Jedd Gyorko

Jedd Lindon Gyorko (born September 23, 1988) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and third baseman.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Milwaukee Brewers.

He was previously the manager of the West Virginia Black Bears of the MLB Draft League.

Gyorko attended University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Playing for the school's baseball team as a shortstop, he was named one of the best baseball players in the state.

He then enrolled at West Virginia University, and set numerous school records for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball program.

Gyorko was born on September 23, 1988, in Morgantown, West Virginia, to Randall and Penny Gyorko.

His family also had a home on Cheat Lake, where he stayed often in his youth.

He was a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB).

When he was five years old, his father, Randall, and Jerry Mahoney, a former college baseball player at West Virginia University (WVU) and WVU employee, began to train Gyorko to become a baseball player through various instructional drills.

They trained at WVU's Shell Building, which Mahoney had access to, when the weather was too cold to train outdoors.

In youth baseball, Gyorko played as a second baseman.

Gyorko attended University High School in Morgantown.

He played for the school's baseball, American football, and basketball teams.

He was an infielder for the baseball team, but primarily played shortstop.

In baseball, Gyorko was named to the All-Conference team all four years of his high school career.

He was also named to the All-State team three times.

Gyorko also played American Legion baseball for four years.

He led his American Legion teams to state championships in 2004 and 2007.

Gyorko played quarterback and wide receiver for the football team, and shooting guard and point guard for the basketball team.

In basketball, Gyorko was named All-Conference as a sophomore.

University won the conference championship in Gyorko's junior year, as he averaged 17.4 points per game (PPG), second best in the conference.

He was named his conference's Player of the Year and to the All-State second team.

In his senior year, he averaged 18.2 PPG and was named to the All-State first team.

After weighing scholarship offers to play college baseball from WVU, St. John's University and Clemson University, Gyorko chose to remain near home, enrolling at WVU in order to play college baseball for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team, which competed in the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I.

Gyorko shifted to second base for his freshman year to accommodate senior Tyler Kuhn, who played shortstop.

He had a 21-game hitting streak to start his tenure with the Mountaineers, registering a .500 batting average during the streak.

As a freshman, Gyorko finished the season with a .409 batting average with eight home runs and 63 runs batted in (RBIs), winning the Big East Rookie of the Year Award.

He was also named to the All-Big East's second team, and the Freshman All-America teams of Louisville Slugger and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), where he was named a league all-star, but he required shoulder surgery and was unable to play the entire summer season.

Following Kuhn's graduation, Gyorko returned to shortstop for the Mountaineers.

In his sophomore season, Gyorko batted .421 with eight home runs and 58 RBIs.

He set a Mountaineers single-season record with 28 doubles.

He was named First Team All-Big East and Second Team All-American by Louisville Slugger.

Gyorko won the 2010 Brooks Wallace Award as the best shortstop in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.

The Padres selected Gyorko in the second round of the 2010 MLB draft.

Playing in minor league baseball, Gyorko shifted to third base, and developed into one of the best prospects in baseball.

He made the Padres' Opening Day roster as their starting second baseman in 2013.

The Padres signed Gyorko to a five-year contract extension worth $35 million early in the 2014 season, but traded him to St. Louis after the 2015 season.

The Cardinals traded him to the Dodgers in 2019, and he signed with the Brewers for the 2020 season.