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Spencer Horwitz
American baseball playerAVGHRRBIRCurrent Season.3102610Season 2023.256175Jun 19, 2023 · The second Jewish player to make the majors this year, Spencer Horwitz cracked a ground ball single to right field in his first at bat.
Horwitz is the son of David and Laura Horwitz, and has a brother, Ben. He was born in Timonium, Maryland. He is Jewish. He attended St. Paul's School for Boys in Brooklandville, Maryland.
Jan 5, 2022 · Spencer Horwitz, a surging prospect with the Toronto Blue Jays franchise, is the latest minor-league player to be identified as Jewish. The Jays got a bargain when they plucked Horwitz out of Radford University in the 24th round of the 2019 amateur draft.
SH: So my father was raised in a Jewish household. He was bar mitzvah and all my cousins were bar mitzvahed. So I’ve been around the Jewish culture my whole life and I’ve grown to love it and just appreciate it and respect it. MW: Oh, that’s awesome. I know, as you say, we are a Jewish podcast.
Nov 14, 1997 · Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 24th round of the 2019 draft (#717 overall) Played in the prestigious 2021 Arizona Fall League, where he ranked #4 among all hitters with a .375 batting average, and #7 with a .459 on-base percentage. Named the High-A West league’s Top Prospect, October 2021 (see article)
Fullname: Spencer Elliott Horwitz. Born: 11/14/1997 in Timonium, MD. Draft: 2019, Toronto Blue Jays, Round: 24, Overall Pick: 717. College: Radford. Debut: 6/18/2023.
Nov 14, 1997 · Spencer played left field for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He was named Eastern League Player of the Week on June 13, 2022 while playing for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Jun 19, 2023 · When interviewed earlier this year by the Canadian Jewish News, Horwitz said of his religious background, “My father was raised in a Jewish household. He was bar mitzvah and all my cousins were bar mitzvahed.
