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Bats Throws Height Weight
Infielder RIGHT RIGHT 5-11 190
BORN: NOV. 11, 2001 OPENING DAY AGE: 24
BIRTHPLACE: BERKELEY, CA RESIDES: OAKLEY, CA
MLB SERVICE: 124 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SECOND ROUND OF 2019 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2026; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 2/3 OPTIONS USED

PARIS’ LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
PARIS
2019— AZL Angels .300 3 10 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .400 .462 2
2020— DID NOT PLAY - Participated at Angels Alternate Training Site
2021— Inland Empire .274 29 106 29 29 5 6 2 18 0 0 3 27 0 41 16 4 1 .491 .434 12
ACL Angels .357 5 14 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 .571 .400 0
Tri-City .231 13 52 6 12 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 20 4 0 2 .365 .273 4
2022— Tri-City .229 89 328 58 75 18 5 8 32 5 0 9 49 0 117 28 4 6 .387 .345 18
ACL Angels .143 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .571 .333 0
Rocket City .359 14 39 11 14 2 0 3 8 0 0 2 10 0 14 5 0 0 .641 .510 1
2023— Rocket City .255 113 415 79 106 23 1 14 45 0 2 7 88 0 151 44 5 4 .417 .393 18
LAA .100 15 40 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 17 3 0 0 .100 .200 0
2024— Rocket City .091 23 77 8 7 1 1 0 7 0 3 2 9 0 36 8 1 2 .130 .198 2
LAA .118 21 51 4 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 7 0 17 1 0 1 .216 .224 1
Salt Lake .209 37 139 20 29 5 2 4 19 2 2 0 16 0 52 8 1 6 .360 .287 12
2025— LAA .190 44 126 20 24 4 1 6 11 0 0 3 10 0 59 7 1 1 .381 .266 0
Salt Lake .225 32 111 24 25 3 3 6 16 1 1 4 20 0 37 11 1 2 .468 .360 3
Tri-City .200 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .400 .333 0
MAJOR TOTALS .157 80 217 28 34 6 1 7 17 1 0 4 21 0 93 11 1 2 .290 .244 1
MINOR TOTALS .236 362 1303 243 307 61 19 40 156 8 8 29 227 0 479 126 17 23 .404 .359 72
Disabling Injuries: 2023 — Left thumb ligament tear; disabled Sept. 18 - end of season
2025 SEASON
◆ Made first career Opening Day roster with Angels and had a 1.018 OPS through his first 19 games...Over the last
100 seasons, Paris was the seventh player age-23 (or younger) to have an OPS that high and at least five stolen
bases through their first 19 games of a season, joining Don Baylor (1972 Orioles), Tony Gwynn (1984 Padres),
Kal Daniels (1987 Reds), Hanley Ramirez (2007 Marlins), Fernando Tatis Jr. (2020 Padres) and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
(2021 Marlins).
◆ First player in American League history with at least five home runs and five stolen bases with an OPS of 1.400
or higher through a team’s first 14 games of the season; the only N.L. players to do so are Eric Davis (1987) and
Larry Walker (1997).
◆ Had highest OPS through 12 games for a player age-23 or younger (min. 30 PA) since Jimmie Foxx (1.595) for the
1928 Philadelphia A’s.
◆ Notched first career multi-homer game April 9 at TB; homered in three consecutive games Apr. 6-9 (first time in
career)...Had nine-game on-base streak from Mar. 29 - Apr. 9.
◆ Third Angels player age-23 or younger to hit four home runs in a three-game span, joining Wally Joyner (1986)
and Mike Trout (2015)...Paris is the seventh Angels player with homers in three straight games in his age-23
season or younger, joining Jim Spencer (1969), Wally Joyner (1986), Garret Anderson (1995), Troy Glaus (2000),
Mike Trout (2013) and Shohei Ohtani (2018).
◆ Had a game-tying or go-ahead hit in three consecutive games from March 30-April 1 to become the fourth
player in Angels history with a tying or go-ahead RBI in the 7th inning-or-later of three straight games, joining
Jared Walsh (April 3-5, 2021), Rod Carew (June 9-11, 1980) and Willie Smith (June 22-24, 1964). (ELIAS)
◆ Optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake on May 26, and batted .224 (26/116) with a .825 OPS across 34 combined games
with the Bees and Low-A Inland Empire to finish the season...Was recalled to Angels on June 23 and appeared in
one game in final MLB stint of the year, as a defensive replacement on June 24 against Boston.

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