Chris Stynes
| Chris Stynes | |||
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| Third baseman / Second baseman / Left fielder | |||
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Born: January 19, 1973 Queens, New York | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 19, 1995, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 30, 2004, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .275 | ||
| Home runs | 51 | ||
| Runs batted in | 265 | ||
| Teams | |||
Christopher Desmond Stynes (born January 19, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball utility player.[1]
Early life
Christopher Desmond Stynes was born in Queens, New York and attended Boca Raton Community High School in Florida.[2] He attended Florida Atlantic University.[3]
His grandfather was Joe Stynes, who played Irish Rules football; Jim Stynes, his cousin, played for the Australian Rules Football League in Melbourne.[4]
Career
Among the Minor League Baseball teams that he played for was the Knoxville Smokies (now the Tennessee Smokies).[5][6]
He played in the majors from 1995-2004 for the Kansas City Royals,[1] Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles.[1]
Noted for his base-running speed, he managed to steal 3 consecutive bases in a single inning (second, third and then home-plate) while a member of the Kansas City Royals on May 12, 1996, during an 8-5 win against the Seattle Mariners.[7] He is the last American League player to accomplish this feat. [8]
References
- 1 2 3 Pete Palmer; Gary Gillette; Stuart Shea. The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing Company; 1 February 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-3625-4. p. 680.
- ↑ "Chris Stynes Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- ↑ "Chris Stynes Stats - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 1995-05-19. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- ↑ Bechtel, Mark (29 April 1998). "Spotlight: Getting His Irish Up: Leftfielder Chris Stynes has become the Reds' red-hot spark plug". CNN/SI. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
his grandfather, Joe Stynes, played Irish Rules football
- ↑ Robes Patton. "Halfway There." Sun-Sentinel. July 24, 1994. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Chris Stynes Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. 1973-01-19. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ↑ "Retrosheet Boxscore Seattle Mariners 8, Kansas City Royals 5". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ↑ "Stealing Home Base Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)