Ty France

Ty France is one of those players who quietly wins you over before you even realize it — a classic late-bloomer who bounced around the minors before finally sticking in the big leagues and making every at-bat look so clean and controlled you wonder why it took so long. Born in Downey, California and forged at San Diego State, he worked his way through the Padres system and eventually found his groove with the Mariners, earning an All-Star nod in 2022 with some of the most consistent contact hitting in the American League. He's not a flashy power guy, but there's something genuinely satisfying about watching him work a count and drive the ball the other way — pure baseball IQ on display. A grinder in the best sense of the word.

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Name (English)

Ty France

Name (Japanese)

タイ・フランス

Reading

たい・ふらんす

Born

July 13, 1994 (age 32)

Origin

Downey, California, United States

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

High school

South Hills High School

University

San Diego State University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tyfrance_/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty%20France
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63383008

Tags

• California
• baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.