The Chicago White Sox selected Call in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft.[5] He split time between the rookie-level Great Falls Voyagers and Single-A Kannapolis Intimidators in his debut campaign,slashing a cumulative .308/.394/.445 with six home runs,35 RBI,and 14 stolen bases.[6] In 2017,Call played for the rookie-level Arizona League White Sox,Kannapolis,and the High-A Winston-Salem Dash,batting a combined .207/.295/.317 with three home runs,33 RBI,and five stolen bases.[6] The next year,he split the season between Winston-Salem and the Double-A Birmingham Barons. In 123 games between the two affiliates,he hit .248/.345/.415 with 12 home runs,58 RBI,and six stolen bases.[6]
Cleveland Indians / Guardians
On December 15,2018,Call was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Yonder Alonso.[7] He spent the 2019 season with the Double-A Akron RubberDucks,slashing .205/.266/.321 with five home runs and 31 RBI across 81 games.[6]
Call did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic[8] and in 2021,he played in 109 games split between Akron and the Triple-A Columbus Clippers,hitting .262/.356/.438 with 15 home runs,50 RBI,and 15 stolen bases.[6] He was assigned to Triple-A Columbus to begin the 2022 season,where he played in 71 games with a .280 average,11 homers and 46 RBI.[6]
Cleveland,now known as the Guardians,selected Call's contract on July 11,2022,and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time.[9] On July 22,he recorded his first career hit,a single off of Chicago White Sox reliever Tanner Banks.[10] He appeared in 12 big league games for Cleveland,going 2-for-12 with four walks.[11] On August 5,2022,the Guardians designated Call for assignment,removing him from the roster.[12]
Washington Nationals
Call with the Nationals in 2023
On August 7,2022,Call was claimed off waivers by the Washington Nationals.[13] On August 19,he hit his first career major league home run,a two-run shot off of San Diego Padres closer Josh Hader.[14] On September 8,he had four hits in five at bats,including a three-run home run,and five RBI in the Nationals 11–6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.[15] In 35 games for Washington,he had a slash line of .245/.330/.441 with five home runs and 13 RBI.[16]
Call played in 128 games for the Nationals in 2023,hitting .200/.307/.307 with eight home runs,38 RBIs,and nine stolen bases.[17] He was optioned to the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings to begin the 2024 season,[18] where he hit .222 with 11 homers and 52 RBI in 75 games.[6] In 30 games with the Nationals he hit .343/.425/.525 with three home runs,14 RBIs,and five stolen bases.[16]
Call returned to the Nationals in 2025,playing in 72 games and hitting .274 with three home runs and 26 RBI.[16]
Los Angeles Dodgers
On July 31,2025,the Nationals traded Call to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Sean Paul Liñan and Eriq Swan.[19] He played in 38 games for the Dodgers (primarily as the right handed part of a platoon with Michael Conforto) and batted .247 with two home runs and five RBI.[16]
Call appeared in seven games in the 2025 postseason. He appeared as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning of the first game of the Wild Card Series and hit an RBI single;[20] He started two games in the Division Series and had two hits in two at-bats with two walks before being replaced in each game;[21] he had one at-bat in the National League Championship Series.[16] In the 2025 World Series,he pinch-hit for Andy Pages in the 13th inning of the 18-inning third game and wound up with one hit in three at-bats in the game;in Game 4,he was hitless in two at-bats after also replacing Pages;and he started Game 5 and was hitless in two at-bats with one walk.[22]
Major League Development Integration Coach 89 Brandon McDaniel
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