SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres have officially signed outfielder and first baseman Connor Joe to a one-year contract for the 2025 season, announced President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller.
Connor Joe, 32, joins the Padres after two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2024, he hit .228 (83-for-364) with 22 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 36 RBI, and 49 runs scored over 123 games. The versatile 6-foot, 205-pound infielder/outfielder earned a spot on the Pirates’ Opening Day roster for the second consecutive season and fourth overall (previously with Colorado in 2022 and San Francisco in 2019), starting as the right fielder. The San Diego native excelled as a pinch hitter, batting .318 (7-for-22), which was the fourth-best mark in the National League among pinch hitters (minimum 25 plate appearances). Defensively, Joe made 79 appearances (49 starts) at first base, 44 appearances (35 starts) in right field, and six starts in left field, boasting a .992 fielding percentage (four errors, 500 total chances).
Joe has a career batting average of .242 (333-for-1375) with a .337 OBP, 82 doubles, nine triples, 35 home runs, 141 RBI, and 192 runs scored in 438 Major League games with the Giants (2019), Rockies (2021-22), and Pirates (2023-24). A Poway High School (Calif.) alum, Joe was drafted by the Pirates in the first round (39th overall) of the 2014 First Year Player Draft out of the University of San Diego. He was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year and a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist in 2014 after batting .367 and leading the conference with 51 RBI.
