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JAKE LAMB
• Lamb had his contract selected from amateur
Triple-A Reno earlier that day…At the FRONT OFFICE
time, the rest of his family was in Priest • Played three seasons collegiately at the University
Lake, Idaho at his grandparents’ vacation of Washington…Hit .326 with 10 home runs and
cabin…No one answered his original 88 RBI in 126 games with the Huskies.
phone call…His mom called him back • Earned Honorable Mention All-Pac
later in the day…Upon answering, Jake 12 in each season…He was selected a
said, “I’ve got good news, and I’ve got Freshman All-American by Collegiate
bad news. The bad news is your vacation Baseball in 2010.
is over. The good news is you’re coming • In 2018, he partnered with the baseball MANAGER & STAFF
to Phoenix to watch me play in the major program to create a new charity
leagues.” program, “Jake’s Corner,” which provides
• Has been on the injured list four times in his opportunities for local groups to attend
major-league career…Most significantly, was Husky baseball games free of cost…The
limited to 134 games between the 2018 and 2019 program, in some instances, also provides
seasons with shoulder and quad injuries. transportation to the park.
• Missed the majority of the 2018 season • Graduated from Bishop Blanchet (WA) High JAKE LAMB
with shoulder injuries, and missed nearly School...Also played two seasons of football.
• He was also sidelined nearly two months personal
three months in 2019 with a quad injury.
in 2015 with a left foot injury. • Grew up in Seattle, Wash. a big fan of the Seattle
Mariners and Ken Griffey Jr…His family had
minor league notes season tickets through his dad’s company.
• Has played in 262 minor-league games since • Started playing baseball at the age of three with a SEASON IN REVIEW
getting drafted by Arizona in 2012…Has batted plastic bat and switch hit until he was nine, until
.314/.401/.540 (308-for-981) with 88 doubles, 10 he realized Griffey Jr. only hit left-handed.
triples, 38 home runs and 202 RBI. • His family went through three garage
• All but five of his 236 starts came at third doors growing up because the kids (three
base…The rest were at first base. sons, one daughter) were trying to pitch.
• In 2014, named the Diamondbacks’ • Has “JD2” stitched into his glove for his family
Organizational Player of the Year, the Double-A friend, Josh Dickerson, who passed away from
Southern League’s Most Outstanding Player of rhabdomyocarcoma, a rare form of cancer…No. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
the Year and Second-Team Minor League All-Star 2 was Josh’s high school number at O’Dea High
by Baseball America. School, Jake’s main rival school.
• Won the Southern League’s batting title, • He also wears a band with the same
hitting .318 in 103 games…Also paced abbreviation, along with the words
the circuit with a .949 OPS, and finished “Courage + Belief = Life.”
second in on-base percentage (.399), • Josh met Jake’s sister, Megan, in a
slugging percentage (.551) and RBI (79). support group she was in after battling BRAVES HISTORY
• Selected a Southern League Mid- and leukemia…Megan had leukemia at the age
Post-Season All-Star, and was MiLB’s of three and is now cancer free.
Southern League Player of the Month in • Josh was first diagnosed with cancer
June. in the soft tissue of his wisdom teeth in
• In his first full professional season, 2013, named 2009…He refused chemo until his senior
a California League Mid-Season All-Star with year of high school, so he could play
High-A Visalia. baseball…Josh passed away in July 2012. OPPONENTS
• Following the season, played 21 games • In 2018, he started "Jake Lamb’s Kids with
with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League Courage" program, hosting patients from Phoenix
and named to the AFL’s All-Prospect Children’s Hospital throughout the season.
Team. • His younger brother, Dylan, is a right-handed
pitcher at the University of Washington…His older
brother, Dan, is a youth baseball coach.
• His father, John, was a linebacker at Whitworth
University in Spokane, Wash. MISCELLANEOUS

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