| Chris Stynes | |
|---|---|
| Third baseman / Second baseman / Left fielder | |
| Born:January 19, 1973 Queens, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| 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 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Christopher Desmond Stynes (born January 19,1973) is an American former Major League Baseball utility player. [1]
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 Joe Stynes won the 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship;his cousin Jim Stynes was a legend for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. [4]
Among the Minor League Baseball teams that he played for was the Knoxville Smokies. [5] [6]
He played in the majors from 1995 to 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]
In the 1997 season,Stynes had 7 hits in his first 7 at bats,setting an MLB record for most consecutive hits to start a season. The record was broken in 2021 by Yermín Mercedes,who went 8-for-8 to start the 2021 season. [8]
Stynes missed nearly a month of play during the 2001 season [9] after a pitch from Aaron Sele hit Stynes in the cheek,breaking the cheekbone in two places. [10]
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his grandfather, Joe Stynes, played Irish Rules football
