TJ Rumfield Game Worn & Signed Official Tampa Tarpons Road New Era 59FIFTY Hat

Description

TJ Rumfield is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees organization. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Rumfield in the 12th round of the 2021 MLB draft. He made his professional debut for the Clearwater Threshers. Rumfield played college ball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Virginia Tech Hokies.

Rumfield attended Temple High School in Temple, Texas. He enrolled at Texas Tech University. After taking a redshirt in 2019, his freshman year, Rumfield played college baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2020. He entered the transfer portal in 2020 as he was looking to play for a school that would give him more playing time. Rumfield transferred to Virginia Tech and played for Virginia Tech Hokies in 2021.

On November 19th, 2021, the Phillies traded Rumfield and Joel Valdez to the New York Yankees for Donny Sands and Nick Nelson. In 2022, he played for the Hudson Valley Renegades.

In 2023, he played for the Somerset Patriots and won the Minor League Gold Glove Award for first basemen. At first base, Rumfield set a Somerset Patriots franchise record by posting a .997 fielding percentage, 562 putouts and 34 assists on 598 total chances over 78 total games. Rumfield spent 74 games with Double-A Somerset, in addition to a four-game rehab stint with High-A Hudson Valley. He made just two errors all season and was part of 45 double plays.

In addition to starring in the field, Rumfield was among Somerset’s offensive leaders, finishing second on the team in home runs (17) and third in RBI (55) as part of a breakout 2023 campaign. He was one of 13 players throughout the minor leagues to homer in five straight games (6/9 – 6/14) during the season. Additionally, Rumfield went on a 21-game on-base streak between 4/29 – 5/30, the longest of any Patriots player. He also led Somerset with three walk-off hits.

In 2024, Rumfield played in 114 games for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and hit .292 with 15 HR’s and 71 RBI’s for an .826 OPS. He also played exceptional defense at first base for the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. On February 5th, 2025 Rumfield was invited to spring training by the Yankees. He has a great opportunity to crack the Yankees roster for the 2025 MLB Season with the departure of Anthony Rizzo and Ben Rice taking reps at catcher.

The featured official Tampa Tarpons Road New Era Hat was game worn by TJ Rumfield in 2022 as a member of the Tarpons. The Tampa Tarpons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Tampa, Florida. In 2022, Rumfield played in 4 games with the Tarpons. Rumfield has signed the Hat and added “2023 Game Worn” in black. He accidentally wrote “2023′ instead of “2022.” The Hat measures 7 3/8 and was obtained directly from TJ Rumfield!