Chris Stynes
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball biography Christopher Desmond Stynes (born January 19, 1973) is an American 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 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]
Career
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, Template:Mlby, 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]
References
External links
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- Living people
- Colorado Rockies players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Gulf Coast Blue Jays players
- Knoxville Smokies players
- Myrtle Beach Hurricanes players
- Omaha Royals players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Baseball players from Queens, New York
- Stynes family
- Boca Raton Community High School alumni