Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Zobrist (/ˈzoʊbrɪst/; born May 26, 1981), nicknamed Zorilla, is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, his first MLB club and where he spent the majority of his career, and briefly for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals. A two-time World Series champion in consecutive seasons of 2015 with the Royals and 2016 with the Cubs, Zobrist was the 2016 World Series Most Valuable Player.

A versatile defender and a switch-hitter with a high walk rate, Zobrist has played roughly half his innings at second base, and has also spent significant time at shortstop and in right field. Thus, he has been often been referred to as a "super utility player".

Zobrist was born and raised in Eureka, Illinois, by his parents Cynthia "Cindi" (née Cali) and Tom Zobrist, senior pastor of Liberty Bible Church in Eureka.

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