Signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent while playing in the Dominican Prospect League in 2015... son of Maria and Fernando Tatis Sr... his dad is a former 11-year MLB veteran infielder, widely known for hitting two grand slams in one inning on April 23, 1999 @ LAD (with STL) off Chan Ho Park... Has three brothers, Joshua, Elijiah and Daniel, and one sister, Maria....Goes by the nickname “El Niño.”... his mom's favorite color is pink, and he likes to wear it when he plays as way to show her that she’s always on his mind and in his heart... received an 80-game suspension for testing positive for Clostebol, in violation of MLB's Joint Prevention and Treatment Program, in August 2022 and missed the remainder of the season
2023
Joined Triple-A El Paso for a Minor League rehab assignment in April as he served a drug suspension from 2022... he is eligible to return to San Diego on April 20... as part of the suspension, he is allowed to participate in a 15-day MiLB rehab assignment before he can return to the Majors
2022
Appeared in four rehab games with Double-A San Antonio prior to Aug. 12, when MLB announced his 80-game suspension for testing positive for Clostebol, in violation of MLB's Joint Prevention and Treatment Program...the suspension was announced minutes before the Padres 7 p.m. ET game @ WSH in Juan Soto and Josh Bell's homecoming (both were acquired 10 days prior at the 2022 trade deadline on Aug. 2)....Prior to his suspension, Tatis was working his way back from a left wrist injury and was days away from reporting to the Major League team....The 80-game suspension began on August 12, and after the 48 regular season games to end the season, the Padres' 12 Postseason games counted towards the suspension...the suspension will last 20 more games at the start of 2023, with Tatis being eligible to return to the Major League team on April 20 (the start of a four-game series @ Arizona)....Had left shoulder surgery on Sept. 6, 2022 to repair the labrum in his left shoulder (performed in Los Angeles by Dr. Neal ElAttache)....Also underwent two surgeries on the scaphoid bone in his left wrist...the first was on March 16, and the latest was in Oct. 2022...Tatis was cleared to resume baseball activities in early January of 2023.
2021
In 130 games for the Padres in 2021, the 1st-time National League All-Star led the NL in HR (42), AB/HR rate (11.38), offensive bWAR (7.3) per Baseball Reference, average exit velocity (93.9 mph), hard-hit percentage (55.6%), and barreled balls (70), and he ranked 2nd in SLG (.611), 3rd in OPS (.975), and SB (25), 4th in overall bWAR (6.6) and 7th in runs scored (99)... For the 2nd straight season, won the NL Silver Slugger award at shortstop, becoming 1st SS in franchise history to win the award multiple times as a Padre (Gary Templeton won the award twice in his career at SS, but his 1st Silver Slugger award was with the Cardinals)... Became the 1st shortstop in Major League history to win multiple Silver Slugger awards before turning 23... Joined Alex Rodriguez (1998) as the only other shortstop to hit at least 40 home runs and steal at least 25 bases in a season (min. 100 games played at SS)... Became the 11th player in MLB history to have a 30 2B/40 HR/25 SB season and the youngest player to ever do so... was the 13th time overall... Led the team in runs created (113) and extra-base hits (73), and he posted a weighted on-base average (wOBA) of .408 and a .324 batting average on balls in play (BABIP)... His 11.38 AB/HR rate led MLB and was the 2nd best ratio of any Padre batter in SD history (behind Greg Vaughn's 11.31 in 1998)... Had a 1.015 OPS vs. National League West opponents, the highest of any player against the NL West (min. 200 ABs)...Tatis' 24 homers against NL West teams were the most of any NL player against a single division in 2021, and the most against the NL West in a season since Nolan Arenado's 27 HR in 2015 vs. the NL West... Posted his first three-homer game on June 25 vs. ARI... Had five different four-hit efforts in 2021, tying his career-high of 4 hits originally set on July 14, 2019, vs. ATL, and he saw 2 games with a career-high four runs scored on April 25 @ LAD and June 25 vs. ARI...had a career-high 3 walks on June 29 @ CIN... In the Padres' 2nd road trip of 2021 @ LAD from April 22-25, he became the 1st player in MLB history to have 5-or-more home runs and 2-or-more stolen bases in a road series (posted a 1.779 OPS)... Earned National League Player of the Month honors in the month of May, his 2nd NL Player of the Month Award (first was in July-August of 2020)...posted a slash line of .353/.440/.824 with 21 runs scored, 24 hits, 5 2B, 9 HR, 26 RBI and 8 SB over 20 games in May... Collected 25 RBI across 13 games from May 9-31, becoming the 2nd player in franchise history to log 25-or more RBI in a 13-game span, joining Ken Caminiti (1996)... Following his performance on May 23 vs. the Mariners, became the 6th player in history to have multiple 2-homer, 6-RBI games before turning 23 years, joining Hall-of Famers Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx, as well as Aramis Ramirez and Rafael Devers... Became the fastest player in club history to reach 50 home runs (171 games), 200 hits (173), 100 runs scored (122), and 90 XBH (90)... Became the 1st SS in MLB history to log at least 50 HR by the time of his 200th career hit... On May 21st vs. Seattle, he hit a 3-run, opposite-field HR for the 50th of his career, tying Ryan Braun for the 5thfewest games needed to reach 50 HR (171 G)...the list of fewest games to 50 career HR: Pete Alonso (152 G), Rudy York (153 G), Gary Sanchez (161 G), Mark McGwire (161 G), Ryan Braun (171 G) and Tatis Jr. (171 G)...he became the fastest Padre to reach the milestone and the fastest shortstop in MLB history to do so... Made his 1st stint on the IL from April 6-16 with left shoulder inflammation...made another IL stint after testing positive for COVID-19 on May 11 before re-aggravating his shoulder on June 19 diving for a ball...missed 1 game before returning to the lineup the day after...placed again on the IL with left shoulder inflammation on July 31 and was reinstated on Aug. 15... On Aug. 15, started in right field for his 1st-career appearance in the outfield (Majors or minors), and he went 4-for-5 with 1 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored in SD's 8-2 win @ ARI...went on to start 21 straight games in the outfield from Aug. 5-Sept. 10 before returning to play shortstop Sept. 11 @ LAD...in the final 20 games of the season, appeared in the outfield just three times with 18 appearances at shortstop... Was the starting shortstop for the National League in the 2021 All-Star Game in Denver...he became the 1st Padre voted into an All-Star Game start since Tony Gwynn in 1999 and the 13th Padre to ever start an All-Star game (1st since Wil Myers in 2016)...at 22 years and 193 days on the date of the ASG, he was the youngest Padre to ever start an All-Star Game...led off against Shohei Ohtani and flew out, going 0-for-2 in the game... His 1.069 OPS on the road was the 2nd highest mark in the NL behind Juan Soto (1.086 OPS)...had a .875 OPS at home, which led all qualifying Padres... Swung at the 1st pitch 41.6 percent of the time, the highest 1st-pitch swinging percentage on the club... His 1.214 OPS with runners in scoring position ranked 2nd in the Majors behind Juan Soto (1.265 OPS), and his 1.583 OPS with RISP/2 out led the Majors... His homer on Sept. 30 @ LAD put Tatis in 2nd place on the Padres' all-time home run list in a single season (42 HR), behind Greg Vaughn's 50 in 1998... With his HR on Sept. 22, he became the 10th player in MLB history to hit 40-or-more HR’s at age 22-or-younger and the 15th player in MLB history to hit 40-or-more HR’s with 25-or-more stolen bases in a single season...joined Johnny Bench as the only players 22-or younger to hit 40 homers in their 1st 119 games of a season... Set the Padres' single-season home run record for a shortstop with 34...bested Khalil Greene's previous club record of 27 home runs in 2017 with his 28th homer as a shortstop on July 21 @ STL (off Shane Greene)... His 22 errors ranked 5th most in MLB, and his 21 errors at SS were the most of any National League SS (2nd most of any SS in the Majors behind Bo Bichette's 24 errors).
2020
Finished his sophomore season ranking 2nd in the NL in HR (17) and R (50), 4th in RBI (45) & SB (11), 5th in TB (128) & 6th in XBH (30)...his fWAR of 2.9 ranked 3rd in the NL behind just Mookie Betts (3.0) and Freddie Freeman (3.4)... Led the Majors in average exit velocity (95.9 mph), hard hit % (62.2), and in balls hit 95+ MPH (102)... Per Statcast, his 7 outs above average led all MLB shortstops and tied with COL's Nolan Arenado for the most of any infielder in 2020... After making 18 errors in 731.1 inn. in 2019 at SS, he made 3 errors in 473.1 inn. at SS in 2020...his 3 errors tied for the 2nd fewest of any NL SS who played 400.0+ inn. at SS (tied with MIL's Orlando Arcia, behind ATL's Dansby Swanson's 2)... In his 1st 43 G of the season (until Sept. 7), Tatis hit .314 (53-for-169) with a .405 OBP, .663 SLG and 1.068 OPS (his OPS ranked 3rd in MLB in that span behind Ian Happ's 1.079 & Mike Trout's 1.071)...in his final 16 G, he hit .164 (9- for-55) with 1 2B and 2 HR for a .533 OPS... His .937 OPS in 2020 ranked 3rd among all shortstops (behind Corey Seager's .943 OPS and Trea Turner's .982)... On August 9 vs. ARI, played his 100th career game, after which he had 127 career hits, 30 HR, .320 AVG , .385 OBP, .625 SLG, 1.010 OPS, 71 RBI, 248 total bases, 54 XBH and 20 stolen bases...through his 1st 100 career G, he became the 1st SS in the Modern Era (since 1900) to hit 30+ HR and the 1st player in MLB history to hit 30+ HR and steal 20+ bases...became the 9th player in MLB history to hit 30+ HR in his 1st 100 G, joining Mark McGwire (37), Cody Bellinger (34), Pete Alonso (33), Gary Sanchez (33), Rudy York (33), Jose Abreu (31), Ryan Braun (30), and Aaron Judge (30)...among those who played their 1st 100 G as a Padre, Tatis had the most HR (30) and TB (248), the highest SLG (.625), and OPS (1.010), and ranked 2nd in AVG (.320, behind Gary Sheffield's .324) and hits (127, behind Steve Finley's 131)...among players 21-or-younger in their 1st 100 G, Tatis had the most HR, highest SLG, highest OPS, T-6th most hits and the 9th-highest AVG...his .625 SLG was 4th among all player's 1st 100 G: Rudy York (.640), Mark McGwire (.638), Ryan Braun (.628), and Tatis (.625)...On Aug. 10, earned his 1st-career NL Player of the Week honor, becoming the 1st Padre winner since his Manuel Margot in July 2017 and the 1st SD infielder since Chase Headley in Aug. 2011...In 6 G, he hit .435 (10-for-23) with a 1.261 SLG and 1.741 OPS with 7 R, 6 HR and 9 RBI... On August 17, @ TEX, hit his 10th and 11th HR of 2020, became the fastest player in SD history (24 team games) to reach the double-digit HR mark...his 2nd home run was also his 1st-career grand slam, which came on a 3-0 count with 1 out in the top of the 8th with the bases loaded and the Padres leading 10-3...since detailed pitch data became available in 1988, there have been 16 instances of a homer being hit in a 3-0 count with a 6+ run lead...within the list are 25 All-Star appearances, 8 Silver Slugger Awards, 2 MVP Awards and 1 World Series MVP...before then, the last player to do so was Manny Machado on Aug. 17, 2018 @ SEA while with LAD (was its 2-year anniversary)... On Aug. 17, became the youngest Padre to ever have a 7 RBI game, and since RBI started being tracked in 1920, was the 6th player in MLB history under the age of 22 to have a 7 RBI game, and was just the 3rd player to have 7 RBI and 2 HR in a game (joined SF's Orlando Cepeda on June 4, 1959 and CHC's Ron Santo on June 28, 1961)... On August 19 vs. Texas, hit his MLB-leading 12th HR of the year, which were the most HRs by any 21-year-old in his team's 1st 26 games of a season in the Modern Era (since 1900)...Mel Ott was 2nd behind Tatis with 10 HR in 1929... On Sept. 2, was named NL Player of the Month for July/August, his 1st-career monthly award and the 1st Padre winner since Wil Myers in June 2016...over 37 games in July/Aug., Tatis slashed .313/.395/.660 with 38 R, 46 hits, 8 2B, 2 3B, 13 HR, 33 RBI and 7 SB... Hit 2 leadoff HRs in 2020...his 8 leadoff HR between 2019-20 rank 2nd in SD history behind Will Venable's 10 (2008-15)... Had a 1.285 OPS with RISP, the 5th-best mark in MLB... His 5 opposite field home runs ranked T-2nd in the NL with Kyle Schwarber, behind Juan Soto's 6... Homered on Sept. 25 @ SF for the 1st time since Sept. 6 @ OAK (span of 15 G)...went 458 ft, 2nd longest HR of his career (longest: 468 on July 20, 2019 @ CHC)... After going hitless in 3 straight games for the 1st time in his career, he finished the season hitting safely in 6 of his last 7 games (.292, 7-for-24) with 1 double, 2 HR and 5 RBI.
POSTSEASON: Played in all 6 Postseason games for the Padres in 2020, batting .318 (7-for-22) with 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB and 5 R... Both Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers hit their 1st and 2nd career Postseason home runs in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series vs. STL, and Manny Machado homered in the 6th, following Tatis' 1st HR...was the 2nd time in SD Postseason history in which they hit back-to-back HRs (Tony Gwynn and Greg Vaughn on Oct. 17, 1998 @ NYY). Tatis Jr. homered in the 6th and 7th innings in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series vs. STL, and Wil Myers homered in the 7th and 8th innings, which was the 2nd time in MLB history that teammates homered multiple times in the same Postseason game...the other time was 88 years ago exactly by NYY's Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on October 1, 1932 in Game 3 of World Series @ CHC...was the fabled game in which Ruth called his shot in the 5th, with the game tied 4-4 and Charlie Root pitching... Became the youngest Padre to ever homer in a Postseason game (21 and 273 days old) and the 3rd-youngest player in MLB history to homer twice in a game, behind Carlos Correa (21 and 20 days old) on Oct. 12, 2015 and Andruw Jones (19 years and 180 days old) on Oct 20, 1996... His 5 RBI on Oct. 2 vs. STL (Game 2) tied with Steve Garvey for the most RBI in a Postseason game by a Padre (Garvey had 5 on Oct. 6, 1984 vs. CHC)... Hit safely in 5 of the Padres' 6 playoff games, including a 4 game hitting streak to being his Postseason career (hit .400; 6-for-15)...was the 1st player in Padres history open his Postseason career with a 4-game hitting streak, and his 6 hits in that time were also the most by any Padre in their 1st 4 career Postseason games... In Game 2 of the NL Division Series vs. LAD, CF Cody Bellinger robbed Tatis of a 7th inning, go-ahead home run.
2019
Selected to the Major League roster on Opening Day and became the 8th-youngest position player to start on Opening Day in the past 50 seasons...Overall, 31 different position players have started Opening Day at Tatis' age-or-younger in the Modern Era (since 1900)...In the last 42 years, only 3 players younger than Tatis have started on Opening Day, 2 of whom are in the Hall of Fame (Adrian Beltre, Alan Trammell and Ken Griffey Jr.)...Was 1 of 11 players in 2019 to play in at least 84 games and have a .969+ OPS…full list includes 7 2019 All-Stars: Tatis Jr., Christian Yelich, Mike Trout, George Springer, Anthony Rendon, Ketel Marte, Mitch Garver, Nelson Cruz, Alex Bregman, Cody Bellinger and Yordan Alvarez…he was the 4th player in baseball history to produce a .969+ OPS in at least 84 games played in a single season prior to turning 21, joining Alex Rodriguez, Ted Williams and Mel Ott in their age-20 seasons...Among those who played more than 10 games for the Padres in 2019, led the team in AVG (.317), OBP (.379), SLG (.590), OPS (.969), wOBA (.417) and BABIP (.410)… despite playing just 84 games (11th-most on the club), he ranked 1st on the team in 3B (6), T-2 in SB (16), 3rd in hits (106) and runs created (74), 4th in runs scored (61), T-4 in HR (22), XBH (41) and RBI (53), 7th in BB (30) and T-7th in 2B (13)...Had a career-high 4-game multi-hit streak during the Padres 4-game series at COL from June 13-16…hit .526 (10-for-19) during the series, tying with Manny Machado for the 3rd-highest clip in a 4-game set in all of 2019 (behind COL Charlie Blackmon's .625 AVG and MIA Starlin Castro's .579 AVG)...In SD's win on June 14 at COL, the Padres faced a 6-run deficit in the 9th before mounting the greatest 9th inning comeback in franchise history, tying the game at 11-11… Tatis contributed a pair of hits in the inning (including a 115.9 mph, game-tying, 2-RBI single), and he later tripled in the 12th, scoring the eventual game-winning run…the Padres had never before overcome a deficit of 6+ runs in the 9th inning (win or loss), and Tatis' 2nd hit in the inning off Wade Davis registered a 115.9 mph, the hardest hit ball of any Padre in 2019...His 14-game hitting streak from July 26-Aug. 10 was the longest by a Padre in 2019…hit .317 (19-for-60) during that span...At the time of his last game played on Aug. 13, Tatis led all ML rookies in OPS (.969) and SLG (.590) and ranked 2nd in OBP (.379), AVG (.317) and SB (16)…he also ranked among ML leaders in BABIP (2nd, .410), OPS (9th, .969), AVG (9th, .317) and SLG (9th, .590)...Hit 4 leadoff HR's in an 11-day span and in back-to-back games on July 29-30 and August 7-8...Missed 77 games across 2 separate stints on the Injured List…placed on the 10-day IL with a left hamstring strain on April 30 (retro: April 29) after stretching for a throw on a force play at 2B on April 28 at WSH….had slashed .300/.360/.550 with 12 XBH (5 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR) with 13 RBI, 8 BB, 6 SB and a .910 OPS in 27 games prior to the injury...Reinstated from the IL on June 6 after missing 34 games and hit safely in 7 of his first 8 starts with 5 multi-hit efforts (and 3 3-hit games)...Proceeded to slash .325/.387/.607 with a .994 OPS in 57 games before landing on the 10-day IL on Aug. 16, sustaining a season-ending stress reaction in his lower back on August 13 vs. TB…transferred to the 60-day IL on Sept. 3.
2018
Spent the entire campaign with San Antonio (AA), posting a .286/.355/.507 slash line with 16 HR and 43 RBI before undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a fractured left thumb in July...After slashing .177/.231/.333 with four doubles, three HR and 10 RBI in his 24 games played in April, he earned Texas League Player of the Month honors in May, posting a .336/.414/.639 line with 12 doubles, seven HR and 16 RBI...hit safely in 23 of his 29 May games, including 12 multi-hit efforts and six three-hit games...In his 35 games from 6/1-7/19, he slashed .319/.387/.511 with six doubles, six HR, 17 RBI and 31 runs scored...On 7/19, he fractured his left thumb sliding headfirst into second base on a steal attempt...he homered to lead off the game two at-bats earlier in SA's 7-4 win at Frisco...At the time of his season-ending injury, his 77 runs scored led the TL and ranked second across the entire minors...also ranked second in the TL in XBH (42), fourth in SLG (.507), tied for fifth in doubles (22), tied for sixth in hits (101) and tied for seventh in HR (16) and SB (16)...Earned TL Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star honors and named an MiLB.com Organinzation All-Star for SD...Selected to the World Team roster representing the Dominican Republic for his first SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game appearance on 7/15 at Nationals Park...hit a 107.1 MPH single to left field on a 102.3 MPH fastball off CIN prospect RHP Hunter Greene in the top of the third...stole second base after his next at-bat with a Sprint Speed of 28.4 feet per second, per Statcast, above the Major League average of 27.0...Homered in back-to-back games for the third and fourth time in his career (5/1-2 and 6/30-7/2)...Recorded three multi-HR games (4/24, 5/15 and 6/30)...ended 2018 with four career two-HR games...Recorded a career-high-tying four hits and a season-high-tying three runs and three RBI in SA's 10-0 victory on 6/6 at Midland ...Hit safely in a season-high 13 consecutive games from 6/21-7/13 (.423/.464/.712), two shy of his career-high 15- game hit streak in 2017...Following the season, played for Estrellas Orientales in his hometown of San Pedro de Marcois in the Dominican Winter League... helped the club to their first championship in more than half a century, slashing .263/.379/.488 with three home HR in the regular season, followed by three more HR in the playoffs and earning MVP honors of the round-robin portion of the playoffs...Entered 2019 rated as the No. 1 overall prospect by ESPN.com and No. 2 by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline.
2017
Spent the majority of the season with Fort Wayne (A) and became the first 18-year-old in Midwest League history to post a 20-20 season (21 HR, 29 SB)...His 21 home runs set a Fort Wayne record and he led the Midwest League in walks (75) and on-base percentage (.390) while hitting .281 (121-for-431) and collecting 68 RBI and 29 steals in 117 games for the TinCaps...Earned Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star honors and was twice named Midwest League Player of the Week (5/15-21 and 6/26-7/2)...Named a Minor League and Low Class A All-Star by Baseball America and an Organizational All-Star for San Diego by MiLB.com...Recorded a career-high 15-game hitting streak from 5/4-20, hitting .410 (25-for-61) with five doubles, two triples, four home runs, 12 RBI and 13 runs scored over the stretch...Homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career on 6/10-11 vs. Lansing...Stole a career-high three stolen bases on 7/9 vs. Lansing, recording five stolen bases in a three-game span...Three days later, recorded his first career multi-home run game on 7/12 at Burlington along with a career-high five RBI...Promoted to San Antonio (AA) on 8/21 and was the youngest player in the Texas League by season's end...finished the Missions' regular season on a nine-game hitting streak, batting .255 (14-for-55) overall in his 14 Texas League games...Received his first postseason action in the Texas League playoffs, starting in all five games and hitting .350 (7-for- 20) with a double, a home run, two RBI and five runs scored...Following the season, was drafted first overall in the Dominican Republic Winter League Draft by Estrellas Orientales where he started off hitting .400 (6-for-15) through his first five games before hitting .246 overall (14-for-57) in 17 games...Named the best power hitter by Baseball America following the season...Entered 2018 rated as the No. 3 prospect in baseball by ESPN.com, No. 8 by MLB.com and No. 9 by Baseball America.
2016
Made his professional debut with the AZL Padres (R) and hit .273 (48-for-176) in 43 games before also hitting .273 (12-for-44) in 12 games for Tri-City (A)...Recorded multi-hit efforts in 10 of his first 17 professional games from 6/22-7/13, hitting .342 (25-for-73)...Collected just five multi-hit efforts in his next 26 games from 7/14-8/18, hitting .223 (23-for-103)...Assigned to Tri-City on 8/19 and hit safely in eight of his 12 games.
