Stephen Vogt is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Catcher who was born on November 1, 1984 in Visalia, California, United States.
Stephen Guy Vogt (/ˈ v oʊ t / ; born November 1, 1984) is an American professional baseball player who currently plays as catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Francisco Giants, and was an MLB All-Star in 2015 and 2016. He was selected by Tampa Bay in the 12th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft.
Vogt attended Central Valley Christian Schools (CVC), where his father Randy was the coach of the school’s baseball team, the Cavaliers. Randy had been coach of the team since 1998, when Vogt was in seventh grade and was the team’s batboy. When Vogt reached high school, he played for the team himself, and during his four years there set CIF Central Section records for career walks (79) and consecutive steals (65), and second-best career marks for hits (160) and runs (147). In 2003 he was named the East Sierra League Most Valuable Player. Vogt graduated CVC in 2003, and as his senior year was concluding he received little interest from prospective college baseball teams, which he attributed in part to the small size of his school. He dreamed of playing baseball at Fresno State, where his father played, but the school did not recruit him. Vogt participated in showcases put on by Baseball Factory, Inc., a company that specializes in player development and college placement of baseball players, and during one of those showcases he was noticed by a recruiting coach from Azusa Pacific University, a small college in Azusa, California. The recruiting coach provided Azusa Pacific coach Paul Svagdis a tape of Vogt, and after watching Vogt take just three swings, Svagdis knew he wanted him on the team and contacted Vogt to recruit him.
Stephen Vogt was born on November 1, 1984, in Visalia, California. He was one of two boys born to Randy and Toni Vogt, along with his older brother Danny. Randy Vogt was an accountant, and Toni Vogt was the owner and president of the PRISM Weight Loss Program. Stephen Vogt was born into a baseball family: his father had been a pitcher at Fresno State, and two of his uncles played at University of California, Davis, including Mike Vogt, a member of the UC Davis Aggies’ All-Time Century Team. Stephen began playing tee-ball at age four, and Randy coached both Stephen and Danny through Little League and Babe Ruth League. Randy said his son displayed an aptitude for athletics from an unusually early age: “I don’t know if it was a developmental aspect with him, but Stephen’s been playing sports since he can walk.” Vogt first became a catcher at age nine, when his coach told the kids to run to whichever position they wanted to play; he originally ran for middle infield, but switched to the catcher position after seeing that none of his teammates had taken it.
