Former Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings has joined the Pirates’ baseball operations department, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Stallings played at Brentwood Academy and is the son of former Vanderbilt basketball coach Kevin Stallings.
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Stallings told reporter Jason Mackey that details about his job are being worked out, but he expects to work with the club’s minor league affiliates, specificaly helping to develop catchers.
Stallings led Brentwood Academy to the 2008 TSSAA Division II-AA state title as a senior. He also played basketball at Brentwood Academy before signing to play baseball at North Carolina. The Tar Hills lost to Vanderbilt 5-1, while Kevin Stallings was still the Commodores’ basketball coach, in the 2011 College World Series.
Stallings was selected by Pittsburgh in the seventh round of the 2012 MLB draft. He made his debut with the Pirates in 2016 and remained with Pittsburgh, playing in a total of 249 games through 2021.
During Jacob Stallings’ time with the Pirates, Kevin Stallings was the basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh (2016-18).
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Jacob Stallings went on to spend two seasons with the Miami Marlins, the 2024 and part of the 2025 season with the Colorado Rockies, and the other part of 2025 with the Baltimore Orioles.
Over a 10-year streatch Stallings played in a total of 577 games.
Stallings won a Golden Glove for the best catcher in the National League with the Pirates in 2021. He led the National League with 21 defensive runs saved that year. In 103 starts Stallings did not allow a passed ball in 2021.
He threw out 21% of runners who attempted to steal against him in his career.
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