Zack Gelof

Zachary Dunn Gelof (born October 19, 1999) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers, and was selected by the Athletics in the second round of the 2021 MLB draft. Gelof played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Early life Gelof is a son of Kelly and Adam Gelof, both of whom are attorneys. He is Jewish. His younger brother Jake Gelof played baseball as a third baseman for the University of Virginia, was drafted in the second round of the 2023 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now plays in the Dodgers organization; Jake was Zack's teammate in both high school and college. High school Gelof grew up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he attended Hebrew school in the Seaside Jewish Community. He attended Cape Henlopen High School. Gelof served as Class President for each of his four years. He played every game of the high school baseball team's four seasons in his years in high school. In his senior year, playing shortstop and pitching, he batted .465 and led the state in hits (35), runs (37), and home runs (7) and was 28-for-28 in stolen bases, along with 17 RBIs. As a pitcher he was 4-0 with a 1.30 ERA, and 34 strikeouts in 26 innings, and threw an 87 miles per hour fastball. He was named 2018 Delaware Gatorade Player of Year, Delaware Baseball Coaches Player of the Year, Delaware News Journal First Team All-State Shortstop, Perfect Game/Rawlings 2018 honorable mention All American and 1st Team Northeast All Region. He finished his high school baseball career as Delaware's all-time leader in runs scored (103) and stolen bases (81-for-81), and second in career hits (105), and was a two-time Henlopen Conference Player of Year as a shortstop and a pitcher.