Christian Yelich
American baseball player (born 1991)
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- Christian Stephen Yelich (born December 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
- Internationally, Yelich represents the United States.
- The Marlins selected Yelich in the first round of the 2010 MLB draft.
- Yelich is a three-time MLB All-Star, a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, a two-time National League batting champion, a Gold Glove Award recipient in 2014, and the winner of the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2018.
- He joined Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, Adrián Beltré, and Trea Turner as the only players in MLB history to hit for the cycle three times.
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WikipediaChristian Stephen Yelich (born December 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Miami Marlins. Internationally, Yelich represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament and was named to the All-World Baseball Classic Team.
The Marlins selected Yelich in the first round of the 2010 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut for the Marlins in 2013 and was traded to the Brewers in the 2017–18 offseason. Yelich is a three-time MLB All-Star, a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, a two-time National League batting champion, a Gold Glove Award recipient in 2014, and the winner of the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2018.
Yelich hit for the cycle twice in 2018 and once in 2022. He joined Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, Adrián Beltré, and Trea Turner as the only players in MLB history to hit for the cycle three times. He is also the only player with three cycles against the same team — the Cincinnati Reds. Yelich was the third player to record two in a single season, joining Herman (1931) and Aaron Hill (2012).
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