Joc Pederson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joc Pederson
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 21, 1992(1992-04-21)
Age	32
Birthplace	Palo Alto
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aries

Joc Pederson Biography

Joc Pederson is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 21, 1992 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Outfielder who made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014 and was instrumental in helping the team get to the World Series in 2017.

He was sixth Dodger that hit a home run in five consecutive games. He is joined by In 2015, he became the fifth Dodger to hit a homer in five consecutive games, joining Roy Campanella, Shawn Green, Matt Kemp, and Adrian Gonzalez., Shawn Green, Matt Kemp as well as Adrian Gonzalez.

Pederson homered in both games of a day-night doubleheader on June 2, with his second homer being estimated at 480 feet, the longest in the Majors at that point of the season. On June 3, he homered in his fifth consecutive game, becoming the first Dodgers rookie to ever do so. That also tied the team record, with Pederson joining Roy Campanella (1950), Shawn Green (2001), Matt Kemp (2010), and Adrián González (2014–15). Coupled with his four-game home run streak in May, he became only the second rookie in the modern era to have two home run streaks of at least four games (joining Minnesota’s Jimmie Hall; 1963). Pederson hit his 19th home run on June 22, passing Mike Piazza (1993) for most home runs by a Dodgers rookie before the All-Star break. He hit his 20th on June 29, making him one of only three rookies in MLB history to hit 20 or more homers before July, joining Wally Berger (1930) and Albert Pujols (2001).

Pederson was born in Palo Alto, California, and is the son of Shelly (Cahn) and Stu Pederson. Stu played in eight games for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1985, and spent a total of 12 years in Minor League Baseball. Joc’s mother was an athletic trainer in college. Pederson grew up a San Francisco Giants fan. He is Jewish by birth, and is eligible because he is Jewish to play for the Israel national baseball team, which he has played on. Through 2019, Pederson was second among Jewish baseball players in career home run frequency (behind Hank Greenberg), 7th in career slugging percentage (behind Kevin Youkilis), and 10th in career home runs (behind Mike Epstein). Pederson’s Jewish maternal great-great-great-grandfather and great-great-great-uncle immigrated to the United States in the 1840s, and were charter members of synagogue Temple Emanuel in San Francisco. His great-great-grandfather Leopold Cahn (born in 1864; son of Israel Cahn, a wool merchant), great-grandmother Zelda Sugarman (born in 1907), and great-great-grandmother Fannie Morris (born in 1873) were born in San Francisco. In terms of his religious identity, Pederson has described himself as “pretty much nothing.”

A son of Stu and Shelley Pederson, he grew up in Palo Alto, California, with three siblings, Tyger, Champ, and Jacey. In January of 2018 the couple got married, and he has a long-time partner Kelsey Williams. They welcomed their daughter Poppy in October.

Joc Pederson Net Worth

Joc Pederson is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joc Pederson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After in the year 2010’s MLB Draft, he decided to join the Dodgers instead of playing at USC. He started his career with an organization that is part of the Dodgers team’s farm teams known as Ogden Raptors. Ogden Raptors, and was recognized as an Rookie League, Pioneer League as well as a Baseball America Rookie All-Star.

When he was participating in the Pacific Coast League, he was named the league’s Most Valuable player of 2014.

On August 23, in his 115th game of the season Pederson became the first player in the PCL in 80 years (since Frank Demaree in 1934, in 186 games), and the fourth all-time, to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season. The only other Pacific Coast League hitters to do it were Lefty O’Doul (1927, in 189 games) and Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri (1925, in 197 games). He was also only the second Dodger minor leaguer to ever do it, joining Chin-Feng Chen (1999; 31/31 for Class A San Bernardino).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Joc Pederson Dating?

According to our records, Joc Pederson married to Kelsey Williams. As of December 1, 2023, Joc Pederson’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2011, he hit .353 while leading the Pioneer League in RBIs and outfield assists, and was both a Pioneer League and Rookie League All Star. In 2012, he was named the Dodgers’ “Minor League Player of the Year”. By virtue of his Jewish heritage, he played for the Israel national baseball team in the qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

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The Dodgers then assigned him to the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League, where he was an AFL Rising Star. He was ranked the Dodgers’ # 4 prospect by Baseball America (and # 3 prospect by MILB.com) after the 2012 season.

Why did Tommy Pham slap Joc Pederson?

Pham slapped Pederson because of a dispute that stemmed from a fantasy football league in which both were involved. In short, Pham believed that Pederson violated the rules of their league by stashing a player on Injured Reserve.

Who did Tommy Pham slap?

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson on the field before their teams were scheduled to play. It turned out that it was all sparked by a $10,000 buy-in fantasy football league that includes MLB players from several teams.

How much are Joc Pederson pearls?

In Apstein’s report, Arik explained that the necklace is not the usual high- end jewelry baseball players have been known to wear. He said the necklace, though made with high quality pearls, costs more like $4,000 , as opposed to another gold and diamond necklace that runs to about $40,000.

What is Joc Pederson's real name?

Joc Russell Pederson

What did Joc Pederson say to Tommy Pham?

Pederson said Friday that Pham accused him of cheating because he was “stashing players on my bench.” Pederson said he looked up the rules the league used and he was in the right. Disagreements ensued on a group text for the league, which sources told The Athletic includes MLB players from several teams.