Grew up in West Chester, Pa., as a fan of the Phillies and as a fan of their lead broadcaster Harry Kalas, the father of Astros television broadcaster Todd Kalas...Is the youngest of four brothers in his family, including his identical twin brother, Jason, who was born nine minutes before Chas...Attended West Chester Henderson High School (PA) and became the first player in school history to score 1,000 career points in basketball and record 100 career hits in baseball...Faced off against current Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges in high school...Bridges, who attended Great Valley High School (PA), notoriously thwarted an initial attempt by McCormick to reach 1,000 career points, holding him to under three points in their final matchup in 2013...Went on to attend Division II Millersville, where he had an outstanding four-year career...Helped the Marauders to a NCAA Division II Championship runner-up finish in 2016...Finished his career at Millersville with a .373 average and a .441 OBP...Is the only Marauder in program history to be a four-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East selection and one of only four to be a three-time first-team selection...Finished career as Millersville¡¯s all-time leader in hits, runs and RBI...Drafted by the Astros in the 21st round of the June 2017 draft...Signed by Astros scout Zach Clark...Chas' alma mater of Millersville University took part for the first time in the 2024 Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park...The tournament was played in Feb. and featured six Division II college baseball teams, including Central Missouri, the alma mater of Astros owner, Jim Crane...Is an oddity in baseball, as a position player who bats exclusively right-handed and throws left-handed...Joined teammate Jake Meyers as the only other MLB player in 2023 with that distinction...The two are the first pair of teammates to bat right and throw left since Rickey Henderson and Brian Lesher played together for Seattle in 2000...McCormick, Meyers, Jason Lane and Carl Warwick are the only four players in club history that fit into the category...Added to the club¡¯s 40-man roster on Sept. 29, 2020 in advance of the 2020 Postseason...Was active on the club¡¯s 2020 Wild Card and ALDS rosters, but did not make his MLB debut until the 2021 season.
2023
Had the finest season of his MLB career, setting career highs in batting average (.273), runs (59), hits (110), doubles (17), home runs (22), RBI (70), stolen bases (19) and OPS (.842) through 115 games...Among AL players with at least 425 plate appearances, ranked 11th in OPS (.842)...Hit .325 (40x123) with nine homers and a 1.008 OPS vs. LHP in 2023...Among AL players vs. LHP, ranked third in batting average and third in OPS...Recorded a .769 OPS vs. RHP, over 100 points higher (.645) than his OPS vs. RHP in 2022...Led the Astros with three multi-homer games...Entered the season with one career multi-homer game...Named AL Player of the Week for the week of July 14-16, directly following the All-Star Break...Was his first career Player of the Week honor...Batted .636 (7x11) with seven runs, three home runs, five RBI, three walks and a 2.188 OPS (.733 OBP/1.455 SLG) during the week...In the AL in July, he ranked tied for second in RBI (23), fifth in OPS (1.128) and seventh in batting average .351 (27x91)...Went on a strong run directly following the All-Star Break, batting .339 (12x177) with 12 doubles, 10 home runs, 36 RBI, 28 walks and a 1.028 OPS from July 16-Sept. 4...Homered on a 102.5-mph fastball on June 3 vs. Los Angeles (AL) from RHP Ben Joyce...was the second fastest pitch hit for a homer by any player in the Majors in the Statcast Era (since ¡®15)...Scored a single-game career-high four runs on July 15 at Los Angeles (AL)...was the first Astro to record four runs in a game since 2B Jose Altuve on Sept. 27, 2022 vs. ARI...Logged a single-game career-high six RBI on July 24 vs. Texas (2x3, 2B, HR, 6 RBI)...Missed 20 games during an injured list stint from April 15 to May 8 due to lower back tightness...Made his third career and consecutive Opening Day roster...Started in eight of the Astros¡¯ 11 games in the postseason and hit safely in seven-of-eight games...hit his third career postseason home run with a two-run shot in Game 4 of the ALCS at Texas.
2022
Finished his second MLB season hitting .245 (88x359) with 12 doubles, two triples, 14 homers, 44 RBI, four steals and a .738 OPS (.332 OBP. / .407 SLG)...On the year, he made 54 starts in center, 32 in left, 12 in right and one at DH...Vs. LHP this year: .340 (35x103), five HR, 14 RBI .563 SLG, .972 OPS...Made his second career Opening Day roster (2021-22)...On Apri 27, recorded his first career leadoff home run off TEX RHP Glenn Otto...Was optioned to Triple A on June 26 and recalled two days later...still earned a full year of service...In the Postseason, he batted .231 (9x39) with two home runs, three RBI and five walks...he started 12 of the Astros 13 postseason games...Hit two go-ahead home runs in the ALCS vs. NYY... homered in Game 1 off RHP Clarke Schmidt and again in Game 3 off RHP Gerrit Cole...Had his career highlight in Game 5 of the World Series, making a huge jumping catch against the wall in the ninth inning to to rob C J.T. Realmuto of extra-bases in the Astros 3-2 win.
2021
Finished his first Major League season, batting .257 (14x50) with 12 doubles, 47 runs, four stolen bases and a .766 OPS (.447 SLG./.319 OBP) in 108 games... Made his first career OPENING DAY roster, but didn¡¯t start on Opening Day at OAK...entered the game as a defensive replacement...picked up his first Major League hit on April 3 at OAK, an RBI double off LHP Reymin Guduan...hit his first MLB homer the following day, on April 4 at OAK, a three-run shot off RHP Yusmeiro Petit... Hit two homers and drove in three RBI on June 16 vs. TEX in what was his 40th career game...became the 12th Astros player to record a multi-homer game within their first 40 career MLB games... Among AL rookies, ranked sixth in OPS (.766), seventh in RBI, eighth in SLG (.447) and tied for ninth in HR (min. 250 PA)... Appeared in nine games during the POSTSEASON, batted .261 (6x23) with two RBI and three walks... made six starts in center field in the postseason.
2020
Was a non-roster invite to Spring Training and played in 17 games for the Astros, hitting .115 (3x26) with two homers and five RBI...Also invited to Summer Camp and later assigned to the club¡¯s Alternate Training site for the entire 2020 season...made several Major League road trips as a member of the Taxi Squad...Added to the Astros 40-man roster prior to the Postseason...was active for both the Wild Card Series and ALDS, but did not make an appearance...Played for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .269 (7x26) with three doubles, one RBI and one stolen base in seven games.
2019
Appeared in 110 games between Corpus Christi and Round Rock, batting .269 (99x368) with six doubles, six triples, 14 homers, 66 RBI, and 16 stolen bases...on July 20 at New Orleans, he had a career night, going 3x5 with two runs, two home runs and six RBI.
2018
Batted .273 (118x432) with 55 RBI, 23 doubles, four homers, four triples with 19 stolen bases in career-high 120 games between Buies Creek (51g) and Corpus Christi (69g)...on July 1 at Norwest Arkansas, went 3x3 with two walks and a stolen bases.
2017
Played in 39 games between Greenville (8g), Buies Creek (4g) and Quad Cities (39g), where he batted .298 (50x168) with nine doubles, 22 RBI and 15 walks.
