BirthAugust 291990

Chris Taylor (baseball)

Chris Taylor, American baseball player

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When
Wednesday, August 29 199036 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Chris Taylor (baseball)

At a glanceAI-assisted

Chris Taylor is an American professional baseball player born August 29, 1990. He plays as an outfielder and infielder in Major League Baseball.

Who they were

Chris Taylor, American baseball player

Early lifeAI-assisted

Taylor was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School.

Path and careerAI-assisted

The Seattle Mariners selected Taylor in the 19th round of the 2009 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut with Seattle in 2014.

Taylor played for the Colorado Rockies (2015–2016) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2017–present). He won a World Series championship with the Dodgers in 2020.

Why this date

Chris Taylor (baseball) appears on our August 29 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.

August 29 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1990Chris Taylor (baseball)
  2. 1998Cubana de Aviación Flight 389
  3. 2001Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261
  4. 2003Sayyid
  5. 2005Hurricane Katrina
  6. 20072007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
  7. 20122012 Summer Paralympics
  8. 2012Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster
  9. 2016Chen Quanguo
  10. 20202020 Women's FA Community Shield
  11. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war

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  • September 18LiechtensteinLiechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
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  • November 17Mount UnzenFugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.

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August 29 1990 — 36 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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