At the age of 27, Chris Gittens made his MLB debut for the New York Yankees. To know more about him, keep reading the article.
Chris Gittens is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees in the Major League Baseball (MLB).
He graduated from Sherman High School, Sherman, Texas, in 2012. At Sherman, he played baseball as a first baseman and a pitcher. After high school, he got admitted to Grayson County College. In his second year at Grayson, he committed to transfer to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2014.
Chris got drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round as the 362nd overall selection of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. He then went to make his professional debut with the GCL Yankees.
Recently on June 5, 2021, he made his big-league debut with the New York Yankees against Boston Red Sox. In his debut, he went 0-for-3 with one walk.
Chris Gittens Age & Height
Chris Gittens’s age is 27 years.
He was born on February 4, 1994, in Sherman, Texas, as Christopher Ryan Gittens.
Chris is significantly tall as he stands at the height of 6 feet 4 inches.
Chris Gittens on getting to make his debut with the Yankees:
“I can’t even describe it, really. I’m still in shock right now. But yeah, it was a little tough to get the loss tonight.” pic.twitter.com/JN6z8Edetl
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) June 6, 2021
Chris Gittens Salary & Net Worth
Chris Gittens is yet to reveal his official salary or net worth to the public.
According to Sportrac, his payroll salary is 570,500 dollars. Further, he got signed by the Yankees for 125 thousand dollars as a signing bonus.
As for his net worth, it should be a quite decent amount judging from his salary statistics.
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/DA8XTg6hl0
— chris gittens (@HardhittinCG) March 22, 2021
Chris Gittens Family
Chris Gittens is yet to reveal the identities of his family members including his parents.
However, he does have a girlfriend named Heather Chee and have a son together who was born in May 2021.