Meet Alabama’s Chase Utley, the teen who mirrors the Phillies legend in striking ways

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Playing second base, hitting lefty, throwing righty — it’s just what people who are named Chase Utley do.

It is not uncommon for parents to name their kids or pets after an athlete, but it is extremely uncommon to have the exact same first and last name as a professional athlete.

Chase Utley was born in Alabama 10 months after Philadelphia Phillies legend Chase Utley, helped lead the team to a World Series title in 2008.

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Chase Utley, left, poses for a photo on a baseball field in Mobile, Alabama, February 2026, and, right, Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies on Aug. 15, 2015. (Courtesy of the Utley family; John Konstantaras/Getty Images)

The older Chase Utley played 16 seasons in the big leagues, hitting lefty, throwing right-handed, and playing second base, and was just named to the Phillies Wall of Fame. The younger Chase Utley hopes his baseball career ends with similar recognition.

The younger Chase Utley’s parents, Brian and Amanda, came around to naming their son Chase in different ways.

For Brian, he is a big baseball fan and knew who Chase Utley was before naming his son Chase.

"I grew up a big baseball fan. Followed the game very closely, and I absolutely knew who Chase Utley was, of course, and have been following his career," Brian told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "To date it, our Chase was born in August of 2009, so that would have been (during) the second World Series run for the Phillies, so it was very top of mind. The name just kind of rolls off the tongue when your name's already Utley. It was something that I wanted. I had to be sensitive to my