Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Chris Shaw was born October 20, 1993, in Stoneham, Massachusetts. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Shaw graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 26th round of the 2012 MLB draft,[1] but he did not sign.

Instead, he enrolled at Boston College where he played college baseball, mostly as a right fielder.[2][3][4] In his junior year, he batted .319/.411/.611. In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[

On May 30, 2019, after 45 games with Richmond, with whom he batted .288/.368/.500 with 25 runs, 7 home runs, and 24 RBIs in 160 at-bats, Shaw was promoted to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, with whom he batted .298/.355/.592 with 20 home runs and 70 RBIs in 282 at-bats.[6] On September 1, 2019, the Giants promoted Shaw to the major leagues, where he had 18 at-bats.