Michael Scott Chavis...graduated from Sprayberry (Ga.) High School where he was Georgia’s 2014 Gatorade High School Player of the Year.
2023
Signed with Washington as a free agent on Jan. 6 and appeared in 48 games with the Nationals, batting .242 (22x91) with two home runs and five RBI.
2022
Made his second Opening Day roster...Put together his best overall season since his rookie year in 2019...Collected a career-high 92 hits...Posted a .996 fielding percentage while playing in a team-high 107 games (82 starts) at first base...Hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning before a walk-off single in the 10th in an 8-7 win over the Cubs on June 23...Recorded his fourth career multi-homer game on Aug. 9 at Arizona.
2021
Made season debut as a pinch runner with Boston on 4/10 at Baltimore... Was optioned to Triple-A Worcester on 4/11...Was recalled by Boston on 5/7 and homered while leading off and playing second base on 5/8 at Baltimore...Went 9-for-33 (.273) with four doubles and a homer in 10 games with the Red Sox before being optioned back to Worcester on 5/23...Homered three times in four games from 6/9-12 and six times in nine games from 6/9- 22...Hit two home runs on 6/22 at Rochester...Was recalled on 6/24...Went 3-for-25 (.120) in nine games with Boston thru 7/4...Was optioned again on 7/5, but was recalled on 7/9...Made a total of 22 appearances (14 starts) at second base and eight appearances (five starts) at first base while playing with Boston...Was acquired by Pittsburgh on 7/30 and was assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis...Made debut with Indy on 8/4; went 2-for-4 with a two-run double while playing first base at Iowa (game two)...Homered in back-to-back games on 8/6-7...Went 3-for-4 with a home run and four runs scored on 8/7 at Iowa...Hit a walk-off home run on 8/10, giving Indy a 9-8 win over St. Paul...Hit safely in each of his first six games with Indy thru 8/10 (10-for-24, .417)...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 8/23; made his first start with the Pirates at second base on 8/23 vs. Arizona...Served as the leadoff batter on 8/24 vs. Arizona and went 2-for-4 with a solo homer...Tied career-high (second time) with four hits on 8/26 vs. St. Louis...Left the game on 8/28 vs. St. Louis with right elbow discomfort while playing his first Major League game in right field...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 8/31 with a right elbow strain...Began a rehab assignment with Indianapolis on 9/16...Went 3-for-5 with a home run on 9/18 vs. St. Paul...Homered in back-to-back games on 9/25- 26...Went 10-for-28 (.357) with three homers and eight RBI in eight rehab games...Made 10 starts at second base, seven at first base, three at third base and one in right field while playing with Indianapolis...Was returned from rehab and reinstated from the injured list on 9/28 and had an RBI-single as a pinch hitter that night against the Cubs...Started at third base on 9/30 vs. Chicago (NL) - his third career start there and first since 8/10/19 while playing with Boston...Played all 12 of his games with the Pirates at PNC Park.
2020
Completed his 2nd ML season, his 1st full season in the big leagues...played in 42 of the Sox’ 60 games...Made starts at 1B (21), LF (11), 2B (7), and DH (1)...Started in LF in 11 of his final 14 games, his first appearances in the OF in his professional career...Four of his five HR traveled 400+ feet...his average HR distance of 410 feet ranked 2nd on the team (Devers: 414). Tied for the team lead in triples (2, also Kevin Pillar). Had 12 RBI over 21 games in September, after recording 7 RBI in his first 21 games. Recorded his first career OF assist while playing LF on 9/24 vs. BAL, throwing out Ramón Urías at home plate on a 7-2 double play in the 2nd inning.
2019
Named Red Sox Rookie of the Year by the Boston Baseball Writers...Made his ML debut and hit .254 (88-for-347) with 18 HR and 58 RBI in 95 games for the Red Sox...Missed the team's final 41 games on the injured list...Made 43 starts at 1B, 40 at 2B, and 2 at 3B for BOS...His 18 HR and 58 RBI were both the most by a Red Sox in their debut season since Ellis Burks had 20 HR and 59 RBI in 133 games in 1987...Became the 1st Red Sox to play in as many as 95 games during his debut season since Shea Hillenbrand played in 139 games in 2001...Prior to Chavis, the last Red Sox rookies with 18+ HR were Andrew Benintendi (20 in 2017) and Brian Daubach (21 in 1999)...Named AL Rookie of the Month for May...In spring training, led the Red Sox in HR (4) and RBI (10) in only 11 games...Began the season with Triple-A Pawtucket, where he hit .250 (10-for-40) with 4 HR and 6 RBI in 12 games...Was recalled from Pawtucket on 4/19 and spent the rest of the season in the majors...Made his ML debut on 4/20 at TB...His first plate appearance came with 1 out in the 9th inning and the score tied, 5-5...Delivered a pinch-hit double off José Alvarado, advancing Jackie Bradley Jr. to 3B...Bradley would score the go-ahead run in a 6-5 Sox win...Was the 1st Red Sox to record an XBH in his 1st ML plate appearance since Bryce Brentz on 9/17/14 at PIT...Hit 3 HR in his first 8 games and 6 HR in his first 14 games...The only other Red Sox to hit 6+ HR in his first 15 career games is Sam Horn (6 in 1987)...Hit his 1st career HR on 4/23 vs. DET-G2, a 441-foot solo HR off Victor Alcántara in the 8th inning.Reached base in a season-best 12 consecutive games from 4/23-G2 to 5/5 (.381 AVG, .509 OBP, 16-for-42, 10 BB)...Named AL Rookie of the Month for May after leading AL rookies in runs (14), HR (7), RBI (19), BB (11), and hits (T-1st, 26)...On 5/3 at CWS, hit a 2-run HR that was estimated at 459 feet, the 2nd-longest by a Red Sox in 2019...On 5/22 at TOR, broke a 5-5 tie with a solo HR in the 13th...Became the 1st Sox rookie to homer in the 13th inning or later since Shea Hillenbrand on 6/5/01 vs. DET (18th) and 1st to do so on the road since Trot Nixon on 9/15/99 at CLE (13th)....Had a season-best 11-game hitting streak from 6/11- 22...Was the longest hitting streak by a Sox rookie since Andrew Benintendi in August 2017 (11 games, 8/5-18)...Placed on the 10-day injured list on 8/12 with an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder...Missed the remainder of the season (41 games), but played in 9 rehab games with Pawtucket from 8/23-30 (8-for-30, 3 HR).
2018
Hit .298 (51-for-171) with 9 HR and a .919 OPS in 46 games with Short-A Lowell (5 G), Double-A Portland (33 G), and Triple-A Pawtucket (8 G). Hit .303 with a .951 OPS against RHP (40-for-132, 8 HR), and .282 with an .814 OPS vs. LHP (11-for-39, 1 HR). Started 26 games at 3B, 11 at 1B, and 9 at DH. Recorded a career-best 16-game hitting streak between Portland and Pawtucket from 8/12-27. Began the season with Lowell and posted a .476 OBP with the club. In his final game with the Spinners on 7/9, went 3-for-4 with 2 2B and a HR...Transferred to Portland the following day. Named Eastern League Player of the Week for 8/6-12... In 6 games that week, went 14-for-25 (.560) with 2 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI...In a 3-game series at Erie, went 4-for-4 on 8/7, 3-for-5 on 8/8, and 2-for-5 with 2 HR on 8/9. Hit safely in each of his final 12 games with Portland from 8/12-23, going 14-for-44 (.318) in that time. Transferred to Pawtucket on 8/24 and went 9-for-17 (.529) in his first 4 games with the PawSox...Each of his first 5 Triple-A hits went for extra bases (3 2B, 2 HR). Made his Triple-A debut on 8/24 at Buffalo and went 3-for-4 with a HR and 2 2B...Also doubled and homered the following day at Buffalo.
2017
Named the Red Sox' 2017 Minor League Offensive Player of the Year after hitting .282 (133-for-471) with 31 HR and 94 RBI between High-A Salem and Double-A Portland...Also named a Carolina League mid-season All-Star, a Baseball America High-A All-Star, and an Arizona Fall League Rising Star. Led BOS minor leaguers in HR (tied, 31), RBI (94), runs (89), doubles (tied, 35), and XBH (68)...Among all minor leaguers, ranked 3rd in XBH, T-5th in HR, and 11th in RBI. Posted a .916 OPS vs. RHP (102-for-355, 24 2B, 24 HR). Tabbed CL Player of the Week for the periods of 4/17-23 (10-for-20, 5 HR) and 5/22-28 (12-for-26, 2 HR). Named CL Player of the Month and Red Sox Minor League Hitter of the Month for May after batting .368/.425/.675 with 12 2B, 7 HR, and 30 RBI in 29 games. Began his season with Salem...Led the team with 17 HR, batting .318 (71-for-223) with a 1.029 OPS. Played in 1 game before landing on the disabled list from 4/7-16 with a right elbow strain. Hit safely in each of his first 7 games and in 17 of his first 20...Had a 10-game hit streak from 4/28-5/7. Homered 3 times on 4/19 vs. Wilmington, including a walk-off, 2-run shot in the 9th to give Salem a 7-6 win. Selected as the Top Star at the CL All-Star Game on 6/20 in Salem, driving in 2 with a double in the 1st inning. Transferred to Portland on 6/22 and homered in 3 of his first 6 games with the Sea Dogs. Hit safely in 11 straight games from 7/22-8/3, batting .409 (18-for-44) with 4 HR and 12 RBI in that stretch...After the season, helped Peoria win the AFL title by ranking among league leaders in runs (17, T-3rd), XBH (11, 4th), RBI (17, 4th), and HR (4, T-6th). Hit a 2-run, 10th-inning, walk-off HR on 11/9 vs. Mesa. Hit 2 HR on 11/14 at Salt River. Played 1B for the 1st time in his professional career.
