Education
Phegley attended Terre Haute North Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, where he played college baseball for the Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
Phegley attended Terre Haute North Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, where he played college baseball for the Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
He made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox in 2013. He was named Indiana"s Mr. Baseball in 2006.
Minors
Phegley was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the first round (38th overall) of the 2009 MLB Draft.
Phegley started his professional career in 2009 at Class A with the Kannapolis hitting.224 with 9 home runs and 33 Reserve Bank of India in 52 games.
Then during an injury plagued 2010 season, Phegley spent time at three different levels in the White Sox system, rookie league Bristol, Class A-Advanced Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham. His totals for the 2010 season were.284, 5 home runs and 26 Reserve Bank of India in 48 games.
Phegley then began the 2011 season at Double-A Birmingham but was promoted to Triple-A Charlotte for the last month of the season. He hit a combined.242, 9 home runs and 56 Reserve Bank of India in 116 games in 2011.
Phegley spent the entire 2012 season at Triple-A Charlotte where he hit.266, 6 home runs, 48 Reserve Bank of India in 102 games.
Chicago White Sox
On July 5, 2013, Phegley was promoted from Triple-A after hitting.316 with 15 home runs, 18 doubles and 41 Reserve Bank of India. He collected his first Major League hit and Reserve Bank of India on a single off of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jeremy Hellickson on July 5, 2013. On July 7, 2013, Phegley recorded his first major league home run off of David Price. Phegley"s first grand slam came four days later against Detroit"s Aníbal Sánchez.
Oakland Athletics
After the 2014 season, the White Sox traded Phegley, Marcus Semien, Chris Bassitt, and Rangel Ravelo to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa.