Garrett Stubbs

Garrett Patrick Stubbs (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Houston Astros' organization. He previously attended the University of Southern California (USC) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans, and won the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's best collegiate catcher.

Stubbs attended Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California. He was twice named to the All-California Interscholastic Federation team for baseball, and enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans. After his junior year, when he became eligible to be selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, he made it known that he intended to return to college for his senior year. In 2015, his senior year at USC, Stubbs was named the Pac-12 Conference's Defensive Player of the Year, and won the Johnny Bench Award as the best catcher in college baseball.

The Houston Astros selected Stubbs in the eighth round of the 2015 MLB Draft. He signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. After 11 games with Tri-City, the Astros promoted Stubbs to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League. In 2016, Stubbs began the season with the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League, before receiving a promotion to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League in July. Stubbs finished 2016 with a .304 batting average, along with 10 home runs and 54 RBI's. After the season, the Astros assigned Stubbs to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.

Stubbs is from Del Mar, California. His younger brother, C. J., also played baseball for Torrey Pines, and is now a sophomore playing baseball at USC. His step-grandfather, Fred Shuey, played Minor League Baseball and had Garrett train with former Major League Baseball catcher Ed Herrmann starting when Garrett was nine years old.