page_title: Cody Decker
section_title: San Diego Padres
hierarchical_section_title: Cody Decker / Professional career / San Diego Padres
caption_attribution_description: Cody Decker
context_page_description: Cody Marshall Decker is an American former professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. A right-handed power hitter, he played first base, third base, left field, and could catch.
  Playing for Santa Monica High School in California, Decker batted .490 and was Ocean League MVP his senior year. Playing college baseball for UCLA, he led the Pac-10 in home runs with 21 during his senior year in 2009, was a two-time All-Pac-10 selection, and ended his college career tied for 7th on UCLA's all-time home run list with 47.
  Decker was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 22nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. That summer he batted .354 and led the Arizona League in home runs, RBIs, total bases, and slugging percentage, and had the best fielding percentage for a first baseman. He was named the AZL Most Valuable Player and a Topps Post-Season All Star. In 2010, he was fourth in the California League in home runs and seventh in RBIs. He was named an MiLB.com San Diego Organization All Star and MiLB.com Short-Season Best Hitter of the Year. In 2012, he was second in the Texas League in home runs and third in slugging percentage.
context_section_description: Decker was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 22nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He said his after-tax signing bonus was $638.
  In 2009, he batted .354 (3rd in the league) and led the Arizona League in home runs (15), RBIs (63-an Arizona League record), doubles (21), extra-base hits (39), total bases (142-an Arizona League record), slugging percentage (.717), and OPS (1.138), was 2nd in hits (70), 4th in runs (46) and on base percentage (.421), and had the best fielding percentage for a first baseman, while playing for the Arizona League Padres.  Decker was named the AZL Most Valuable Player (beating out Mike Trout), a Topps Short-Season/Rookie All Star, and Topps Post-Season All Star.
  In 2010, Decker was fourth in the California League in home runs (28; tied for the lead among Padres minor leaguers), sixth in doubles (35), seventh in RBIs (90; second-best among Padres minor leaguers), and ninth in walks (60), with the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He then was named an MiLB.com San Diego Organization All Star and MiLB.com Short-Season Best Hitter of the Year with the Arizona League Padres, and voted California League Player of the Week on August 30, 2010, with the Storm.
  Decker missed nearly three months of the 2011 season with a severe third-degree right ankle sprain, though he hit 15 home runs in 59 games, 13 of them in AA.
  In 2012, Decker finished second in the Texas League in home runs (25), third in slugging percentage (.540), and tenth in RBIs (68) with the AA San Antonio Missions.  In addition, he was twice named Texas League Player of the Week, on May 7 and May 14.
  Decker split the 2013 season between San Antonio and Tucson, hitting 19 home runs (second among Padres minor leaguers) with 70 RBIs. He was third in the Pacific Coast League in slugging percentage (.534).
  In 2014, Decker tied for fourth in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in home runs with 27 for the AAA El Paso Chihuahuas, and led all Padres minor leaguers in homers. He also tied for third among Padres minor leaguers in RBIs, with 79. He was named a 2014 MiLB.com San Diego Organization All Star.
  In 2015, he was a PCL mid-season All Star with El Paso, and an MiLB.com San Diego Organization All Star. Decker had the fourth-best home run/at bat ratio in the league, with a homer every 17.78 at bats. On May 11, 2015, he was voted PCL Player of the Week. Through 2015, he was the all-time minor league home run leader for the Padres, with 154. Sam Geaney, the Padres Director of Player Development, described him as "big-time right-handed power." Afterwards, newspaper El Paso Times called him "the most popular player during the El Paso Chihuahuas' first two seasons."  Announcer Tim Hagerty said he had not ever seen a ballplayer connect with a team's fan base as Decker did with El Paso.
  Decker made his Major League debut with the Padres on September 14, 2015, after 2,566 at bats in 761 games over seven seasons while playing in the minor leagues. At the time, his 154 home runs in the minors were the most by any MLB-affiliated minor league player since he was drafted in 2009, and the most ever by a Padres minor leaguer. Decker went hitless with an RBI in 11 at bats, and became a free agent after his debut season.
caption: Decker with the Lake Elsinore Storm, advanced-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, in 2010
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