Stephen Guy Vogt is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Atlanta Braves.
He was an MLB All-Star in 2015 and 2016. Vogt was selected by Tampa Bay in the 12th round of the 2007 MLB draft.
Vogt spent six years in minor leagues in Tampa Bay and was named the franchise’s Minor League Player of the Year in 2011, before debuting with the Rays in 2012 at age 27. H
That year, he started all three games of the 2013 American League Division Series and hit a game-winning single in Game 2. Vogt led American League catchers in most offensive categories for the first half of his 2015 season, and his .277 batting average in 2016 was ranked in the top five among catchers heading into the All-Star break that year.
Did Stephen Vogt retire?
Stephen Vogt received a standing ovation Wednesday at the Oakland Coliseum when his three children announced his at-bat in the final game of his Major League Baseball career bottom of the second inning.
Vogt, a longtime member of the Oakland Athletics and a former MLB All-Star, announced that he would retire at the end of the 2022 season on Sept. 22.