Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Stuart Fairchild was born March 17, 1996, in Seattle, Washington. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Fairchild attended Seattle Preparatory School. The Seattle Times named him to their All-Area Team in 2014. He enrolled at Wake Forest University and played college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2017, his junior year, he slashed .360/.439/.636 with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs in 63 games. After the season, the Cincinnati Reds selected Fairchild in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft, and signed him for a $1,802,800 signing bonus. He was assigned to the Billings Mustangs where he posted a .304 batting average with three home runs, 23 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 56 games.

Fairchild spent 2018 with both the Dayton Dragons (with whom he earned Midwest League All-Star honors) and the Daytona Tortugas, slashing a combined .264/.344/.407 with nine home runs, 57 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 130 games between both clubs. He returned to Daytona to open 2019, and was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts during the season. Over 109 games between both teams, he batted .264/.352/.441 with 12 home runs and 54 RBIs.