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Chris
Chris
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2025 SEASON
◆ Began 10th Major League season with Los Angeles Dodgers...Batted .200 (7/35) with four extra-base hits in 28
games.
◆ Signed with the Angels on May 26...Hit five doubles and two home runs in 30 games for the Halos.
◆ Fractured left hand on a hit by pitch on June 9 against Athletics...Missed 68 games across two injured list stints
with the injury.
◆ Batted .267 (8/30) with a .770 OPS and 10 RBI with runners in scoring position.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Two-time World Series champion (2020, 2024) with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
◆ Knocked his 100th career home run via a grand slam June 15, 2023…Only player to hit a grand slam for both his
first and 100th career home runs.
◆ Dodgers 2023 Roberto Clemente Award nominee.
◆ 2021 National League All-Star...Named National League Player of the Week for July 21. TAYLOR
◆ Hit walk-off home run in 2021 N.L. Wild Card game against St. Louis to send the Dodgers to the Division Series...
Hit three home runs in Game 5 of the 2021 NLCS against Atlanta on Oct. 21, 2021.
◆ Dodgers 2021 Roy Campanella Award recipient, awarded to the Dodgers player who best exemplifies the spirit
and leadership of the Hall of Fame Dodgers catcher...Named 2021 Dodgers MLBPAA Heart and Hustle Award
nominee.
◆ Named 2017 NLCS co-MVP alongside teammate Justin Turner.
◆ Made Major League debut on July 24, 2014 against the Orioles, and collected his first big league hit with a single
in the fifth inning off of LHP Wei-Yin Chen.
POSTSEASON SUMMARY
◆ Has appeared in eight postseasons and has a .247 (56/227) average and .791 OPS with 39 runs scored, 13
doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 26 RBI, and five stolen bases across 80 career playoff games.
◆ Made postseason debut for Dodgers in 2017...Batted .254 (15/59) with a .889 OPS and eight extra-base hits
across the Dodgers' 15-game playoff run...Named NLCS co-MVP after batting .316 (6/19) with five runs scored,
one double, one triple, two home runs, three RBI and a 1.248 OPS in the Dodgers' five game series win over the
Cubs...Hit a leadoff home run against Astros RHP Dallas Keuchel in Game 1 of the World Series, the fourth leadoff
home run in Game 1 in MLB history.
◆ Returned to the playoffs in 2018 with the Dodgers and batted .282 (11/39) with six runs scored, three RBI, and
a .853 OPS across 15 games...Slashed .364/.462/.500 in Dodgers' seven-game NLCS victory over Milwaukee.
◆ Batted .125 (1/8) with one run scored in Dodgers 2019 NLDS loss to Washington.
◆ Won first World Series with Dodgers in 2020; slashed .207/.270/.328 with eight runs scored, four doubles, one
home run, and three RBI during the playoff run...Had three multi-hit games and hit second career World Series
home run in Game 2 against Tampa Bay.
◆ Slashed .351/.419/.784 across 11 games in Dodgers 2021 playoff run...Hit walk-off home run in Wild Card Game
against St. Louis to propel Dodgers to the NLDS, and he became the fifth player in Major League history to hit a
walk-off homer in a winner-take-all postseason game...Hit three home runs in a four-hit performance in Game
5 of the NLCS against Atlanta, just the fifth time a player has logged at least four hits with three home runs in a
postseason game in MLB history.
◆ Did not record a hit in two appearances in the 2022 NLDS against San Diego.
◆ Went 1-for-6 with an RBI in three games in the 2023 NLDS against Arizona.
◆ Returned for eighth career postseason in 2024, and won second World Series ring with the Dodgers...Batted
.231 (3/13) with three runs scored and one stolen base in 13 games.
WILD CARD TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2020— LAD, MIL .500 2 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .500 0
2021— LAD, STL .500 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 2.500 0
Totals .500 3 8 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500 0
DIVISION SERIES TOTALS
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2017— LAD, ARI .231 3 13 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .333 0
2018— LAD, ATL .333 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.333 .500 0
2019— LAD, WSH .125 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .125 .364 0
2020— LAD, SD .000 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .154 0
2021— LAD, SF .143 4 14 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .214 .235 0
2022— LAD, SD .000 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
2023— LAD, ARI .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .167 .286 0
2024— LAD, SD .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
Totals .121 27 66 10 8 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 11 0 24 0 0 1 .197 .244 0

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