Matt Beaty


Matthew Thomas Beaty is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.

Career

Beaty attended Dresden High School in Dresden, Tennessee. The Kansas City Royals selected him in the 48th round of the 2011 MLB draft, but he did not sign. Beaty attended Belmont University and played college baseball for the Belmont Bruins.
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Beaty in the 12th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with them and spent 2015 with both the Ogden Raptors and Great Lakes Loons, posting a combined.314 batting average with four home runs and 28 RBIs in 68 total games between both clubs. He spent 2016 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, compiling a.297 batting average with 11 home runs and 88 RBIs in 124 games, and 2017 with the Tulsa Drillers where he slashed.326/.378/.505 with 15 home runs and 69 RBIs in 116 games, earning him league player of the year honors. He also won the league batting title. He was assigned to play in the Arizona Fall League and was chosen for the Fall Stars Game showcase. Beaty played for the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in 2018, batting.277 with one home run and 12 RBIs in 31 games.
The Dodgers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He began 2019 with Oklahoma City and was promoted him to the major leagues on April 30. He made his MLB debut that night against the San Francisco Giants, singling off of Ty Blach. His first MLB homer was off of Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs on June 14, 2019. He hit a walk-off homer against the Colorado Rockies on June 21. He appeared in 99 games for the Dodgers in 2019, with 35 games each in the outfield and at first base and nine games at third base. He hit.265 with nine homers and 46 RBI.

Scholarship

Matt Beaty announced in 2019 that he will have a scholarship for high school students from Weakley County, which he grew up in.

Personal Life

Matt Beaty married his high school sweetheart, Jesica Parsley Beaty, in 2016. He asked her to marry him by presenting her with a custom-made bobblehead in the image of Beaty proposing to Parsley.