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MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2024
◆ Began season with Double-A Rocket City and batted .091 (7/77) with eight runs scored, two extra-base hits,
seven RBI, and eight stolen bases over 23 games.
◆ Recalled on May 9 and appeared in 21 games for Angels; batted .118 (6/51) with four runs scored, two doubles,
one home run, and five RBI.
◆ Hit first career home run on May 22 at Houston (2-run HR off Hunter Brown).
◆ Finished the season with Triple-A Salt Lake and batted .209 (29/139) with 20 runs scored, five doubles, two
triples, four home runs, 19 RBI, and eight stolen bases in 37 games.
2023
◆ Contract selected by Angels Sept. 1; played in 15 games across two Major League stints.
◆ Made Major League debut Sept. 1 at Oakland. PARIS
◆ Recorded first career Major League hit Sept. 2 at OAK via a single off Paul Blackburn...First career RBI came on
Sept. 7 vs. Cleveland with game-tying RBI single in 9th inning off Emmanuel Clase and scored winning run on
Randal Grichuk walk-off single.
◆ Missed final 12 games of the season on injured list with a left thumb ligament tear.
◆ In 113 games for Double-A Rocket City, led team (min. 350 PA) in batting average, runs scored, doubles (tied),
walks, stolen bases, on-base percentage, and OPS...Reached safely in each of last 29 games for Trash Pandas,
tying the Rocket City record.
◆ Set Trash Pandas franchise record with 44 stolen bases in 2023...Is all-time Rocket City stolen bases leader (49).
◆ At the time of his promotion on Sept. 1, Paris was leading the Southern League in runs scored and walks...
Finished season ranked second in the Southern League in walks (88), third in runs scored (79), fourth in stolen
bases (44), sixth in OBP (.393), and 10th in total bases (173).
◆ Named Southern League All-Star and participated in SiriusXM Futures Game.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made Major League debut Sept. 1, 2023 at Oakland.
◆ Entered 2024 ranked by Baseball America as Angels #4 overall prospect and #2 position player prospect...Was
also named by the publication as having best strike-zone discipline in the Angels organization.
◆ Made professional debut with AZL Angels in 2019 at 17 years old.
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2023 Futures Game Selection...Southern League Post-Season All-Star.
◆ 2022 Northwest League Player of the Week (Aug. 14)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 3, 2019...Selected by Angels in second round of First-Year Player Draft (signed June 11, 2019).
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Kyren Terrell Paris...On Twitter: @kyren_paris.
◆ Did not play during 2020 season, but was part of Angels Player Pool and participated at Alternate Training Site
in Long Beach.
◆ Committed to University of California, Berkeley, but elected to sign with Angels after being drafted in 2019.
◆ Graduate of Freedom HS (Oakley, CA), where he was a four-year varsity letterman...Completed his senior year
with a .306 (16/62) batting average with 16 runs scored, three doubles, three triples, six RBI and 11 stolen bases.
◆ Originally signed by Angels scout Brian Tripp.
MISCELLANEOUS STATS

TWO-HR GAMES (1)
Apr. 9, 2025 at TBR
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP
2B .993 38 44 99 1 144 24
OF 1.000 26 57 1 0 58 0
SS 1.000 11 17 28 0 45 2

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