The First Hundred

The Notebook

Before any of it, Bryson Stott was a Las Vegas kid obsessed with becoming the next Derek Jeter, practicing autographs in his homework notebook. His mother Shana — a teacher at Eldorado High School, herself a former UNLV cheerleader — put him on a red-eye to Yankee Stadium for Jeter's 2014 farewell. He walked extensively on little sleep, watched from the bleachers, flew home and hit his first home run in his next Legion game.

The detail is from The Athletic. Stott went undrafted out of Desert Oasis High School in Enterprise, Nevada, and was initially reluctant to stay local for college. A recruiting visit sold him on UNLV, where his father Derek had thrown for enough yards to rank seventh in school history. He developed into the 14th overall pick in 2019, and the Phillies signed him for $3.9 million. Fellow Las Vegas native Bryce Harper had told him the Phillies would take him at 14 if he was still on the board, a prediction rooted partly in family ties: Stott's mother had coached Harper's sister in high school cheer. When it happened, Harper called to say he had told him so.

When Stott made the 2022 Opening Day roster, he called his mother on her way to work, somewhat uncertainly, to say he thought he had been called up. After confirmation from Harper, he called back. She recalled his tee-ball days as the news settled in.

The Number

Stott debuted April 8, 2022, and has played all five of his major-league seasons with the Phillies, at second base and shortstop. Through 692 games he has 626 hits and a .257 average. He crossed 100 career stolen bases on March 26 of this year, early in his age-28 season, and has 122 now.

This year, 119 games in, he has collected 110 hits. He turned 28 last October and is still at second base in Philadelphia.

Reporting: The Athletic, MLB.com, Las Vegas Review-Journal. Career and biographical data: MLB StatsAPI, via the Fever engine.