Alexander Marvin Call (born September 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Nationals.
Born in Burnsville, Minnesota, Call attended River Falls High School in River Falls, Wisconsin,[1] and Ball State University, where he played college baseball for the Ball State Cardinals.[2] In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] In 2016, he was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year.[4]
The Chicago White Sox selected Call in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft.[4] He split time between the rookie-level Great Falls Voyagers and Single-A Kannapolis Intimidators in his debut campaign, slashing a cumulative .308/.394/.445 with six home runs, 35 RBI, and 14 stolen bases.[5] In 2017, Call played for the rookie-level Arizona League White Sox, Kannapolis, and the High-A Winston-Salem Dash, batting a combined .207/.295/.317 with three home runs, 33 RBI, and five stolen bases.[5] The next year, he split the season between Winston-Salem and the Double-A Birmingham Barons. In 123 games between the two affiliates, he hit .248/.345/.415 with 12 home runs, 58 RBI, and six stolen bases.[5]
On December 15, 2018, Call was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Yonder Alonso.[6] He spent the 2019 season with the Double-A Akron RubberDucks, slashing .205/.266/.321 with five home runs and 31 RBI across 81 games.[5]
Call did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic[7] and in 2021, he played in 109 games split between Akron and the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, hitting .262/.356/.438 with 15 home runs, 50 RBI, and 15 stolen bases.[5] He was assigned to Triple-A Columbus to begin the 2022 season, where he played in 71 games with a .280 average, 11 homers and 46 RBI.[5]
Cleveland, now known as the Guardians, selected Call's contract on July 11, 2022, and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time.[8] On July 22, he recorded his first career hit, a single off of Chicago White Sox reliever Tanner Banks.[9] He appeared in 12 big league games for Cleveland, going 2-for-12 with four walks.[10] On August 5, 2022, the Guardians designated Call for assignment, removing him from the roster.[11]
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On August 7, 2022, Call was claimed off waivers by the Washington Nationals.[12] On August 19, he hit his first career major league home run, a two-run shot off of San Diego Padres closer Josh Hader.[13] On September 8, he had four hits in five at bats, including a three-run home run, and five RBI in the Nationals 11-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.[14] In 35 games for Washington, he had a slash line of .245/.330/.441 with five home runs and 13 RBI.[15]
Call played in 128 games for the Nationals in 2023, hitting .200/.307/.307 with eight home runs, 38 RBIs, and nine stolen bases.[16] He was optioned to the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings to begin the 2024 season,[17] where he hit .222 with 11 homers and 52 RBI in 75 games.[5] In 30 games with the Nationals he hit .343/.425/.525 with three home runs, 14 RBIs, and five stolen bases.[15]
Call returned to the Nationals in 2025, playing in 72 games and hitting .274 with three home runs and 26 RBI.[15]
On July 31, 2025, the Nationals traded Call to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Sean Paul Liñan and Eriq Swan.[18] He played in 38 games for the Dodgers (primarily as the right handed part of a platoon with Michael Conforto) and batted .247 with two home runs and five RBI.[15]
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