Chase Utley is a six-time All-Star, won a World Series with the Phillies in 2008, and was chosen as the second baseman on the Sports Illustrated All-Decade Team for the 2000s.
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52 Facts About Chase Utley
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Chase Utley was considered by fans to be a team leader of the Phillies, alongside Rollins and Ryan Howard, and he has been noted for his leadership qualities with the Dodgers.
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Chase Utley was known for his quiet understated demeanor, instead setting an example for teammates with his exhaustive preparation in the video room and the batting cage.
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Chase Utley has been criticized by some former players for an overly agressive baserunning style.
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Chase Utley holds the major league record for most stolen bases in a single season without being caught, set in 2009 when he stole 23 bases.
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Chase Utley was born in Pasadena, California, and was raised in Long Beach, California, with his younger sister, Taylor Ann.
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Chase Utley played baseball at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, alongside former MLB player, Milton Bradley and at the University of California, Los Angeles for the UCLA Bruins.
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Chase Utley set a school single-season record with 14 home runs Utley was drafted in the second round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 76th pick, but turned down a $850,000 offer by the Dodgers to attend UCLA.
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Chase Utley was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft.
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Chase Utley was selected to the All-Star Futures Game in 2001 and made the International League post-season all-star team in 2003.
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Chase Utley made his major league debut on April 4,2003, as a pinch hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Chase Utley was struck out swinging by Jeff Suppan in his first at-bat.
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Chase Utley was optioned back to the minors on April 30 recalled by the Phillies again in August 2003, to replace Placido Polanco at second base.
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Chase Utley scored the final game winning RBI in Phillies history at Veterans Stadium, on September 27,2003.
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Chase Utley recorded the final at-bat at Veterans Stadium by grounding into a game-ending double play on September 28,2003.
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Chase Utley was selected by the Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America as the co-recipient of the 2005 Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player Award.
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Chase Utley was a member of Team USA in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, and was selected by fans to start at second base for the National League at the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
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Chase Utley tied Luis Castillo, who had a 35-game hitting streak in 2002, for the longest hitting streak by a second baseman.
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Chase Utley's streak was the longest for a purely left-handed hitter since Tommy Holmes' 37-game streak in 1945.
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Chase Utley combined with Jimmy Rollins in 2006 to become the first pair of middle infielders in National League history to hit 25 home runs each in the same season; Chase Utley hit 32, while Rollins hit 25.
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Chase Utley later received the Silver Slugger Award for being the best hitting second baseman in the National League.
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On January 21,2007, the day after his wedding, Chase Utley signed a 7-year, $85 million contract extension with the Phillies.
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Chase Utley helped the Phillies to their first playoff appearance in fourteen seasons as the team capped a dramatic comeback by clinching the National League East division title on the final day of the regular season.
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Chase Utley had two hits in 11 at-bats as the Phillies were swept in three games by the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 National League Division Series.
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Chase Utley completed a streak of five consecutive games with a home run, and hit.
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On May 13,2008, Utley received an unexpected accolade from lifelong baseball fan George W Bush, who stated in an interview with politico.
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The next night, Chase Utley hit another home run for another streak of five games with a longball amidst a span of eight games with seven home runs.
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Chase Utley went a career-long 0-for-24 in the midst of a 1-for-29 slump, during which the Phillies lost a season-high six in a row.
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Chase Utley was selected to start his third consecutive All-Star game.
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Chase Utley was the starter at second base for the National League All-Star team.
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Chase Utley had a perfect stolen-base percentage in 2009, with 23 steals, setting a record for most steals in a single season without being caught.
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On October 28, Chase Utley drew a two-out walk in the first inning of Game 1 of the 2009 World Series, setting a record for reaching base in consecutive postseason games.
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Chase Utley hit two home runs in his next two at-bats, the first World Series game played in the new Yankee Stadium.
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Chase Utley was voted into the All-Star Game as the starter at second base, but was unable to play due to injury.
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Chase Utley won a Fielding Bible Award for his statistically based defensive excellence during the year.
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Chase Utley finished 2012 with numbers very similar to 2011, hitting.
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Chase Utley played three games at third base, the first time he had played there in the majors.
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On October 10,2015, during the second game of the 2015 National League Division Series, Chase Utley slid into Ruben Tejada of the New York Mets in an attempt to break up what might have been an inning-ending double play, fracturing Tejada's right fibula in the collision.
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Chase Utley was ruled safe by the umpires after a video review.
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On May 28,2016, in a regular season game against the New York Mets, Chase Utley hit a solo home run and a grand slam, after he was thrown at by Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard in the third inning in an apparent retaliation for Chase Utley's slide on Ruben Tejada during the 2015 NLDS.
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In February 2017, Chase Utley signed a one-year, $2 million, contract to return to the Dodgers.
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On September 16, Chase Utley recorded his 400th career double in a game against the Washington Nationals In 2017, he batted.
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In Game 6 Chase Utley was the oldest to score a go-ahead run in a World Series elimination game since Enos Slaughter in 1957.
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On February 17,2018, Chase Utley re-signed with the Dodgers for two years and $2 million.
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On July 13, Chase Utley announced his intention to retire after the conclusion of the 2018 season.
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Chase Utley was left off of the Dodgers' postseason roster, but continued to travel and practice with the team as they lost the 2018 World Series to the Boston Red Sox four games to one.
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Chase Utley met his wife, Jennifer, while they were undergrads at UCLA.
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Chase Utley appeared on behalf of PETA in their "Adopt Don't Buy" video, encouraging people to find companion animals at shelters.
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Chase Utley appeared alongside teammate Ryan Howard as himself on the 2010 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods".
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On September 3,2013, Chase Utley responded to a letter written by Mac from the show years earlier.
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