Braden Montgomery

Nationality

United States

Born

2003-04-16

Height

6' 2"

Weight

220 lbs

Number

#24

Braden Abraham Montgomery (born April 16, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Montgomery played college baseball as both a pitcher and an outfielder for the Stanford Cardinal and Texas A&M Aggies. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2026 with the White Sox. Amateur career Montgomery grew up in Madison, Mississippi, and attended Madison Central High School. He was named the Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. Montgomery was considered the top high school prospect in the state. Montgomery enrolled at Stanford University and played college baseball with the Stanford Cardinal in his freshman year as a starting outfielder. He also pitched for the team, primarily as a reliever. He was named the Pac-12 Conference freshman of the year at the end of the regular season after compiling a .294 batting average with 16 doubles, 18 home runs, 50 runs scored, and 57 runs batted in (RBI) and also posting a 5.79 earned run average (ERA) with 28 strikeouts over 18+2⁄3 innings pitched. He was also named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball. In 2022, he played for the United States collegiate national team. After the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Montgomery played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Montgomery was named to the preseason All-Pac-12 team entering his sophomore season. Montgomery transferred to Texas A&M University to play for the Texas A&M Aggies for the 2024 season, his junior year. In 61 games, he batted .322 with 27 home runs and 85 RBI. He made only two pitching appearance for the Aggies, allowing four runs in two innings pitched.