Michael Stefanic #16

Michael Stefanic...Pronounced “stef-AH-nic”...Graduate of Timberline HS (Boise, Idaho)...Played collegiately at Westmont College (Santa Barbara, Calif.)...Named to both the All-GSAC Team and GSAC Gold Glove Team for all four college seasons, becoming the first Westmont baseball player to earn either award all four years...Named to the NAIA Gold Glove Team, just the third Warrior to earn the honor...Received NAIA All-American Honorable Mention recognition as a second baseman...Finished college career first in Westmont history in career at-bats (757), runs scored (157), hits (275), doubles (50), total bases (357) and hit by pitch (37)...Majored in Economics and Business at Westmont.

2023

Recalled by Angels on June 16 and made season debut the following day at Kansas City...Played in 25 games across four Major League stints in 2023 and batted a career-high .290 (18/62)... Had career-long eight-game hit streak Sept. 20-27, batted .464 (13/28) with one run, one double, one triple, three RBI, and a 1.071 OPS during streak... Tallied first career three-hit game Sept. 25 vs. TEX... Had three consecutive multi-hit games Sept. 20-22...Has eight total multi-hit games for career... Connected on first career walk-off hit July 17 vs. Yankees in the 10th inning... Batted .400 (14/35) with a .933 OPS across last 35 MLB at-bats in 2023... In 99 games for Triple-A Salt Lake this season, hit .365 (139/381) with 67 runs, 20 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 62 RBI and eight stolen bases... Won the 2023 batting title for all of Minor League Baseball after hitting .365 (139/381) in 99 games for Salt Lake... Set a Salt Lake franchise record by reaching base safely (via H, BB or HBP) in 62 consecutive games from Sept. 2, 2022 - June 8, 2023.

2022

Started the season with Triple-A Salt Lake where he combined to hit .320 (57-for-178) in first 46 games before having contract purchased by the Angels July 3rd...Made big league debut that night at Houston...Tallied first hit July 5 at Miami, a pinch-hit single in the 9th inning, a single off Tanner Scott...Went on to make two big league stints with the Halos...Played flawless defense in 22 games at second base...In 77 total games for Triple-A Salt Lake this season, hit .314 (90/287) with 14 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 50 runs, 37 RBI and three stolen bases...Despite big league playing time, paced the Bees in average and ranked fourth hits and sixth in runs scored...Named PCL Player of the Week for Sept. 5-11 after batting .571 (12/21) with three doubles, one triple, two HR, eight RBI, four walks and a 1.749 OPS.

2021

Began season with Double-A Rocket City and was the starting second baseman in the inaugural game in Trash Pandas history...Batted .345 (30/87) in 21 games for Rocket City before being promoted to Triple-A Salt Lake on May 29...Finished second in Triple-A West with a .334 batting average, .408 on-base percentage and 135 total hits after joining the Bees...Also ranked fifth in Triple-A West with 204 total bases and sixth with a .913 OPS...Registered a Club-best 15 game hit streak from July 10-25, batting .411 (23/56) in that span...Overall, led all Angels Minor Leaguers in batting average (.336) and hits (165), ranked second in organization in total bases (242) and runs (78), third in OBP (.408) and OPS (.901), fourth in slugging (.493) and doubles (26), fifth in walks (52), sixth in home runs (17) and extra-base hits (43) and seventh in RBI (63).