Kyle Tucker | |||||||||||||||
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Chicago Cubs – No. 30 | |||||||||||||||
Right fielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: Tampa, Florida, U.S. | January 17, 1997|||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
July 7, 2018, for the Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .274 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 125 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 417 | ||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 94 | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Kyle Daniel Tucker (born January 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros.
A native of Tampa, Florida, Tucker won Florida's Gatorade Player of the Year Award while attending and playing for Henry B. Plant High School. Tucker was selected by the Astros with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut with them in 2018. In 2021, he was selected to the All-MLB Team for the first time. The following year, he won each of his first World Series championships, MLB All-Star selection, and Gold Glove Award. In 2023, Tucker was the AL run batted in leader, won a Silver Slugger Award, and was an All-Star for the second time in his career.In 2024 Kyle Tucker made the all-star in his third straight season while being injured.