Seby Zavala

BIOGRAPHY

Seby Zavala was born August 28, 1993, in Fort Hood, Texas. He is a catcher in the MLB.

Zavala attended Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, and played college baseball at San Diego State University. He missed the 2013 season due to Tommy John Surgery. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Zavala made his professional debut in 2015 with the Arizona League White Sox and he spent the whole season there, batting .326/.401/.628 with four home runs and 35 RBIs in 35 games. He spent 2016 with the Kannapolis Intimidators where he batted .253 with seven home runs and 49 RBIs in 93 games and 2017 with Kannapolis and the Winston-Salem Dash where he posted a combined .282 batting average with 21 home runs, 72 RBIs and a .851 OPS in 107 games between the two teams. After the 2017 season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. Zavala was invited to spring training by the White Sox in 2018 and started the season with the Birmingham Barons.

The White Sox added Zavala to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season.

On July 31, 2021, in his 18th major league game, Zavala became the first player to hit his first three home runs in the same game, doing so in a 12–11 loss against the Cleveland Indians. He hit his first two off of Triston McKenzie with one of them being a Grand Slam then hit his third off of Bryan Shaw. On April 7, 2022, Zavala was sent outright to Triple-A Charlotte Knights.