Joseph Daniel Votto (born September 10, 1983) is Canada's first professional baseball baseman for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with The Reds in 2007.
Votto is a five-time MLB All-Star, Tip O'Neill's seven-time award winner and champion Lou Marsh Trophy twice as Canadian athlete this year. In 2010, he won the National League (NL) MVP Award and NL Hank Aaron Award. By the end of the 2017 season, among all the active players he was the first in the percentage of career on-basis (.428), second in OPS (.969), and third in batting average (.313).
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Votto was born on September 10, 1983 to Wendy (Howell) and Joseph Votto in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Etobicoke, in the western tip of Toronto. His mother is a sommelier and restaurant manager. His father is a chef and baseball fan who died at the age of 52 in 2008. He is of Italian descent. As a child, he decorates his wall with Ted Williams poster.
Votto enrolled in high school at the Richview Collegiate Institute in 1997. In high school, he also played basketball - playing point guard and once scored 37 points in one game - and hockey. He plays for the Etobicoke Rangers baseball program. Votto signed the National Letter of Intent to play college baseball for the Carolina Coast Chanticleers after high school.
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Professional career
Little League
Votto was designed out of high school in the second half of the 2002 MLB amateur draft by The Reds (overall 44). After his first two professional seasons with the Reds beginner level affiliation, he stormed into the scene in 2004 with Class A Dayton Dragons, hitting 26 doubles and 14 home runs with an average batting of 0.302. He was promoted to Class A-Advanced Potomac and hit five more home runs in 20 games to end the season with 19. During his time in the minor leagues, Votto made an appearance at the outfield and as a catcher, aside from the first base.
Votto's consistency declined during the 2005 campaign with Sarasota. While he still hit 19 home runs, he struck 122 times and his batting average dropped almost 50 points to.256.
Votto rebounded in 2006 with the best season of his minor league career. Playing with the Chattanooga AA Class, he improved his batting average to 0.319 and hit 46 doubles and 22 home runs. He leads the Southern League on average batting and total bases and third in home runs and RBI. He was selected to play in Game Futures 2006 in the World Team. He was named for both the Southern and Southern Post-South League teams, and was selected as a minor league by Baseball America. He peaked his season by winning the Most Valuable Player Award in the Southern League. For the past five seasons, Votto brings Ted Williams' The Science of Hitting with him.
Cincinnati Reds
2007 season
Votto started the 2007 season playing in Triple-A for Louisville Bats. He was called on September 1, 2007. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 2007, attacking Guillermo Mota of the New York Mets. In the second big league in-bats, he hit his home run career first. He went 3-for-5 and scored two runs as the Reds won the match, 7-0. On September 8th, he went 1-for-3 with a home run and three beaten runs. His three RBIs are the only running Reds' as they lose to Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3. In the next game, he goes 2-for-4. On September 14, he stole his first career base against Brewers. He finished the season 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBI in the final of the Cincinnati Reds in 2007. He will finish the.321 batting season with 4 home runs and 17 run batted in.
2008 season
Beginning with the 2008 season, Votto split the time at the first base with Scott Hatteberg until Manager Dusty Baker started playing Votto as the first Reds baseman early in early April. On April 15, he reached his first home run of the off season from Michael Wuertz. He drove five career runs against the Cubs two games later.
On May 7, Votto hit three home runs in a game against the Chicago Cubs. "I'm like a child," said Votto, a second-year player at the time who has never hit more than one in a game. "I think it's cool, it's not a big part of my game."
Votto hit his career at his first home run against Cleveland Cliff Lee, who will win the AL Cy Young Award. On 31 August, Votto underwent his first career in four games against the San Francisco Giants. He knocked 4 runs in a 9-3 Reds win.
On September 18, Votto and teammate Jay Bruce each homers twice. They became the fifth rookie team in the division era to hit 20 home runs in the same season.
Votto finished second in the National Rookie of the Year by selecting Chicago Cubs' Geovany Soto. He leads all NL starters in hitting (.297), hit (156), HR (24), total bases (266), multi-hit games (42), on-base percentage (.368) and slugging percentage (.506 ).
Votto also broke the Reds' record for most ran by a rookie in a season. The previous record was held by National Baseball Hall of Fame midfielder Frank Robinson with 83 in 1956. Votto drove in 84 games during the 2008 season.
2009 season
Votto is played for Canada in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. In Canada's first game against the United States, he has four strokes in five bats, one of which is a home run.
Votto started the 2009 season strongly as a direct starter in first base. In the second game of the season, he went 3-for-5 with homer and three RBI with losses to the New York Mets. In the next game against Mets, he has another homer and four RBI. He has six match-hitting streaks from April 12-18. On April 23, he went 4-for-5 with a home run and two runs against the Cubs. He ended up with an average of 0.346, 3 home runs, and 20 runs beaten during April.
Votto opened in May with five successive strokes. In the May fight against St. Louis Cardinals, he has two homers and four RBI. He finished the month with five home runs and an average of 0.378 batting. However, he was placed on DL to open June after a lost time in May due to a personal issue. Before returning to his game during the 2009 season, he indicated he had suffered depression and anxiety problems as a result of his father's sudden death in August 2008 and had been seeking treatment. He had previously missed the time due to dizziness associated with an inner ear infection.
Votto made his comeback against Toronto Blue Jays on 23 June. In the third game back, he went 4-for-5 with a home run and four runs were hit in. After going off without a hit in his fourth game back, he has a 14- game hitting streak. During the stretch, he fought.389 with three home runs and 14 runs. His break came to an end against the Mets on July 12 when he played 0-for-2.
Votto was crowned National League Player of the Week for 21-27 September 2009 after reaching 10 doubles in a five-match range, an achievement not achieved in 77 years since Hall of Fame outfielder Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1932.
Despite losing 31 games overall, Votto completed the 2009 season among the leaders of the National League in batting averages (.322), on-base percentage (.414) and slugging percentage (.567) and he hit 25 home runs.
season 2010: NL MVP
Votto started the 2010 season by going 3-for-5 with a home run and running in. At the end of April, he has four home runs and 12 runs hit. The average is 0.275 but its on-base percentage is 0.400 due to 18 bases on the ball.
Votto played better in May. He fought.344 with six home runs and 21 runs. However, he missed the last six games of the month due to neck pain. He will return on June 1 in a game against the Cardinals. He went 4-for-5 with a home run and a beaten run. The Reds won the game to regain the lead of NL Central.
Votto was initially not selected for the 2010 All-Star match in Anaheim, California, but made the list through online fans voting through the National League Vote Final. He was given 13.7 million of the 26 million ballot papers filed. Votto becomes 0-for-2 in game.
On August 25th, Votto became 4-for-7 with two home runs and four RBI. He also ran a tie run with a Giants pitcher pitcher, Barry Zito. Votto made the cover of Sports Illustrated in the August 30, 2010 edition.
On September 11, Votto hit his first career home, running from Pirates, the aid of pitcher Justin Thomas.
For this season, Votto hit.324 with 113 RBI, 106 goalscoring and 37 homers, including a grand slam from Tommy Hanson of Atlanta Braves on 20 May. He finished the season leading the Premiership in the Basic Percentage (.424)) and led the National League in Percentage Thrower (.600) and On-base plus slugging (1,024). The Reds made the postseason but lost to the Phillies in the National League Divisional Series in a three-game sweep. Votto fought in series, batting.091 with one run.
Votto won the Hank Aaron 2010 Award in the National League.
Votto was announced as MVP NL 2010, coming in one vote to win unanimously when Albert Pujols received another first place vote. He's just the third Canadian to win an MVP award, after Larry Walker and Justin Morneau. He became the first Reds player to win the National League MVP since Barry Larkin won it in 1995. "Not being dramatic or anything but after I was told, I can not help but cry because I know how many at some point this means to me and will mean to my (final) father, "Votto said after being named MVP. He added: "I did some pretty good things, and most importantly, we won.We went into the playoffs - it's been a while since we went to the playoffs - and I think that's all the reason I won."
2011 season
On January 16, 2011, it was announced that the Reds and Votto had approved a three-year deal, $ 38 million.
Votto hosted in the first game of the Reds 2011 season, a solo homer from Kameron Loe from Brewers. He recorded his first four seasons of matches against the Arizona Diamondbacks and raised his average to 0.455. By the end of April, he had an average of 0.370 batting, four home runs, and 14 run batted in. He posted 0.500 on-base percentage. He started the season by grabbing the base in 27 games in a row since the previous season. Club record set by Dave Collins with 34 in 1981.
On June 25, Votto reached his 100th home run against Brian Matusz of the Orioles. He then adds another home run in the game. It was also his first multi-homer game of the season. He also drove in five rounds, the most in game during the season. On July 3, Votto was selected by the players for the 2011 All-Star Game as a backup. He's gone 0-for-2 with Coret.
On August 28, Votto did a home run-off against the citizens at the 14th inning. On Sept. 24, he drove in two rounds against the Pirates for his 100th and 101st RBI of the season, becoming the first Reds player to drive 100 runs in the back-season since Dave Parker in 1985-1986.
Votto finished the season with an average of 0.309 batting, 29 home runs, and 103 RBIs. He also leads NL in doubles (40), based on ball (110) and on-base percentage (.416). On November 1st, Votto won his first Gold Glove Award. He finished sixth in the NL MVP vote.
season 2012
On 2 April 2012, Votto signed a 10-year, $ 225 million contract extension with The Reds, running through the 2024 season. The deal includes two years remaining on the previous contract and pushing the total contract value up to 12 years and $ 251.5 million, active longest in baseball. The deal (including a one-year team option), is the fifth largest deal in MLB history, behind only Giancarlo Stanton's contract with Miami Marlins (13 years, $ 325 million), Alex Rodriguez's contract with New York (10 years, $ 275 million) and Texas (10 years, $ 252 million) and Albert Pujols deal with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (10 years, $ 240 million). This is the longest contract guaranteed in MLB history. The contract makes Votto the highest paid athlete from Canada.
On May 13, Votto went 4-for-5 with three home runs and six RBI, including a grand slam walk-off against the Washington Nationals in a 9-6 win. It was the first time in Premier League history that a player hit three home runs including a grand slam in one game.
On July 1, Votto was selected by fans as a starter of the National League team in MLB All-Star Game 2012. At the time of selection, he hit 0.350 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI.
On July 16, the Reds announced that Votto would need arthroscopic knee surgery to fix a meniscus tear in his left knee and is expected to miss three to four weeks. He initially injured knee June 29 slid into third base. He left the next day before the bottom of the fifth inning and missed the next two games due to inflammation in the knee. By the time the operation was announced, he led the NL in the streets, double, OBP and extra-basic punches. He second in RISP average and third in slugging percentage.
On September 5, Votto returned to the Reds team in a match against the Philadelphia Phillies. In the first game since July 15, he lined up a pitcher Roy Halladay in the first inning. He will finish the game with a 2-for-3 with a ball bottom. After returning from the disabled list, he struggles with his power number. In 25 games, he hit eight doubles but no home run and drove in seven runs. He is still at the base on a high clip at 0,550, running 28 times. In that range, he also fights over 0.316.
Votto finished the season after playing in 111 games, the least he played since the first season became the first Reds baseline in 2008. He has an average of 0.337, an on-base percentage of 0.474, and a 0.567 slugging percentage. to go along with 14 home runs, 56 run batted in and 44 double. 94 leads the NL (18 of them deliberate, who lead MLB).
2013 season
By the end of February, Votto was voted by fans as "Face of the MLB", a contest that complained "Face" of each MLB team against each other and was chosen using Twitter. He received more votes than Joe Mauer, Jose Bautista, Derek Jeter, Andrew McCutchen and Matt Kemp.
Votto is played for the Canadian Team at World Baseball Classic 2013.
Votto homered on a row from April 20-21 against Marlins, making him the first time since 10-11 September 2011 he homered in consecutive matches.
In July, he was again selected as an All-Star starter for the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This is his fourth appearance in the All-Star, and in the game he goes 0-for-2, making him 0-for-9 in the All-Star Games.
season 2014
On May 21, 2014, Votto was placed on the 15-day defect list, with his left quadriceps tense. He returned on June 10 but returned to DL with the same injury on July 8 and failed to return before the end of the season.
In 62 games played, he reached 252,255 with 0.390 percentage on-base, 0.409 slugging percentage, 6 home runs, 47 walks, and 23 run batted in.
2015 season
On May 6, 2015, Votto was released after a Coret in which he threw his helmet down in frustration. Speculation states that before he was expelled, he had the words of choice with Gerrit Cole during his at-roots. Upon expulsion, Votto seems to hit Chris Conroy. It was only his 5th and 5th career throws since 2010. He then received a one-match suspension for this action which he served when the Reds played the Chicago White Sox.
On June 9, Votto reached three home runs in a game for the third time in his career in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, a final achievement achieved by Red by Johnny Bench. On August 2nd, Votto was issued after a fight between the Reds and the Pirates. On September 10, Votto was expelled for debating the ball and strikes. This is the third time the season when Votto was expelled, by chance three times against the Pittsburgh Pirates. On September 11, MLB suspended Votto 2 with an option to appeal. On October 2, Votto linked the Reds record by Pete Rose in 1978 when he rode the base for the 48th game. In 158 matches in 2015, Votto has 143 MLB seeded streets, an average of 0.314 batting, 29 home runs, and 80 RBI.
After this season, Votto was awarded his fifth Tip O'Neill Award. He also finished third in the MVP National League vote behind Bryce Harper and Paul Goldschmidt.
season 2016
After a poor start to the 2016 season, reaching a low season of 0.213 on 31 May, Votto became the first player in MLB since Ichiro Suzuki in 2004 to hit, 400 after All-Star Break. Votto hit.408/.490/.668 in the second half.
The season average of Vxx.326 is the second best of his career, just behind the 2012 season, where he hit.337. Votto reached 29 home runs, second only to the 2010 MVP season.
Votto finish season with, 326 (3 in NL)/. 435 (lead NL)/550 (6 in NL) along with 108 runs, 29 home runs, and 97 RBI (10 in NL), playing 158 games for the second consecutive season. He is also among the NL league leaders in OPS (.985, 2), running (T2nd), hit (8), running (9), and total bases (306, 10). He became the 10th player in Premiership history to lead the league in an on-base percentage at least 5 times; the only players who have done so for years are Barry Bonds (10) and Hall of Famers Ted Williams (12), Babe Ruth (10), Rogers Hornsby (9), Ty Cobb (7), Wade Boggs (6) , and Stan Musial (6).
2017 seasons
Votto completed the first half of the 2017 season with a slash of 0.315/.427/.614 while slugging 26 home runs, tied to outside Marlins player Giancarlo Stanton, leading the NL. This performance resulted in Joey's 5th All-Star appearance as a substitute. Votto is also known for his promise to buy his team mate Zack Cozart a donkey to make the All-Star Game 2017. After many interviews and appearances in the donkey suit on MLB Network's "Intentional Talk", Cozart won the fan vote and made the cut as the National League's starting shortstop. Votto upheld the deal, buying Cozart donkey shortly thereafter. As the second half of the season went by, the Reds continued to struggle, but Votto did the opposite. At the end of the year, Votto has a series of consecutive games reaching the base several times which spans 20 matches and is the second longest in MLB history behind Ted Williams 1948 record 21.
He completed the year with a stat-line consisting of 0.319 batting average (4 in NL), 0.578 slugging percentage (7 in NL), 106 run scores (6 in NL), 36 homers (6 in the league), and 100 runs in ( 10 in the league). He led the league at OBP at 0.454, OPS (at 1,032), en route for the fifth season (134), in running percentage (at 19%), and in runs per Coret (at 1.61). His total WAR equals 7.5, the second highest since 2015 when he has 7.6 WAR. Total homer Votto is one of the 2010 seasons as well. Votto became the first Reds player since Pete Rose in 1975 to start all 162 regular season games in a season, and only the fourth player in franchise history to do so. At the end of the season, among all the active players he was first career on the bottom percentage (.428), second in OPS (.969), third in batting average (.313), fourth in walks (996), and fifth in slugging percentage (.541).
The end of season awards for Votto included selection as the first baseman at MLB Baseball America Team, and both Lou Marsh Trophy. Votto also finished 2nd in the National League voting MVP, narrowly lost to Giancarlo Stanton by 2 votes in the fourth closest vote in MLB history.
Player profile
Votto is known as a clutch hitter. Through June 9, 2014, he had a career of.312 average batting, 163 home runs, and 542 struck runs. He has been known to show great patience on the plate. He led NL at the ball bottom with 110 in 2011 and did it again in 2012, with 94, despite missing 51 games. The percentage of his career on-base is 0.425. He leads NL in that category from 2010 to 2013 and 2016, while finishing second in 2015, one point behind Bryce Harper.460 OBP.
Votto has been recognized for defensive play as the first baseman. He led the league in assists (by 136) for the first basemen in 2008, a feat he repeated in successive seasons in 2011 and 2012. He finished fifth in 2009 with 101 assists and second in 2010 with 128 assist. In 2011, he also led all the first NL basemen in putouts (1.341), and third in the fielding percentage (.996). That year, he won his first Gold Glove Award.
Personal life
Votto lives in Mount Adams, Cincinnati. He has three brothers; Tyler, and twin sisters named Ryan and Paul who are now attending North Park Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario. Votto adopted a mixture of mastiff-golden retriever named "Maris", after former baseball player Roger Maris. Votto is represented by sports agency Dan Lozano.
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Awards and career honors
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See also
References
External links
- Career and player information statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-References, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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