Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich
Yelich with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2024
Milwaukee Brewers – No. 22
Left fielder & Right Fielder
Born: (1991-12-05) December 5, 1991
Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 23, 2013, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through June 2, 2025)
Batting average.285
Hits1,641
Home runs217
Runs batted in788
Stolen bases215
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams
Career highlights and awards
MLB
International
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
World Baseball Classic
2017 Los AngelesTeam

Christian 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.