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Kris Bryant

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b. January 4, 1992 · Chicago Cubs 2015–2021, San Francisco Giants 2021, Colorado Rockies 2022–2024

He reached Chicago in 2015, hit 26 home runs in 151 games and was Rookie of the Year. The next season he hit 39 home runs, drove in 102 and led the National League with 121 runs, and the writers voted him Most Valuable Player. Chicago won the World Series that fall.

Cal Ripken, Ryan Howard and Dustin Pedroia are the only others who have been Rookie of the Year and then Most Valuable Player the following season. Bryant was an All-Star in each of his first two years and again in 2019 and 2021, and he hit 29 or more home runs in three of his first five seasons.

Chicago traded him to San Francisco during the 2021 season, and he moved to Colorado for 2022. He has played 170 games in the four seasons since, eleven of them in 2025. His record stands at 1,068 hits, 184 home runs, 548 runs batted in and 667 runs over eleven seasons.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 4 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
Player of the Week 2 2019, 2021
Hank Aaron Award 1 2016
MLB Players Choice Outstanding Rookie 1 2015
Most Valuable Player 1 2016
Player of the Month 1 2016
Rookie of the Month 1 2015
Rookie of the Year 1 2015
This Year in Baseball Best Rookie 1 2015
The Sporting News All-Star 1 2016
The Sporting News Rookie of the Year 1 2015

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
2015 CHC 15155987154 31526 997719913 .275
2016 CHC 155603121176 35339 102751548 .292
2017 CHC 151549111162 38429 73951287 .295
2018 CHC 10238959106 28313 52481072 .272
2019 CHC 147543108153 35131 77741454 .282
2020 CHC 341312027 514 1112400 .206
2021 CHC/SFG 14451386136 32225 736213510 .265
2022 COL 421602849 1205 1417270 .306
2023 COL 803003670 10010 3129680 .233
2024 COL 37133929 502 1513480 .218
2025 COL 113926 200 12130 .154
Career 105439196671068 23319184 548504106444 .273

On this day & linked events

1992

Born January 4, 1992

Las Vegas, NV, USA

2015

Major-league debut: Kris Bryant

Kris Bryant made a major-league debut on April 17, 2015.

2016

Kris Bryant's Three-Home-Run Game, 2016

Kris Bryant hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the Cincinnati Reds on June 27, 2016.

2019

Kris Bryant's Three-Home-Run Game, 2019

Kris Bryant hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the Washington Nationals on May 17, 2019.

Image: Minda Haas, CC BY-SA 2.0