Kyle Tucker
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Tucker with the Houston Astros in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs – No. 30 | |||||||||||||||
| Right fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: January 17, 1997 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| July 7, 2018, for the Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through June 14, 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .275 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 138 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 460 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 111 | ||||||||||||||
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Kyle Daniel Tucker, nicknamed King Tuck (born January 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros. Internationally, Tucker represents the United States.
A native of Tampa, Florida, Tucker won Florida's Gatorade Player of the Year Award while attending and playing for Henry B. Plant High School. Tucker was selected by the Astros with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut with them in 2018. In 2021, he was selected to the All-MLB Team for the first time. The following year, he won each of his first World Series championships, MLB All-Star selection, and Gold Glove Award. In 2023, Tucker was the AL run batted in leader, won a Silver Slugger Award, and was an All-Star for the second time in his career.