Josh VanMeter Parents: Who Are Josh VanMeter Parents?

Josh VanMeter is an American professional baseball left fielder and infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks.



The San Diego Padres drafted VanMeter in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB draft after he graduated from Norwell High School.

Josh VanMeter
Josh VanMeter

He opted to join the Padres instead of attending Illinois State University, where he had previously committed to play baseball.



With the Arizona League Padres, he hit.278 with 10 runs batted in over 44 games in 2013.

While with the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the American League in 2014 and again in 2015, he hit.254 with three homers and 39 RBIs each season.

In 124 games with the Lake Elsinore Storm and the San Antonio Missions in 2016, he batted.251, hit 14 home runs, and drove in 56 runs.

Luis Torrens was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on December 9, 2016, in exchange for a player to be named later.

For the 2017 season, he was assigned to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos by the Reds and played 132 games, going 5 for 54 with five home runs, 54 RBIs, and 15 stolen bases.

Josh VanMeter Parents: Who Are Josh VanMeter Parents?

Josh VanMeter was born to parents Amy VanMeter and Greg VanMeter. Josh VanMeter was born in a working mid-class family and grew up with his sister in the northeast Indiana town of Ossian.