Kyle Seager

Player

Birthday November 3, 1987

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

Age 36 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.83 m

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1973

The first Mariner to accomplish the feat, he became the first MLB player with two triples and at least one double and homer in a game since Hal Breeden for the Montreal Expos in 1973.

On June 15, he went 4–for-4 with two singles and two doubles and three RBIs.

On July 7, he was named to his first All-Star team as an injury replacement for Toronto Blue Jays player Edwin Encarnación.

1987

Kyle Duerr Seager (born November 3, 1987) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2011 to 2021.

2007

During the summers of 2007 and 2008, Seager played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

2008

In 2008, he set a school record for doubles in a season (30), was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, and was named to the watch list for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Brooks Wallace Award.

2009

He was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2009 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2011.

The Seattle Mariners selected Seager in the third round, with the 82nd overall selection, of the 2009 MLB draft.

Seager spent the majority of the 2009 season with the Class-A Clinton LumberKings.

He hit .275 with one home run and 22 RBIs.

He also played one game with the AZL Mariners and two with the Class-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks.

2010

Seager spent the entire 2010 season with the High Desert Mavericks, batting .345 with 14 home runs and 74 RBIs.

2011

He was ranked by Baseball America as the ninth best prospect in the Mariners organization for 2011.

He split the season between the Double-A Jackson Generals, batting .312 with four home runs and 37 RBIs in 66 games, and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, where he hit .387 with three home runs and 17 RBIs in 24 games.

On July 6, 2011, Seager had his contract purchased by the Mariners.

He hit his first Major League home run on August 19, 2011, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, and finished the year with a .258 batting average, three home runs, and 13 RBIs in 53 games.

2012

His brother Corey was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 draft, while brother Justin was selected by the Mariners in 2013.

He grew up a New York Yankees fan and idolized Derek Jeter.

Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he earned Co-North Carolina Player of the Year honors.

He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

With UNC, he had a career .353 batting average with 17 home runs, 66 doubles and 167 runs batted in (RBIs).

In 2012, his first full MLB season, Seager hit .259 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 155 games.

2013

On June 4, 2013, Seager hit a grand slam against the Chicago White Sox in the 14th inning.

It was the first time in MLB history that a player hit a game-tying grand slam in extra innings.

He finished 2013 with a .260 batting average, 22 home runs and 69 RBIs in 160 games.

2014

In 2014, Seager was an All Star and won a Gold Glove Award.

Seager is the eldest of three sons born to Jeff and Jody Seager.

On April 23, 2014, Seager drove in five runs to avoid a sweep against the Houston Astros.

He hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to cut the Astros lead to 3–2, and hit a walk-off three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Mariners to win 5–3.

The first walk-off hit of his career, his performance earned him an April Co-Player of the Week Award, shared with José Abreu of the White Sox.

On June 2, Seager went 4–4 with a double, two triples and a three-run home run against the New York Yankees.

He finished the 2014 season with a .268 batting average, 25 home runs and 96 RBIs in 159 games, and won a Gold Glove award.

On December 2, 2014, the Mariners finalized a seven-year, $100 million contract extension with Seager.

2015

In 2015, he hit .266 with 26 home runs and 74 RBIs in 161 games.

2016

On April 25, 2016, he hit his 100th career home run in a game against Houston.

He finished 2016 with a .278 batting average, 30 home runs and 99 RBIs in 158 games and he and his brother, Corey, made history by becoming the first pair of brothers in major league history to each hit 25 or more homers in the same season.

On defense, he led the major leagues in fielding errors, with 18.

2017

In 2017, he hit .249 with 27 home runs and 88 RBIs in 154 games, his sixth consecutive season with at least 20 home runs and at least 154 games played.

2018

On April 7, 2018, he reached 1,000 career hits against the Minnesota Twins.

Seager continued his streak of seasons with 20 or more home runs and at least 154 games played, hitting 22 home runs with 78 RBIs in 155 games but hit a career-low .221 in the process.