Travis Bazzana

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Born
2002 (24 years old)
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Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

Position
Second Baseman

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
37

Height
5' 11"

Weight
199 lbs

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Baseball

Team
Cleveland Guardians

League
MLB

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Description

Travis William Bazzana (born 28 August 2002) is an Australian professional baseball second baseman for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected first overall by the Guardians in the 2024 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2026, with him also making his first All-Star game appearance the same year.

Amateur career
Bazzana attended Turramurra High School in South Turramurra, a suburb on the Upper North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At Turramurra, Bazzana played cricket as a wicketkeeper/opening batsman, and captained his team when they won their first-ever New South Wales state championship.

Bazzana played junior baseball with the Ku-Ring-Gai Stealers, and representative junior baseball for the Ryde Hawks Baseball League. From 2018 to 2021, he played for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League. In 2019, he represented Australia in the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup. In 2021, he played for the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast League. He represented Australia again at the 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup.

As a freshman at Oregon State University in 2022, Bazzana hit .306/.425/.478 with six home runs and 44 runs batted in (RBI) over 245 at bats in 63 games. As a sophomore in 2023, he hit .374/.500/.622 with 11 home runs, 55 RBI and a school-record 36 stolen bases over 238 at bats in 61 games. After the season, he played for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League, where he was named the MVP after hitting .375/.456/.581 with six home runs and 31 RBI. In 2024, he led the Pac-12 Conference in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, walks and runs. His 26 home runs were a single-season school record and he also broke the school's career home run record that year. He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year.