Christian Koss #50

He and his wife, Laura, have one daughter...Laura threw out the first pitch to Christian on Mother’s Day in 2022 prior to the Portland Sea Dogs’ game...Koss' parents are Dale and Guadalupe. Both attended Cal Baptist, with Dale playing basketball and Guadalupe playing volleyball...Christian has two sisters, Laikyn and Ferryn, who both played soccer. Laikyn played collegiately at Colorado State Pueblo and Ferryn played at San Bernardino Valley College...Despite growing up in Riverside, Koss actually grew up a Giants fan. His father, Dale, picked the Giants as his team to go against his Southern California-team rooting friends...Additionally, Dale's favorite player was Will Clark...Was teammates with Giants C Patrick Bailey in 2018 while playing for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League...Was teammates with Bailey again in 2021, with the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League...Added to the tattoos he already had by getting his last name in Giants lettering (to look like the back of his jersey) tattooed at the top of his back this past offseason. Also has one of the Lorax (what he calls his wife), one for his daughter and one of Guadalupe to celebrate his mom...Others include nods to some pop-culture favorites that he likes. He told the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser, "Love for Star Wars, love for Ninja Turtles, I've got the Riverside Bell and baseball seams."

2025

Made his first career Opening Day roster after coming into spring camp as a non-roster invitee...Made his MLB debut on April 1 at Houston...Recorded his first career RBI with a game-tying single in the fourth inning on April 27 vs. Texas...His first career home run was a grand slam on May 13 vs. AZ off Brandon Pfaadt…The homer gave the Giants a 4-3 lead in the second inning…Koss became the 17th Giant to have his first career big league home run be a grand slam and first to do it since Ford Proctor on Sept. 29, 2022...Optioned to Triple-A Sacramento on June 4 after hitting just .219 with one homer and eight RBI in 29 games...Recalled from Triple-A on June 10, replacing IF Matt Chapman (IL) on the roster...Slashed .291/.328/.427 with 19 runs, nine doubles, two home runs, 15 RBI and a .755 OPS over his final 45 games...Placed on the 10-day injured list on July 1 with a left hamstring strain sustained after hitting a double on June 30; missed 24 games...Hit .263 (20-for-76) with 13 runs, six doubles, a home run, 11 RBI and a .695 OPS in 33 games after returning from injury...Pitched four innings for SF in mop-up duty, not allowing a run in any of the four appearances...His 76 games played led Giants rookies...Started 39 games at second base, seven at third base and three at shortstop.

2024

Acquired by the Giants from the Red Sox in exchange for cash considerations on March 27, 2024...Placed on the 7-day IL on April 12 with a left hamstring strain...Was sent on a rehab assignment on May 20 and activated on June 4 by Richmond...Earned his first career Double-A Player of the Week Award for the week of June 23, slashing .647/.650/.941 with six runs, five doubles and six RBI across six games...Promoted to Triple-A on July 3...Slashed .257/.332/.415 with 32 runs, 10 doubles, a triple, five home runs, five stolen bases and 19 RBI over 54 games for Sacramento...Spent the offseason playing for the Águilas Cibaeñas of the Dominican Winter League...His teammates included current Giants IF/OF Jerar Encarnacion, fellow non-roster invitee LHP Enny Romero and former Giants RHP Johnny Cueto.

2023

Received his second straight invite to Major League Spring Training and reached Triple-A for the first time in his career...Placed on the Minor League injured list on June 24 with a left toe sprain and played nine games in the Florida Complex League before rejoining Worcester on Aug. 29.

2022

Spent the entire season with Double-A Portland and was named the team’s MVP...Led the Sea Dogs in HR (17), RBI (84), hits (127) and total bases (210). His 84 RBI ranked ninth in Double-A. Made 69 starts at SS, 24 at 2B, 23 at 3B, three in CF and one in LF. With RISP, hit .320 with a .904 OPS (48-for-150, 9 HR). Recorded his lone multi-HR game of the season on 6/30 vs. New Hampshire (4-for-6, two HR, five RBI). Hit .317 with an .876 OPS in May, and .337 with a .922 OPS in July.

2021

Spent the entire season with High-A Greenville, his most advanced level...Named Red Sox Minor League Baserunner of the Year...Led High-A East in triples (7) and ranked among league leaders in AVG (8th, .271), hits (2nd, 116), XBH (T-9th, 40), total bases (4th, 193), and runs (T-8th, 65)...Ranked among Red Sox minor leaguers in hits (2nd), triples (T-2nd), total bases (2nd), and runs (8th)...Named Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Month for June and Baserunner of the Month for August...Had two hitting streaks of 10+ games...Had a career-best 14-game streak from 8/14-29 (.357 AVG, 20-for-56) and a 10-game streak from 5/26-6/5 (.333 AVG, 14-for-42)...In 27 games from 7/1-8/5, hit .358 (39-for-109) with eight HR and 24 RBI...Hit three HR vs. Rome on 8/5, 1 of 10 3-HR games in High-A in 2021...Played 14 games for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League following the season.