Anthony Volpe

Anthony Michael Volpe (born April 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Yankees selected Volpe in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2023, winning the American League Gold Glove Award at shortstop in his rookie year.

Early life and amateur career

Volpe was born on April 28, 2001, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Volpe's parents are doctors. His father, Michael, is a urologist and his mother, Isabelle, is an anesthesiologist. Michael is of Italian descent and Isabelle is Filipino. His paternal grandparents were born in Naples, Italy, and his mother was born and raised in the Philippines.

Anthony Volpe lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a child. His family had partial season tickets to see the New York Yankees and he became a Yankees fan. He attended the Yankees' 2009 World Series championship parade. Volpe and his family moved to Watchung, New Jersey, when he was in the fourth grade.

Volpe attended Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, where he played for the school's baseball team and was a teammate of Jack Leiter, who is an MLB pitcher. As a senior, he batted .488 with seven home runs, 34 runs batted in (RBIs), and 17 stolen bases. He was named the 2019 New Jersey High School Player of the Year by Perfect Game. Volpe committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University.