Bob Seymour (baseball)

Bob Seymour
Seymour with the Durham Bulls in 2025
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 41
First baseman
Born: (1998-10-07) October 7, 1998
Harvey, Illinois, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 15, 2025, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
(through August 22, 2025)
Batting average.167
Home runs1
Runs batted in3
Teams

Robert John Seymour (born October 7, 1998) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Amateur career

Seymour grew up in St. John, Indiana and attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago where he played baseball. As a senior in 2017, he batted .561 with 15 home runs and 48 runs batted in (RBI).[1]

After graduating from Mount Carmel, Seymour enrolled at Wake Forest University and played four seasons of college baseball for the Demon Deacons.[2] As a sophomore in 2019, he hit .377 with nine home runs and 92 RBI over 57 games, earning Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Year honors.[3] In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4] In 2021, he appeared in 47 games for the Demon Deacons and batted .302 with 21 home runs and 55 RBI. After the season, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 13th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[5]

Professional career

Seymour signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Florida Complex League Rays, appearing in eight games. In 2022, he played with the Charleston RiverDogs, hitting .281 with 12 home runs and 73 RBI over 95 games. Seymour played with the Complex League Rays, Bowling Green Hot Rods, and Montgomery Biscuits in 2024 and batted .313 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI over 79 games between the three affiliates.[6] Seymour split the 2024 season between Montgomery and the Durham Bulls and hit .281 with 28 home runs and 95 RBI across 123 appearances.[7]

Seymour returned to Durham to open the 2025 season,[8][9] for whom he batted .263/.327/.553 with thirty home runs and 87 RBI over 105 games. On August 15, 2025, Seymour was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[10]

References

  1. ^ "'I hit eighth in that lineup': St. John native Bobby Seymour becomes fourth player from Mount Carmel's state runner-up to get drafted". Chicago Tribune. July 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Column: Bobby Seymour was struggling at Wake Forest. His dad told him to raise his hands. What followed was an epic power surge". Chicago Tribune. May 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "2019 ACC Baseball Season Honors Announced". May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Bobby Seymour - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  5. ^ "Power surge has St. John native Bobby Seymour closing in on MLB draft dreams". July 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "10 Tampa Bay Rays Prospects to Know Beyond the Top 30 in 2024". February 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "Could the infield makeup make or break Rays in '25?". MLB.com.
  8. ^ "Rays' Bob Seymour Hits Two Home Runs". May 4, 2025.
  9. ^ "Bulls Announce 2025 Opening Day Roster".
  10. ^ "Rays Release Logan Driscoll". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
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