Married, wife's name is Erika...The couple has a daughter who was born in December 2023...Likes to watch anime; his 2021 All-Star Game purple carpet look was inspired by it...Enjoys playing video games...Majored in business administration in college and enjoys marketing and math...Thinks he would pursue engineering if not playing professional baseball...Has a dog named Lilo...His nickname is Parking Lot Ced because he would hit home runs into the parking lot while in the Minors...He can juggle.
2024
Appeared on his sixth consecutive Opening Day roster, all with the Orioles...Slashed .234/.305/.405 (104-for-444) with 16 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs, 69 runs scored, 54 RBI, 41 walks, five hit-by-pitches and 32 stolen bases in 147 games...Earned his MLB-leading seventh career Play of the Week award for his diving catch on April 15 vs. Minnesota...Also earned his sixth career Play of the Week award on April 6 at Pittsburgh for his diving catch in the bottom of the 11th inning...Connected on his first career walk-off home run on April 17 vs. Minnesota, a two-run shot off Griffin Jax...Is the ninth Oriole in team history with three separate seasons of 20+ stolen bases, and the first since Corey Patterson (2006, 2007, 2010)...Posted a .306/.368/.540 (38-for-124) slash line with 10 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 21 runs scored, 16 RBI, 11 walks, one hit-by-pitch and seven stolen bases in 42 games from June 9 to July 31...Delivered a walk-off two-RBI double on July 14 vs. New York-AL, marking his second walk-off hit of the season (HR, April 17 vs. MIN)...Connected on his 12th home run of the season on Aug. 9 at Tampa Bay, a 426-foot blast to center field; marked his first home run of the year off a left-handed pitcher and the second-longest of his career off a lefty (428 ft. on June 18, 2021 vs. TOR’s Robbie Ray)...Swiped 32 bases last year, his second-most in a season in his career behind his 34 in 2022...His 125 career stolen bases rank seventh all-time in Orioles history; Luis Aparicio and Mark Belanger are next on the list, tied for fifth all-time with 166 stolen bases apiece...Has tallied 15 multi-stolen base efforts since 2021, tied for the sixth-most in MLB in that span...Is one of 10 players in MLB with at least 85 stolen bases since the start of 2022, and just one of four in the AL...Slashed .251/.322/.479 (54-for-215) with 11 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, 30 runs scored, 37 RBI, 20 walks, three hit-by-pitches and 11 stolen bases in 73 home games last season...Slashed .218/.289/.336 (50-for-229) in 74 away games last year...Batted .296/.341/.544 (50-for-169) with nine doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 30 runs scored, 33 RBI, 11 walks and 11 stolen bases in 57 day games last year, compared to a .196/.284/.320 (54-for-275) slash line in 90 night games...Appeared in both of the Orioles' postseason games vs. KC, going 3-for-7 with a double and connecting on his first career postseason home run in Game 2 of the ALWCS...The solo homer marked the only run scored by Baltimore in the two-game series.
2023
Made his fifth straight Opening Day roster. Has batted leadoff on Opening Day in each of those years. Had two stints on the 10-day injured list from 5/30-6/23 (right groin strain) and 7/16-8/10 (right adductor groin strain)...Slashed .233/.305/.416 (94-for-404) with 23 doubles, three triples, 15 homers, 51 runs, 74 RBI, 43 walks and 19 stolen bases in 116 games (103 GS). His RBI marked a career high...Hit for the cycle on 5/12 vs. PIT becoming the seventh player in O's history (since 1954) to do so and the first since Austin Hays (6/22/22 vs. WSH). Was one of five players in MLB to hit for the cycle in 2023 along with MIA’s Luis Arraez (4/11 at PHI), PHI’s J.T. Realmuto (6/12 at ARI), CIN’s Elly De La Cruz (6/23 vs. ATL) and HOU’s Jose Altuve (8/28 at BOS)...Logged his third career five-hit game on 5/21 at TOR, going 5-for-6 with two doubles, a run scored and three RBI. Recorded his 13th stolen base of the season in the third inning before being caught stealing for the first time in the 10th. Tied the club record set by Corey Patterson and Brian Roberts in 2006 with 13 successful stolen base attempts to start the season...Slugged a go-ahead, three-run home run in the ninth inning and tied a career high with four RBI on 9/18 at HOU. Marked his third career go-ahead homer in the ninth or later. Traveled 425 feet, his longest homer of the season. Seven of his 15 blasts either tied the game or put the O's in the lead...Became the first player to both rob and hit a home run in the ninth inning or later of the same game over the last 10 seasons on 8/13 at SEA per ESPN Stats & Info. Marked his first career go-ahead homer in extra innings...Earned four MLB Play of the Week Awards. His five career honors are the most by a player since the award's inception in 2019...Swiped his 91st career stolen base on 9/10 at BOS surpassing Adam Jones for sole possession of 10th in O's history...Hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 11th inning on 9/17 vs. TB, his third career walk-off...Hit two grand slams - 4/25 vs. BOS and 9/11 vs. STL...Drove in a run in five straight games from 7/6-15, tied for the longest such streak of his career...Played for Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Homered in the semifinals on 3/19 vs. Team Cuba...Made his Postseason debut and started all three games of the ALDS vs. TEX.
2022
Set career highs in at-bats (608), RBI (64), stolen bases (34) and hit-by-pitches (nine)...Set a career-high with nine outfield assists; had nine assists combined in previous four seasons...Finished second on the O's and ninth among AL outfielders with 3.3 fWAR, per FanGraphs; also second on the Orioles and tied for eighth among AL outfielders with 3.8 bWAR, per Baseball Reference...Named a finalist for a Rawlings Gold Glove in center field...Tied for third in the AL and fourth among MLB center fielders with eight Outs Above Average, per Statcast...Ranked second in the AL (behind teammate Jorge Mateo) and third in MLB in stolen bases; became the fifth player in Orioles history with back-to-back 30 SB seasons, joining Brian Roberts (2006-08), Corey Patterson (2006-07), Al Bumbry (1979-80), and Luis Aparicio (1963-64)...Recorded his second straight 30+ double season, the first Oriole to do so since Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop in 2016-17...Has scored 180 runs over the last two seasons, most by an Oriole since Manny Machado scored 186 from 2016-17...Is one of three players in team history to record at least 50 extra-base hits and 30 steals in two separate seasons (2021-22), joining Brian Roberts (2007-09) and Brady Anderson (1992, 1999)...Hit five leadoff home runs: 6/7 vs. CHC, 7/26 vs. TB, 8/1 at TEX, 9/1 at CLE and 9/26 at BOS; both 7/26 and 9/1 came on the first pitch of the game, the fourth such homers of his career; his 16 career leadoff home runs rank second in Orioles history(since 1954), trailing Brady Anderson (44)...Delivered his second career walk-off plate appearance and first walk-off hit with an RBI double off of Matt Moore in the 10th inning on 7/5 vs. TEX...Hit a go-ahead RBI single off of Buck Farmer in the ninth inning on 7/29 at CIN, his fourth career go-ahead plate appearance in the ninth inning-or-later (also did so on 7/5 vs. TEX)...Tied the game with a two-out RBI single off of Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning on 7/8 vs. LAA, his second career game-tying plate appearance in the seventh inning-or-later...Had a season-high 11-game hitting streak from 8/16-28; slashed .302/.400/.488 (14-for-43) with three doubles, one triple, one homer, eight runs, one RBI and six walks during the streak; also had two other hitting streaks of eight games (4/30-5/8 & 9/21-29)...Tied a season-high with four hits twice: 5/10 at STL and 6/12 at KC...Collected his 100th career RBI with a two-run home run on 5/10 at STL off of Packy Naughton...Hit his first career grand slam off of Eric Lauer in the second inning on 4/12 vs. MIL...Made his fourth straight Opening Day roster.
2021
Named the unanimous winner of the 2021 Louis M. Hatter Most Valuable Oriole Award...Named a finalist for the Hank Aaron Award for the first time in his career...Named the Orioles Heart and Hustle Award winner for the first time in his career...Named an American League Silver Slugger Award winner; the first Oriole to win Silver Slugger since 2016...Named to his first career All-Star Game and became the first Oriole to make the start in the Midsummer Classic since Manny Machado in 2018, and first O’s outfielder to start the All-Star Game since Adam Jones in 2015...Hit his 30th home run of the season on 9/24 vs. TEX to become the first player in franchise history (since 1954) – and only player in the majors in 2021 – to record a season with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases; became just the third player in O’s history (since 1954) with a 25 HR/25 SB season and one of six in MLB this year with at least 25 HR/25 SB...Set career-highs and led the Orioles in nearly every major offensive statistical category, including fWAR (5.3), hits (175), XBH (72), BA, OBP, SLG, OPS (.878), doubles (37), triples (5), total bases (312), runs (91), stolen bases (30) and walks (59), and ranked second in homers (Mountcastle, 33); his 5.3 fWAR ranked sixth among AL hitters and 14th among MLB hitters...Ranked among the top 10 in the AL in stolen bases (T-2nd - 30), hits (4th - 175), doubles (T-5th - 37), total bases (6th - 312), OPS (8th - .878) and XBH (T-8th - 72); ranked among the top 10 in MLB in stolen bases (T-4th), total bases (8th), and hits (9th)...One of 16 players in MLB with at least 300 total bases; became the 24th Oriole (39th occurrence) to record 300 total bases in a season, and the first since Trey Mancini had 322 in 2019...Of his 30 home runs, 29 came as a center fielder; the only Orioles to record at least 30 home runs in a season when in the lineup as a center fielder are Adam Jones (2013 & 2012) and Brady Anderson (1996)...His team-leading 46 multi-hit games ranked tied for 11th in the AL and tied for 18th in MLB...His four multi-homer games ranked tied for fifth in the AL and tied for ninth in MLB; recorded back-to-back multi-homer games from 6/18-19, becoming the 11th player in franchise history to do so and one of nine in MLB in 2021 to achieve this feat...His eight leadoff homers were tied with Kyle Schwarber (WSH-BOS) for the most in MLB and were the second-most in a single-season in Orioles history...According to Statcast, his 28.5 ft/sec Sprint Speed ranked in the top 14 percent of MLB and his 190 hard-hit balls (95 MPH+) led the O’s; his 11 Outs Above Average led the O’s and ranked fourth among MLB center fielders...He was the only player in MLB with multiple five-hit games in 2021 and just the third player in franchise history (since 1954) with multiple five-hit games in the same season, joining Luis Aparicio (3 in 1966) and Tommy Davis (2 in 1974)...Reached base safely in 11-straight plate appearances and recorded a hit in nine-straight at-bats from June 4-6; his nine-straight at-bats with a hit rank tied with Charles Johnson (1999) for the second-longest streak in franchise history, behind only Ken Singleton’s 10-consecutive at-bats with a hit (1981)...Hit safely in each of the O’s first 11 games; was the 11th time in O’s history in which a player recorded an 11-game hitting streak to begin a season...His 146 starts in center field were the second-most in the majors (Straw, HOU-CLE - 149)...Made his third-straight Opening Day roster.
2020
Led the Orioles in WAR (1.4) according to STATS, LLC. and ranked tied for fourth (0.6) according to Fangraphs...Recorded 5 Outs Above Average (OAA) this season, tied for the second-most in the majors by an outfielder according to Statcast; his 95% success rate ranked third-best...His home run on 9/4 vs. NYY off of RHP Michael King was the furthest homer by an Oriole on the season (427 ft), according to Statcast...His nine bunt hits led the majors; next closest player had seven bunt hits (Hampson, COL)...Collected two triples in the season finale on 9/27 at TOR; his second career game with two triples (4/8/19 vs. OAK); he is one of two (Brady Anderson, four times) players in O’s history to record at least two triples in multiple games...Hit .291 (37-for-127) in 39 games after being recalled from the Alternate Training Site at Double-A Bowie on 8/15; hit .077 (1-for-13) in nine games prior...Hit .471 (8-for-17) in the first inning and .471 (8-for-17) with a 0-0 count...Batted .305 (32-for-105) against RHP and .171 (6-for-35) against LHP...Recorded multi-RBI games in back-to-back games (9/24-25) for the first time in his career; recorded multi-RBI games in three of the last four games of the season...Led the Orioles with seven stolen bases (caught twice); tied for the 15th-most in the AL...Hit safely in a career-high six-straight games twice this season (8/16-21 and 9/1-9)...Hit the Orioles first leadoff home run of the season on 9/4 vs. NYY G1; his third career lead-off home run, and first since 8/18/2018 vs. TOR...Recorded his third career outfield assist (Choi at 3B) on 8/1 vs. TB; was part of the first inning-starting double play in MLB history...Appeared in 41 games in CF (36 starts), four games in RF (two starts), and four games in LF...Appeared on his second-straight Opening Day roster.
2019
Made his first Opening Day roster... Hit leadoff and started in center field on Opening Day, becoming just the second player since 2007 to start in center field on Opening Day for the Orioles (Adam Jones, 2008-18)... Made 18 starts (22 games) in center field for the Orioles... Recorded his first career multi-triple game on 4/8 vs. OAK... Collected a career-high three RBI on 4/8 vs. OAK... Optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on 4/22 and appeared in 66 games for the Tides, hitting .205/.272/.306 (55-for-268) with 40 runs scored and 24 RBI... Transferred to Double-A Bowie on 7/11 and closed out the season with the Baysox... Hit .271/.341/.402 (54-for-199) with 35 runs scored and 18 RBI in 51 regular season games for Bowie... Hit for the cycle in Game 4 of the Western Division Championship Series against Harrisburg (5-for-6, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, SB), becoming the first Baysox player to hit for the cycle since 2012 (Manny Machado)... Batted .353/.436/.647 (12-for-34) with five extra-base hits, 10 runs scored, and five RBI in eight playoff games for Bowie.
2018
Had his contract selected on 8/10, and made his Major League debut later that day vs. BOS; doubled off of RHP Nathan Eovaldi for his first hit in his first at-bat...Became the first player in O's history to record three hits in their Major League debut; was the second player in O's history to record at least two hits, two runs, and two RBI in their debut (Brent Bowers - 1996)...Hit his first career home run on 8/18 at CLE (RHP Neil Ramírez); hit his first career lead-off HR on 8/31 at KC (RHP Brad Keller)...Recorded five doubles in his first nine Major League games; became the first Orioles batter since Howie Clark in 2002 to have at least five doubles through their first nine career games...Collected a career-high four hits on 9/16 vs. CWS...Hit .288/.346/.465 (127-for-441) with 29 doubles, eight triples, 11 home runs, 76 runs, and 46 RBI in 108 games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Named the Orioles Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year...Named Eastern League Player of the Week on 5/27: .560 (14-for-25), 1-2B, 1-3B, 3 BB, 9 R, 3 SB, 6 G...His 127 hits, at the time of his contract being selected, were the second-most by an Orioles minor leaguer (McKenna - 135)...Entered the 2018 season ranked as the Orioles ninth-best prospect, according to Baseball America.
2017
Enters the 2018 season ranked as the Orioles ninth-best prospect, according to Baseball America ... Selected as an Eastern League Player of the Week for 4/6-16, batting .455/.489/.818 (20-for-44) with five doubles, one triple, three home runs, 15 runs scored, eight RBI, and three stolen bases in 10 games during that span ... On Opening Day (4/6 at Akron), went 4-for-5 with a triple, home run, season-high four runs scored and two RBI ... Began the season hitting safely in the first 10 games (.455, 20-for-44) ... Went 50-for-162 (.309) in 39 road games.
2016
Entered 2017 ranked as the No. 26 Orioles prospect, according to Baseball America...Ranked among South Atlantic League leaders in a number of offensive categories, including total bases (240, 2nd), triples (10, 2nd), extra-base hits (61, T-2nd), doubles (37, 3rd), hits (141, 3rd), and runs scored (79, 3rd)...Tied for the second-most stolen bases in the Orioles organization (led Class-A Delmarva)...Tied for the league's longest hitting streak of the season (19 games), in which he hit .333/.356/.536 (28-for84) from 7/24-8/19...Registered 17 extra-base hits in 27 July games...Batted .300/.346/.480 (30-for-100) in 24 August games... Selected as the SAL Player of the Week for 8/29-9/5, batting .433/.433/.833 (13-for-30) with three doubles, three home runs, seven RBI, and three stolen bases in seven games during that span...Hit .290/.333/.499 (115-for-397) vs. right-handers...Batted .302 (29-for-96) with RISP...Logged 38 multi-hit games, including three four-hit games...Recorded two multi-stolen base games.
2015
Led the Short-Season A New York-Penn League in at bats (277), finished tied for third in hits (73), and tied for fourth in triples (five)...Ranked first on the IronBirds in stolen bases (17), total bases (104), and tied for first in runs scored (34)...Made his professional debut on 6/19 vs. Hudson Valley and went 2-for-3 with a walk, hit by pitch, double, RBI, and a run scored...Recorded an 11-game hitting streak (.392, 20-for-51) from 6/21-7/4...Hit his first professional home run on 7/12 at Brooklyn...Registered a season-high two stolen bases in Game 2 of a doubleheader on 8/26 at Staten Island...Collected a season-high three RBI on 9/5 at Hudson Valley...Hit .293 (60-for-205) vs. right-handed pitchers...Logged 21 multi-hit games.
