Facts: - statyear: august 10 , 2015 - statlabel: batting average home runs runs batted in - number: 1 - position: shortstop - statvalue: .239 0 10 - caption: taylor with the seattle mariners - throws: right - bats: right - debutdate: july 24 - debutteam: seattle mariners - team: seattle mariners - birth date: 29 august 1990 - name: chris taylor - image size: 300px - image: chris taylor -lrb- 17699187689 -rrb- . jpg - birth place: virginia beach , virginia - debutyear: 2014 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chris taylor -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
christopher armand taylor , jr. -lrb- born august 29 , 1990 -rrb- is an american professional baseball shortstop for the seattle mariners of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .prior to playing professionally , he attended the university of virginia , and played college baseball for the virginia cavaliers .taylor made his mlb debut with the mariners on july 24 , 2014 .