Chris Pritchett

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Chris Pritchett

|image=Chris Pritchett, 2015 (cropped).jpg

|position=First baseman

|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1970|1|31}}

|birth_place=Merced, California

|death_date=

|death_place=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 6

|debutyear=1996

|debutteam=California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 23

|finalyear=2000

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.221

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=RBI

|stat3value=11

|teams=

California/Anaheim Angels ({{mlby|1996}}, {{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|1999}})
Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|2000}})

}}

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.

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.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110110&content_id=16415290&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |title=Boston Red Sox |access-date=2011-01-11 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010181110/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110110&content_id=16415290&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |url-status=dead }}

In 2015 he became the head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team, which competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.[http://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2015/6/29/BASE_0629150417.aspx UBC Thunderbirds]

Personal

Pritchett has been married to Canadian voice actress and singer Saffron Henderson since 2001.{{cite news|author=Steve Ewen

|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20080512/282222301492706|title=Pritchett ends up in Vancouver|work=The Province|date=12 May 2008|access-date=15 October 2023|via=Press Reader}}