Hunter Goodman

Hunter Robert Goodman (born October 8, 1999) is an American professional baseball first baseman and catcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Amateur career
Goodman attended the University of Memphis and played college baseball for the Memphis Tigers for three seasons. He batted .326/.367/.573 with 16 doubles, 13 home runs, and 67 runs batted in (RBI) as a freshman and was named the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Newcomer of the Year. After the 2019 season, Goodman played collegiate summer baseball for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League, batted .276/.291/.494, and was named a league all-star. He was batting .357/.416/.743 as a sophomore before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Goodman batted .307/.401/.678 with a school record 21 home runs in his junior season.

Professional career
The Colorado Rockies selected Goodman in the fourth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. In 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Rockies he batted .300/.419/.517. He began the 2022 season with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Single-A California League.

Goodman began the 2023 season with the Double–A Hartford Yard Goats, playing in 91 games and batting .239/.325/.523 with 25 home runs and 78 RBI. He was then promoted to the Triple–A Albuquerque Isotopes, where he hit .371/.418/.903 with 9 home runs and 33 RBI across 15 games. On August 27, 2023, Goodman was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. At the time of his promotion, he was the minor league leader in home runs, with 34. He singled twice in four at bats in his MLB debut later that afternoon in a 4–3 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. He drove in a run with his first hit off Jack Flaherty in the sixth inning. He eventually scored the deciding run in the ninth after a leadoff infield single off Yennier Canó with the score tied at 3–3. In 23 games for Colorado in his rookie campaign, he batted .200/.247/.386 with one home run and 17 RBI.

Goodman was optioned to Triple–A Albuquerque to begin the 2024 season.

On June 15 2024, Goodman went 4 of 5 batting, 2 home runs and 5 Runs batted in a 16-4 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates.