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Jonathan India is professional baseball infielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Reds selected him with the fifth overall selection in the 2018 MLB draft. India played college baseball for the Florida Gators.
On April 1st, 2021, India was selected to the 40-man roster, and made his major league debut as the Opening Day starting second baseman. After striking out in his first at bat, India got his first major league hit in his second, a double down the left field line off of St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty, and also collected a single off of Ryan Helsley in at bat number three. India established a Reds rookie record by recording 7 RBI in the first five games of his career.
On April 22st, 2021, India hit his first career home run at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks. On July 30th, India had his first multi-home run game, hitting two homers to help beat the New York Mets, 6–2. On August 4th, 2021, India was awarded the NL Rookie of the Month for July. India slashed .319/.470/.527 with four home runs and 12 RBIs over 25 games. India finished the 2021 season batting .269/.376/.459 with 21 home runs, 69 RBIs and 98 runs scored. He swung at a lower percentage of pitches in the strike zone than any other major leaguer, at 58.2%. He won the NL Rookie of the Year Award in a near unanimous-vote, receiving 29 of 30 first-place votes.
India also won the Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award for the National League, becoming the first Red to earn it since Scott Williamson in 1999. Further, he was nearly the unanimous winner from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) of the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year Award. He was also named by his fellow players as the “Players Choice Awards” National League Outstanding Rookie.
The featured Rawlings official Major League Baseball has been signed by Cincinnati Reds star Jonathan India in blue. The Baseball includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially-numbered hologram and matching COA, as well as an official MLB Hologram for authenticity purposes.
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