Kristopher Lee Bryant was born on January 4,1992, and nicknamed "KB", is an American professional baseball third baseman and outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.
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48 Facts About Kris Bryant
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Kris Bryant has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants.
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Kris Bryant was named an MLB All-Star and won the National League's Rookie of the Year Award.
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Kris Bryant was again named an All-Star in 2016, won a World Series championship with the Cubs, and was named the NL's Most Valuable Player.
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Kris Bryant was named a freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger and the West Coast Conference Co-Freshman of the Year and Co-Player of the Year, sharing both honors with Marco Gonzales.
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Kris Bryant was again named first team All-WCC and he was named a first-team All-American by Baseball America.
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That summer, Kris Bryant was selected by USA Baseball to play for the United States collegiate national team.
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Kris Bryant had the most home runs hit by a college player since the NCAA switched to a BBCOR composite bat in 2011.
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Kris Bryant broke the previous record of 30 set by Georgia Southern's Victor Roache in 2011 and amounted to more home runs than 223 of 296 Division I teams hit that season.
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Kris Bryant was named a Louisville Slugger First Team All-American, the Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, and the American Baseball Coaches Association Player of the Year.
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Kris Bryant was considered to be one of the best available players in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.
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Kris Bryant believed he would be chosen by the Colorado Rockies, who had the third selection of the draft.
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Kris Bryant was rated as the best hitter in the draft because of his abilities hitting for power and making contact on inside fastballs as well as down-and-away curveballs.
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Kris Bryant began his professional career with the Boise Hawks of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, where he batted.
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Kris Bryant was named co-player of the week, along with Mitch Haniger, in the first week of the fall league season.
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Kris Bryant started 2014 with the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League.
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Kris Bryant was invited to spring training by the Cubs in 2015.
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Baseball analysts assumed that the service-time rules in baseball were the majority influence on the team's decision; if Kris Bryant were to play 12 days in the minors before being promoted to the majors, the Cubs would receive another year of club control.
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Kris Bryant made his debut that day at Wrigley Field, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
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Kris Bryant was selected as an injury replacement selection for Giancarlo Stanton on the National League roster of the All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Kris Bryant struck out 199 times, which led the National League and set a new rookie record.
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Kris Bryant won the Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award for the National League, becoming the first Cub to earn it since Soto in 2008.
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Kris Bryant was named by his fellow players as the "Players Choice Awards" National League Outstanding Rookie.
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Kris Bryant hit a first-inning home run off Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox, his first career home run in an All-Star Game.
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In each of those categories, Kris Bryant's statistics represented improvements over his rookie season totals.
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Kris Bryant recorded hits in all four games against the San Francisco Giants in the 2016 NLDS.
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Kris Bryant concluded the 2016 season by winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award in his second year in the major leagues.
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Kris Bryant became the first player to win a Golden Spikes Award, a Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award, a Rookie of the Year Award, and a Most Valuable Player Award in successive seasons.
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Kris Bryant won the Hank Aaron Award as the National League's most outstanding hitter.
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In 2017, Kris Bryant finished second in fan voting to Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies as the starting NL third baseman in the 2017 All-Star Game.
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Kris Bryant finished second in the All-Star Final Vote, behind Justin Turner, and did not make the All-Star team.
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Kris Bryant hit his 100th home run in his 487th game, barely eclipsing the previous mark of 500 games set by Ernie Banks.
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Kris Bryant played third base and went 1-for-4 with a home run in the third inning.
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Kris Bryant played 26 games at third base, 19 games in left field, 11 games in right field, and 5 games in center field.
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On March 18,2022, Kris Bryant had signed a seven-year contract worth $182 million with the Colorado Rockies.
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Kris Bryant missed the last two months of the 2022 season due to plantar fasciitis and a bone bruise in his right foot.
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In 2017, Kris Bryant teamed up with Bryce Harper to help their hometown of Las Vegas in relief efforts assisting victims of a shooting at a music concert that left 58 people dead.
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On Players Weekend in 2017, Kris Bryant chose to wear three different cleats which promoted the Wings for Life Foundation, a non-profit organization that specializes in spinal cord research.
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Kris Bryant has been heavily involved in this organization ever since 2011 when a friend of his, Cory Hahn, was paralyzed while a freshman playing baseball at Arizona State.
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In 2015, Kris Bryant was awarded 2015 NL Outstanding Rookie from the Player Choice Awards.
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Kris Bryant chose to send the $20,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust to the Wounded Warrior Project.
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Kris Bryant was named his high school's salutatorian, but allowed a classmate to take the role instead when he found out how badly she wanted it.
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Kris Bryant proposed to long-time girlfriend Jessica Delp in December 2015.
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