Christian Stephen Yelich was born on December 5,1991 and is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball.
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30 Facts About Christian Yelich
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Christian Yelich was born in Thousand Oaks, California, and attended Westlake High School.
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Christian Yelich was named Second Team All-American by Max Preps and was ranked 34 among the top 100 players in the nation in high school.
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Christian Yelich accepted a scholarship to play college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team.
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Christian Yelich played in six games for the Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2010, batting.
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Christian Yelich was named the Marlins' Minor League Player of the Year in both 2011 and 2012.
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Christian Yelich won a Gold Glove Award in left field, becoming the franchise's youngest ever player and first outfielder to win the award.
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Christian Yelich served as the final out of Jordan Zimmermann's no-hitter on September 28,2014, when Steven Souza Jr.
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Christian Yelich had improved from his earlier offensive struggles and was hitting.
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Christian Yelich hit well in that spot, and managed to increase his power output.
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Defensively, Christian Yelich was a starting outfielder, alongside Ozuna and Giancarlo Stanton.
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Christian Yelich was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game after batting.
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On March 31,2019, Christian Yelich became the sixth player in MLB history to hit a home run in each of his team's first four games.
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On July 1,2019, Christian Yelich became the first player in Brewers franchise history to reach 30 home runs before the All-Star Break, beating former Brewer Prince Fielder's record of 29 home runs.
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Christian Yelich was selected to participate in the Home Run Derby but had to withdraw due to a back injury.
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Christian Yelich had the highest Hard Contact Percentage of all National League batters, at 50.
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Christian Yelich was the first National League player to lead the league in batting average and slugging percentage in consecutive seasons since Rogers Hornsby, who did so from 1920 to 1925.
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Christian Yelich won the NL Hank Aaron Award for the second year in a row and finished second in NL MVP voting.
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At the start of the 2021 season, Christian Yelich had a lingering back problem that caused him to spend over half of the months of April and May on the injured list.
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Christian Yelich hit his third career cycle on May 11,2022, becoming the sixth player in MLB history to do so, and the first player to accomplish three cycles against the same team, the Cincinnati Reds.
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Christian Yelich played for the United States national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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Christian Yelich is the eldest child of Stephen and Alecia Christian Yelich, and the great-grandson of American football player Fred Gehrke, who played for the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.
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Christian Yelich has two brothers: Collin, who played minor league baseball in the Atlanta Braves Organization, and Cameron Yelich, who is a member of the United States Marine Corps.
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Christian Yelich's paternal great grandfather was a Serb from Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Christian Yelich was baptized in the Serbian Orthodox Church as Risto Scepan Jelic.
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Christian Yelich's scene was with the 2018 Honolulu Little League World Champions in which he homers off a pitch from series protagonist Orville "Rick" Wright.
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Christian Yelich once invited Cleveland Browns quarterback and 2017 Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield to Brewers batting practice.
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Christian Yelich grew up both a Los Angeles Dodgers fan and a New York Yankees fan.
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