In context
- When
- Thursday, December 5 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
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- Person
- Christian Yelich
At a glance
Born 1991-12-05.
Known as: baseball player. Citizenship: United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Personal life Yelich is the eldest child of Stephen and Alecia Yelich, and the great-grandson of American football player Fred Gehrke , who played for the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His uncle, Chris Yelich, played for the UCLA Bruins . [ 3 ] He has two brothers: Collin, who played minor league baseball in the Braves organization, and Cameron, who is a member of the United States Marine Corps . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Christian Stephen Yelich is an American professional baseball left fielder and designated hitter 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.
Early life
Educated at: Westlake High School.
Path and career
Awards / honours: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award, and Major League Baseball All-Star.
Career Amateur career Yelich was born in Thousand Oaks, California , and attended Westlake High School . [ 1 ] During his freshman year, he batted .373 with 25 hits and 16 strikeouts in 67 at bats . [ 2 ] In his sophomore year, he batted .341 with 31 hits and 24 strikeouts in 91 at bats [ 3 ] During Yelich's junior year, he batted .489 with 46 hits and struck out six times. [ 4 ] In his senior year, he batted .451 with 37 hits, nine strikeouts and nine home runs in 82 at bats. [
Why this date
Christian Yelich appears on our December 5 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
December 5 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1991Christian Yelich
- 1995Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56
- 1995Sri Lankan civil war
- 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour
- 2005Civil Partnership Act 2004
- 20052005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake
- 2006Frank Bainimarama
- 2007Westroads Mall shooting
- 20132013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack
- 2014Exploration Flight Test-1
- 2017International Olympic Committee
Also in 1991
- September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
- March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
- September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
- September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
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