Trace Loehr comes to Newman Outdoor Field in 2021 for his seventh season of professional baseball and first with the RedHawks after spending the last six seasons in the Oakland Athletics organization. Originally selected by the A’s in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB Amateur Draft out of Rex Putnam High School (Milwaukie, Or.). He reached the Triple-A level in 2019, hitting .333/.368/.556 in 15 appearances for the Las Vegas Aviators in the final month of the season. He crushed a walk-off three-run home run in his first Triple-A at-bat on Aug. 2, 2019 to seal a 10-8 10-inning win for Las Vegas over the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Loehr was promoted to Triple-A after hitting .291/.351/.391 in 93 games for the Advanced-A Stockton Ports. Combined in 2019, Loehr hit .295/.352/.407 with 114 hits, 45 RBIs, 22 doubles, and five home runs. He elected free agency on Nov. 2, 2020.

Loehr was named a Midwest League (Single-A) All-Star in 2018 while playing for the Beloit Snappers. In 118 games split between Advanced-A Stockton and Single-A Beloit in 2018, Loehr hit .274/.331/.366 with 122 hits, 26 doubles, 33 RBIs, three triples, three home runs, 38 walks, and 16 stolen bases. He spent 2016 and 2017 in Beloit after playing for the Low-A Vermont Lake Monsters in 2015. He earned Midwest League Player of the Week honors for the week of Aug. 28, 2016 in his first season with the Snappers.