Samuel John Travis (born August 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Caliente de Durango of the Mexican League.
In his third season with the Indiana Hoosiers, Travis earned the 2013 Big Ten Most Outstanding Player of the Year honors after hitting a slash line of .347/.415/.576 in 59 games, including 16 doubles, two triples and 12 home runs, while scoring 55 times and driving in 58 runs, the most in the Big Ten Conference.
[3][4] Travis also played for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod Baseball League after claiming Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year honors in the summer of 2012, when he finished with a sixth-best average of .339 and seventh-best OBP of .415, while adding 12 doubles, four homers and 35 RBIs.
[5] Additionally, he won the Chicago Tribune Illinois Player of the Year distinction in 2011 and was on United States national baseball team in 2013.
[4][7] Travis moved quickly through Boston's farm system, reaching his fourth level in under a calendar year.
Travis opened 2015 with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox, where he blossomed and quickly earned a promotion to Double-A Portland Sea Dogs after 66 games.
[9][10] After that, Travis played in the Arizona Fall League, batting .344/.394/.505 in 23 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions and earning an All-Star berth.
[13] Travis started the 2017 season with Triple-A Pawtucket, where he would ultimately appear in 82 games while batting .270 with six home runs and 24 RBIs, when not on Boston's active MLB roster.
[18] Travis played in the Dominican Winter League during their 2017–18 season for Gigantes del Cibao, batting 5-for-32 (.156) in ten games.
[19] Travis was placed on the minor league disabled list in early May with a left intercostal strain; he later went on a rehabilitation assignment at extended spring training.
[25] Travis was included on Boston's 2019 Opening Day roster,[26] as Steve Pearce started the season on the 10-day injured list due to a left calf injury.
[38] Travis spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, appearing in 71 games and hitting .256/.312/.444 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI.
On May 20, 2024, Travis and Robbie Glendinning were traded to the Caliente de Durango in exchange for Alberth Martínez.