Chris Pritchett

Christopher Davis Pritchett (born January 31, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the California/Anaheim Angels and Philadelphia Phillies between 1996 and 2000, and is currently a college baseball coach for the UBC Thunderbirds.

Chris Pritchett
First baseman
Born: (1970-01-31) January 31, 1970
Merced, California
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 6, 1996, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
May 23, 2000, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.221
Home runs3
RBI11
Teams

Amateur career

A native of Merced, California, Pritchett graduated from Central Catholic High School (Modesto, California) and is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]

Professional career

Drafted by the California Angels in the second round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft, Pritchett made his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on September 6, 1996, and appeared in his final game on May 23, 2000.

Scouting and coaching career

Following his playing career, Pritchett was an international scout for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball, assigned to Canada.[2]

In 2015 he became the head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team, which competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.[3]

Personal

Pritchett has been married to Canadian voice actress and singer Saffron Henderson since 2001.[4]

References
  1. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. Boston Red Sox
  3. UBC Thunderbirds
  4. Steve Ewen (12 May 2008). "Pritchett ends up in Vancouver". The Province. Retrieved 15 October 2023 – via Press Reader.


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