold Glove award. In 2020, him and The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in 6 games against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Early life

Cody Bellinger grew up in Arizona. He went to Hamilton High School. Cody was born on July 13th, 1995. Even before playing professionally, Cody Bellinger appeared in the 2007 Little League World Series, making it to the Final Bracket in the U.S tournament until getting knocked out by eventual champions from Georgia.

Career Stats 2017-2020

Year	Team	League	Games	Batting Average	Homeruns	Plate Appearances	Hits	Runs	RBI	Strikeouts	OBP	Awards
2017	LAD	National	132	.267 BA	39 Homeruns	548 Plate Appearances	128	87	97	146 Strikeouts	.352	ROTY; ASG
2018	LAD	National	162	.260 BA	25 Homeruns	632 Plate Appearances	145	84	76	151 Strikeouts	.343
2019	LAD	National	156	.305 BA	27 Homeruns	661 Plate Appearances	170	121	115	108 Strikeouts	.406	ASG; MVP; GG; SS
2020	LAD	National	56*	.239 BA*	12 Homeruns*	243 Plate Appearances*	51*	33*	30*	42* Strikeouts	.333*
Career	N/A	N/A	506	.273 Career BA	123 Career HR	2084 Career PA	494 Career Hits	325 Career Runs	318 Career RBI	447 Career Strikeouts	.364 Career OBP	ROTY; 2x ASG; 1x MVP; 1x GG; 1x SS
Bold = League Leading Italics = led all Major Leagues (National and American)