Jasrado Prince Hermis Arrington “Jazz” Chisholm Jr., a second baseman with the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball, was born in The Bahamas on February 1, 1998.
Chisholm’s grandmother, Patricia Coakley, who played shortstop for the Bahamian national softball team, inspired him to play baseball and started coaching him to hit when he was just two years old.
Chisholm arrived in the country at the age of 12 to enroll in Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kansas, for high school. At Life Prep, he also participated in football, basketball, and baseball. He went back to the Bahamas to train at a sports academy after finishing high school.
In July 2015, Chisholm agreed to a $200,000 contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent. He played for the Missoula Osprey for the whole 2016 season, batting.281 with nine home runs, 37 RBIs, 13 stolen bases, and 62 games played.
Chisholm was exchanged for Zac Gallen by the Diamondbacks from the Marlins on July 31, 2019. He spent the rest of the year playing with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
Chisholm had a slash line of.220/.321/.441 with 21 home runs, 54 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases in 112 games between Jackson and Jacksonville. After the 2019 season, Chisholm was added to the Marlins’ 40-man roster.
Chisholm joined the Marlins in 2021 and immediately took over as the team’s starting second baseman. He had a 2021 batting line of.248/.303/.425 with 53 RBIs, 23 stolen bases, and 18 home homers.
At 29.1 feet per second, he possessed the highest sprint speed of any second baseman in the major leagues. Chisholm was selected as the National League’s starting second baseman in 2022, and he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time in his career.