Andrew Vaughn

Andrew Clayton Vaughn

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 208 lb.
School University of California
High School Maria Carrillo High School
Debut April 2, 2021

Born April 3, 1998 in Santa Rosa, CA USA

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First baseman Andrew Vaughn was the winner of the 2018 Golden Spikes Award following his sophomore season at the University of California. He beat out three top draft choices in the 2018 amateur draft for the honor: Casey Mize, Brady Singer and Kody Clemens. The award came after a season in which he hit .402 with 23 homers, tying the school record, and 63 RBIs. That summer, he played for the USA College National Team. Surprisingly, he had not been considered a serious prospect coming out of high school, but saw his stock rise extremely fast due to his performances with California.

Vaughn was the third overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, by the Chicago White Sox. He played for three different minor league teams his first season, the AZL White Sox, Kannapolis Intimidators and Winston-Salem Dash, putting up a combined line of .278/.384/.449 in 55 games. However, he was one of the multitude of minor leaguers who saw their 2020 season wiped out by the Coronavirus pandemic. He did make the White Sox's opening day roster in 2021 and when he started his team's second game of the season in left field against the Los Angeles Angels on April 2nd, a day short of his 23rd birthday, he became the first player from the 2019 draft to play in the majors. He went 0 for 3 with a run scored in his debut. Overall, he hit .235 in 127 games, with 15 homers and 48 RBIs, for a team that finished in first place in its division. He played mainly in left field, filling in during the first half of the season for an injured Eloy Jimenez, while also appearing in right field and at first base - and also making one start each at second base and third base. He could not play his usual position, first base, as Jose Abreu was a fixture there, and fellow rookies Yermin Mercedes and Gavin Sheets were the most frequent DHs. In the Division Series, he went 2 for 5 with a double in the White Sox's loss to the Houston Astros.

In his second full season in 2022, he played 134 games and hit .271 with 17 homers and 76 RBIs, improving his OPS+ from 91 to 111. He was probably the steadiest hitter on a disappointing White Sox team that missed the postseason. He continued to play mainly in the outfield, with 45 games in right and 44 in left, but also started over 20 games at both DH and first base. Following the season, it was announced that he would move to being a full-time starter at first base in 2023, due to the departure of long-time fixture José Abreu via free agency. He played 152 games that year, including 143 at first base, and set a new personal bests for homers with 21 and RBIs with 80 while posting an OPS+ of 101, his increase in power being negated by a fall in both his batting average and on-base percentage. While he remained productive, the White Sox were disappointed that he had failed to move into the category of prime slugger. It was more of the same in 2024, albeit with slightly lower numbers, while the team completely collapsed around him, losing a record 121 games. He hit .246 with 19 homers and 70 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 97. It wasn't great, but he still led the team in RBIs and runs scored (with only 55, a reflection of the team's terrible offensive output), and was one off the team lead for homers.

And then, his production suddenly cratered in the first months of 2025. In 48 games for Chicago, he hit just .189 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 47. On May 23rd, the Sox sent him down to the AAA Charlotte Knights, hoping he would regain his stroke there, but after a couple of weeks, they gave up on him, trading him to the Milwaukee Brewers in return for P Aaron Civale. For Milwaukee, he was considered to be a reclamation project, so they left him at AAA for the moment. After he had hit .211 in 15 games for Charlotte, he hit .259 in 16 games for the Nashville Sounds, but with a .500 slugging percentage. On July 7th, he was called up to Milwaukee when 1B Rhys Hoskins went on the injured list and started at first base that day, marking his debut in his new uniform by homering off All-Star Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the 1st inning of a 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He could not be dislodged from first base after that, playing 64 games for Milwaukee and batting .308 with 9 homers and 46 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 141. In retrospect, his acquisition was a turning point for the Brewers, who ended up with the best record in the majors. He continued to hit in the postseason, going 4 for 14 as the Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs in the Division Series; his second homer, coming against Colin Rea in the 4th inning of Game 5 at American Family Park on October 11th, was the one that put the Brewers ahead to stay in a 3-1 win in the decisive game.

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20-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2023)

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