Ronnie Dawson (baseball)

Ronnie Silas Dawson Jr. (born May 19, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Houston Astros organization.

Ronnie Dawson
Houston Astros
Outfielder
Born: (1995-05-19) May 19, 1995
Grove City, Ohio
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Career

Dawson attended Licking Heights High School in Pataskala, Ohio, where he played baseball and football. He focused on football until his junior year, when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.[1] He had knee surgery before his senior year, and missed the football season. He returned to the baseball team as a senior, in 2013, and had a .576 batting average. The Columbus Dispatch named Dawson their All-Metro Team Player of the Year.[2] He attended Ohio State University, and played college baseball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He also played collegiate summer baseball for the Chillicothe Paints of the Prospect League.[3] In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.[4]

The Houston Astros selected Dawson in the second round, with the 62nd overall selection, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.[1] He signed with the Astros, receiving a $1,056,800 signing bonus, and the Astros assigned him to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League,[5] where he spent all of 2016, batting .225 with seven home runs and 36 RBIs. In 2017, he played for the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League[6] and the Buies Creek Astros of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, posting a combined .278 batting average with 14 home runs, 67 RBIs, and an .800 OPS.[7] He began the 2018 season with Buies Creek, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League during the season.[8] The Astros invited Dawson to spring training as a non-roster player in 2019.[9]

Personal life

As a child, Dawson served as a batboy for the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League.[10]

References
  1. Kaplan, Jake (June 10, 2016). "Astros 2nd-round pick Ronnie Dawson excited to begin pro career". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. Znidar, Mark. "Dispatch All-Metro baseball team: Top player Dawson rebounds from knee surgery quickly". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. "Licking Heights grad Ronnie Dawson making his mark in Prospect League". Newark Advocate. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  4. "#13 Ronnie Dawson - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. Kaplan, Jake (June 17, 2016). "Astros' draftee Ronnie Dawson to begin pro career in Tri-City, no update yet on Forrest Whitley". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. Batterson, Steve (May 5, 2017). "River Bandits' Dawson finds a home on the diamond | Midwest League Baseball". Quad City Times. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  7. "Ronnie Dawson Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  8. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ronnie-dawson-emerges-as-all-around-threat/
  9. https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-invite-forrest-whitley-to-spring-camp/c-302990572
  10. Koehler, Jess (July 13, 2016). "Tri-City outfielder Ronnie Dawson settling in". Times Union. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
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