Christian Moore #4

Christian D. Moore...X: @Moore10Chris...Attended University of Tennessee from 2022-24...Batted .338 (212/628) with 179 runs scored, 35 doubles, four triples, 61 home runs, 160 RBI and a 1.144 OPS in 186 games played in collegiate career...Moore’s 61 career home runs is a Tennessee record, and his 34 home runs hit in 2024 set a new single-season record...With Moore, Tennessee won their first National Championship in school history in 2024...Majored in retail and consumer services...Graduated from Suffield Academy (Suffield, Conn.) and was named a four-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American...Son of Lazette and Charles Moore; Has three older siblings: two sisters, Tysheena and Cynnamon, and one brother, C.J., who was drafted in the 13th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2014 and played one season of college baseball at Lamar University in 2015...Enjoys playing video games and is a big country music fan...Signed by Angels scout Joel Murrie.

2024

Began season at University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.) where he hit .375 (111/296) with 34 home runs, 74 RBI, 83 runs scored and a 1.248 OPS, and led all NCAA Division I with 111 hits and 236 total bases...Moore’s 34 home runs for the Volunteers set a new single-season school record...In the opening game of the College World Series, Moore became the second player to hit for the cycle in a CWS game, joining Minnesota’s Jerry Kindall (1956)…Tennessee went on to win the College World Series Championship...Named to the Baseball America All-American first team and ABCA All-American second team...Named SEC Player of the Week twice (April 9 and April 22, 2024)…Selected by Angels in first round (eighth overall) of First-Year Player Draft and was assigned to Low-A Inland Empire...Went 6-for-11 with five runs scored, two doubles, one home run and six RBI in two games with Inland Empire before being promoted to Double-A Rocket City...Batted .322 (29/90) with a .911 OPS in 23 games with the Trash Pandas; Had two games with multiple home runs on Aug. 7 and Aug. 9...Missed 13 games due to injury.