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Full Name:
 

Chase Cameron Utley​

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Nicknames:

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“Silver Fox"

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Born:  
   

December 17, 1978 

Pasadena, California

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Family:  

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Father: David 
Mother: Terrell 
Sister: Taylor Ann
Spouse: Jennifer Cooper

His father was a lawyer who represented longshoremen.

Married on January 20, 2007. He met his wife at UCLA.

 

Friends:  

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Garrett Atkins: UCLA Teammate and former MLB player. 

He was coached as a child by Jeff Burroughs (the 1974 American League MVP).
 

School:  

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Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Mascot: Jackrabbits
Coach: Bill Powell

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 
UCLA Bruins baseball
Coach: Gary Adams
Major: Sociology
Teammates: Garrett Atkins, Chad Cislak

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Baseball Related:

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1997 - Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers (76th pick overall) but did not sign.

1999 - Played for the Cotuit Kettleers (Cape Cod Baseball League).

Scouted by Matt Lundin.

2000 - Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies (15th overall).

2003 - April 4th - Major League debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.

2007 - Signed a 7-year contract extension with the Phillies ($85 million).

2008 - Won the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies against the Tampa Bay Rays.

2009 - Lost in the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Yankees.
  

2013 - Signed a 2-year contract extension with the Phillies ($27 million).

2015 - Traded from the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Darnell Sweeney and John Richy.

2017 - Lost in the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Houston Astros.

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Extra:

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2015 - October 10 - During the the 2015 National League Division Series while running from 1st to 2nd. Utley slid into Rubén Tejada (New York Mets) in an attempt to break up the double play. He fractured Tejada's fibula. He was ruled safe and the Dodgers came back from 2-1 to win 5-2. The MLB suspended him for 2 games for the collision (later dropped). This incident resulted in the MLB changing the rules around breaking up plays. 

He and his wife are involved in numerous rescue dog charities and are particularly fond of pit bulls.

2010 - He had a cameo on the show 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' in the episode "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods".

His favorite player growing up was Jim Thome.

In college his favorite player was Shawn Green.

As a child he would attend Blair Field to watch the Long Beach State baseball team.

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He hung around the Lakewood Batting Cages as a child (also worked here).

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Sample Heckles:

 

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