Personal Life
Utley was born in Pasadena, California. His batter introductory music in Philadelphia is the song "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin.
Both Utley and his wife Jennifer are avid animal lovers, having raised over $45,000 for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Utley appeared on behalf of PETA in their "Adopt Don't Buy" video, encouraging people to find companion animals at shelters.
Utley was a college roommate of first baseman Garrett Atkins, and the two remain close.
Utley appeared alongside teammate Ryan Howard as himself on the 2010 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods".
Chase and Jennifer welcomed their first child, a boy, Benjamin Cooper Utley, on December 2, 2011.
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“A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)