Hunter Bishop

Hunter David Bishop was born on June 25, 1998, in San Carlos, California, and grew up in Palo Alto, California. He attended Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California from 2012 to 2014, and Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California from 2014 to 2016, where he excelled in football and baseball.{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/07/29/prep-baseball-serras-bishop-carving-out-own-identity/|author=Vytas Mazeika|title=Prep baseball: Serra's Bishop carving out own identity|date=July 29, 2015|work=Mercury News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/05/04/baseball-nationally-ranked-prospect-from-serra-faces-another-decision/|author=Glen Reeves|title=Baseball: Nationally-ranked prospect from Serra faces another decision|date=May 4, 2016|work=East Bay Times}} In his junior year he batted .348/.400/.435, and in his senior year he batted .426/.512/.663.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=204102 |title=Hunter Bishop |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=September 27, 2019}} In baseball he was 2015 Under Armour Baseball All-American, 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American, 2016 Perfect Game Second-Team All-Region, and 2016 WCAL Baseball Player of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://thesundevils.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3765 |title=Hunter Bishop - Baseball - Arizona State University Athletics |publisher=Thesundevils.com |access-date=September 27, 2019}} He was First Team All-League in football as a wide receiver his senior year.

He originally committed to play college football at the University of Washington, but instead decided to play college baseball at Arizona State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/huskies-get-commitment-from-receiver-hunter-bishop-brother-of-former-uw-baseball-star-braden-bishop/|author=Adam Jude|title=Huskies get commitment from receiver Hunter Bishop, brother of former UW baseball star Braden Bishop|date=December 8, 2015|website=The Seattle Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/21/prep-baseball-its-baseball-at-arizona-state-for-serras-hunter-bishop/|title=Prep baseball: It's baseball at Arizona State for Serra's Hunter Bishop|author=Vytas Mazeika |date=January 22, 2016|work=Mercury News}} Bishop was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.

As a freshman at Arizona State in 2017, where he majored in Sports and Media Studies, Bishop batted .299/.360/.481 with four triples (tied for 5th in the Pac-12 Conference), five home runs and 25 runs batted in (RBIs) over 154 at bats in 51 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/hunter-bishop-in-thick-of-cape-cod-playoffs/article_8a081550-7b44-11e7-b367-cf89c8aa4219.html|title=Hunter Bishop in thick of Cape Cod playoffs|author=Terry Bernal|date=August 7, 2017 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal}} He was named All-Conference Honorable Mention. As a sophomore in 2018, he hit .250/.352/.407 with five home runs and 26 RBIs over 140 at bats in 49 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bishop000hun |title=Hunter Bishop Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 27, 2019}} He was named Pac-12 Academic All-Conference. After the 2017 and 2018 seasons, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and in 2017 helped lead the club to the league championship and was named co-MVP of the league's playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://baseball.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=1064707&seasonid=30631 |title=#24 Hunter Bishop (2017) |publisher=pointstreak.com |access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://baseball.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=1212205&seasonid=31242 |title=#24 Hunter Bishop (2018) |publisher=pointstreak.com |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/index.html?article_id=2418 |title=2017 Cape Cod Baseball League Championship Series co-MVPs |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

In 2019 Bishop batted .342/.479 (5th in the league)/.748 (2nd; 8th in the nation) with 67 runs (4th), 16 doubles (tied for 7th), 4 triples (tied for 6th), 22 home runs (2nd; 5th in the nation), 62 RBIs (4th), 50 walks (4th), and 12 stolen bases (tied for 7th) over 222 at bats in 57 games.{{cite web|url=https://thesundevils.com/news/2019/6/18/bishop-torkelson-named-unanimous-baseball-all-americans.aspx |title=Bishop, Torkelson Named Unanimous Baseball All-Americans - Arizona State University Athletics |publisher=Thesundevils.com |date=June 18, 2019 |access-date=September 27, 2019}} He was named Perfect Game and D1Baseball Midseason Player of the Year, First Team All-West Region by the ABCA, CoSIDA Academic All-American with a 3.41 GPA, and the NCBWA National Player of the Month for March. He was also named a First Team All-American by D1Baseball, Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America, Perfect Game, and the American Baseball Coaches Association, and a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball News.

Bishop was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2019|title=MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215100114/http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=draft|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2019-top-mlb-draft-prospects/ |title=2019 Top 500 MLB Draft Prospects |work=Baseball America |date=May 28, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019}} He was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 10th overall pick in the first round, on account of his plus defense in center field, his excellent speed, his potential to be a power hitter, and his being considered the best college athlete in the draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-hunter-bishop-heating-up-in-fall-league|title=Giants' Bishop heating up in Fall League|website=MLB.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/1/3/22865131/san-francisco-giants-prospects-hunter-bishop-matt-mikulski|title=Community Prospect List No. 11|first=Brady|last=Klopfer|date=January 3, 2022|website=McCovey Chronicles}}{{cite web|author=Kerry Crowley |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/03/san-francisco-giants-select-local-serra-high-product-hunter-bishop-in-mlb-draft/ |title=San Francisco Giants select Hunter Bishop in MLB Draft |work=Mercury News |date=June 3, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019}} Bishop signed with the Giants on June 29, 2019, for $4.1 million.{{cite web|author=Ty Bradley |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/giants-sign-first-rounder-hunter-bishop.html |title=Giants Sign First-Rounder Hunter Bishop |publisher=MLB Trade Rumors |date=June 29, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019}}

Bishop made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants in the rookie-level Arizona League, and, after seven games, Bishop was promoted to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in the Low-A Northwest League,{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Dalton |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-top-draft-pick-hunter-bishop-earns-first-professional-promotion |title=Giants top draft pick Hunter Bishop earns first professional promotion | NBCS Bay Area |publisher=NBC Sports |date=July 17, 2019|access-date=September 26, 2019}} where he ended the year. Over 32 games and 105 at bats between the two clubs during which he played center field, he hit .229/.438/.429 with 38 walks, five home runs, 12 RBIs, and eight stolen bases in 10 attempts. He was the Giants' #4 prospect (and the # 65 MLB prospect) according to MLB Pipeline.{{cite web|last=Randhawa |first=Manny |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/suzy-bishop-mother-of-braden-and-hunter-passes-away |title=Suzy Bishop, mother of Braden and Hunter, passes away |work=MLB.com |date=October 5, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2019/|title=MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch|work=mlb.com|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021072626/http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=sf|url-status=live}}

Bishop had eight at bats for the Giants in spring training in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/why-hunter-bishops-growth-so-important-giants-offseason|title=Bishop's 'great' showing during instructs is big for Giants|website=RSN|date=October 22, 2020|author= Dalton Johnson}} On June 29, 2020, it was announced that Bishop had tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29384591/san-francisco-giants-prospect-hunter-bishop-tests-positive-coronavirus|title=Giants prospect Bishop out after testing positive|date=June 29, 2020|website=ESPN}} He joined players at the team's alternate site in the first week of August.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-prospect-hunter-bishops-power-has-pat-burrell-highly-impressed|title=Burrell's highly impressed by Giants prospect Bishop's power|website=NBC Sports|date=March 9, 2021|author=Dalton Johnson }}

In early 2021, Bishop was ranked among the top 100 prospects in baseball by Baseball Prospectus (#75) and Major League Baseball (#83).{{Cite web|url=https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/2/17/22287837/san-francisco-giants-prospects-fangraphs-marco-luciano-joey-bart|title=Fangraphs ranks 5 Giants prospects in their top 100|first=Brady|last=Klopfer|date=February 17, 2021|website=McCovey Chronicles}} In February 2021, the Giants invited him to the major league camp for spring training.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/giants-hunter-bishop-joining-major-league-camp/|title=Giants' Hunter Bishop: Joining major-league camp|website=CBS Sports|date=February 12, 2021}} Three games into the 2021 season, he severely injured his right (throwing) shoulder on a swing, and ended up missing almost three months. He returned for less than three weeks, and was shut down for the season after a total of only 45 at bats. After the regular season he was sent to play for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, with whom he batted .262/.373/.381.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/giants-hunter-bishop-heating-up-in-fall-league.html|title=Giants' Hunter Bishop heating up in Fall League|website=www.mlb.com}}

Bishop was ranked # 8 in the Giants 2022 MLB Prospect Rankings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/prospects/giants/ |title=Giants Top Prospects|website=MLB.com}} In February 2022, Keith Law of The Athletic ranked him # 8 as well, and wrote: "for a guy with his kind of outrageous power and consistently high exit velocities .... It's 30+ homer upside if he gets healthy and can cut down on the swing and miss, both in zone and out."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3107258/2022/02/10/giants-top-20-prospect-ranking-for-2022-keith-law-on-san-franciscos-farm-system/|title=Giants' top 20 prospect ranking for 2022: Keith Law on San Francisco's farm system|first=Keith|last=Law|website=The Athletic}}

In 2022, Bishop played for the Eugene Emeralds, in the High-A Northwest League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bishop000hun|title=Hunter Bishop Amateur, College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} He batted .235/.320/.406 in a career-high 315 at bats with 51 runs, 13 home runs, 44 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases in 22 attempts, while playing 37 games in center field, 29 games in right field, and 2 games in left field. In April 2023 he underwent Tommy John surgery to repair the UCL in his right elbow, resulting in him missing the entire 2023 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/giants-hunter-bishop-free-of-restrictions-at-camp/|title=Giants' Hunter Bishop: Free of restrictions at camp|date=February 21, 2024|website=CBS Sports}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/giants-hunter-bishop-goes-on-60-day-il/|title=Giants' Hunter Bishop: Goes on 60-day IL|date=April 10, 2023|website=CBS Sports}}

In 2024, after 19 months away from the game, he began the season with the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League, where he played in Double-A for the first time, playing all three outfield positions in the field.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/reggie-crawford-hunter-bishop-promoted-to-triple-a|title=A pair of former Giants first-rounders get promoted to Triple-A|website=MLB.com}} On May 14, Bishop was promoted to the Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League, where he played in Triple-A for the first time and began by hitting 7-for-16 with an inside-the-park home run.{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bishop000hun | title=Hunter Bishop Amateur, College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/marco-luciano-mlb-opportunity-injuries/1736268/|title=Giants notes: Luciano, youngsters receiving extended MLB look|date=May 18, 2024}}

Bishop is Jewish.Parker White (June 4, 2019). [https://www.12up.com/posts/adorable-photo-surfaces-of-giants-1st-rounder-hunter-bishop-in-san-fran-gear-as-toddler-01dchx2zsqbk "Adorable Photo Surfaces of Giants 1st-Rounder Hunter Bishop in San Fran Gear as Toddler,"] 12up.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/2019-draft-was-fruitful/ |title=2019 draft was a doozy; Tally of Jewish picks at 16 so far|author=Scott Barancik |work=Jewish Baseball News |date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bishop000hun |title=Hunter Bishop Amateur, College & Minor Leagues Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=September 26, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/an-opening-day-note-from-jewish-baseball-news/ |title=An Opening Day note from Jewish Baseball News|author=Scott Barancik |work=Jewish Baseball News |date= March 28, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019}} His parents are Randy (who owns a private investigation company) and Suzy Bishop (who ran track at UCLA, and was a movie producer and head of the Vancouver Film School in Canada).Larry Stone (May 7, 2015). [http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/uw-baseball-player-braden-bishop-leads-his-mothers-fight-against-early-onset-alzheimers/ "UW baseball player Braden Bishop leads his mother’s fight against early-onset Alzheimer’s,"] Seattle Times.[http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/12866887/washington-center-fielder-braden-bishop-leads-mother-day-awareness-alzheimers "Sunday's Washington-Arizona baseball game was all 4MOM,"] ESPN, May 11, 2014.Larry Stone. [http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/bishop-plays-4mom-alzheimers/#oR1dbVw7DV4gKR9h.97 "Bishop Plays ‘4MOM’ With Alzheimer’s,"] Baseball America.Keaton Cory. [https://www.milb.com/nuts/news/leading-off-4mom/c-241930542/t-196093334 "Leading Off 4Mom,"] milb.com. His mother Suzy was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease at age 54, when he was in high school.{{cite web|author=Teddy Cahill |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/hunter-bishop-chose-baseball-over-football-and-the-rest-could-be-history/ |title=Hunter Bishop Chose Baseball Over Football, And The Rest Could Be History |work=Baseball America|date=May 28, 2019 |access-date=September 27, 2019}}Josh Eastern (August 6, 2015). [https://www.baseballessential.com/news/2015/08/06/root-mariners-prospect-braden-bishop/ "You Should Root For Mariners Prospect Braden Bishop,"] Baseball Essential.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/06/09/braden-bishop-gets-to-stay-in-seattle-drafted-by-mariners/28766825/ "Braden Bishop gets to stay in Seattle, drafted by Mariners,"] USA Today, June 9, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2015/06/10/washington-braden-bishop-seattle-mariners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611101008/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/06/10/washington-braden-bishop-seattle-mariners|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2015|title=Seattle Mariners see 'good makeup' in Washington's Braden Bishop|first1=Adam|last1=Lewis|website=Pac-12|access-date=December 14, 2018|date=June 10, 2015}}[https://www.4momalz.com/ "Home,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125160415/http://www.4momalz.com/ |date=November 25, 2019 }} 4MOM. Bishop said in 2019: "It made me grow up really, really fast, because the last four or five years I haven't really had a life with a mom. She's still there but it's not who my mom was growing up."Aaron Fitt (March 21, 2019). [https://www.usabaseball.com/news/gsa-spotlight-hunter-bishop/c-305521148?tid=216639934 "GSA Spotlight: Hunter Bishop,"] USA Baseball. His mother died at age 59 in October 2019.{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Dalton |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/bruce-bochy-sends-hunter-bishop-heartfelt-tweet-after-mothers-death |title=Bruce Bochy sends Hunter Bishop heartfelt tweet after mother's death | NBCS Bay Area |publisher=NBC Sports |date=October 9, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2019}} He and his brother are creating the "Suzy Bishop Memorial Grant" in their mother's honor, which will be gifted once a year to a family affected by Alzheimer's. His brother, Braden Bishop, is also a professional baseball player, who made his major league debut with the Seattle Mariners before joining the San Francisco Giants organization in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/mlb/seattle-mariners/article227395644.html|title=Braden Bishop is a top hitter for Mariners this spring. And he's not the only Bishop lighting it up|date=March 12, 2019|first=Elaine|last=Thompson|work=The News Tribune}}{{Cite news|last=Guardado|first=Maria|date=May 20, 2021|title=Bishop brothers now share common goal|work=MLB.com|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/braden-bishop-joins-brother-hunter-in-giants-system|access-date=October 9, 2021}}

Bishop is a music producer and has released multiple singles. He has a studio at his home in Chandler, Arizona, where he works.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/hunter-bishop-making-music-dj|title=Will this Giants prospect be the next hit DJ? 'Music is inspiration for me,' says Hunter Bishop|date=February 21, 2021|author=Maria Guardado|website=MLB.com}}

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• [https://thesundevils.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8373 Arizona State Sun Devils bio]
• [https://www.si.com/college/arizonastate/baseball/catching-up-with-former-arizona-state-outfielder-hunter-bishop "Catching Up With - Former ASU Sun Devil Hunter Bishop,"] Sports Illustrated, June 1, 2020 (video interview)
• David Laurila (February 1, 2022). [https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-conversation-with-san-francisco-giants-prospect-hunter-bishop/ "A Conversation With San Francisco Giants Prospect Hunter Bishop,"] Fangraphs (interview)

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