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JAKE LAMB
FRONT OFFICE 2020 POSTSEASON • Three of his pinch-hit homers came in
2016, two of which were off the Giants’
• Started three of Oakland’s seven postseason
RH Santiago Casilla…His three such
games at third base…Appeared in four total
games and went 1-for-7 (.143). homers that season were two off the
franchise single-season record…Erubiel
• His only hit was a single off Chicago RH Durazo and David Delluci each hit five in
Lucas Giolito in Game 1 of the Wild Card 2001, while Tony Clark hit four in 2007…
Series.
MANAGER & STAFF • All of his plate appearances came against • Has appeared in eight postseason games across
Seven others also have hit three pinch-hit
homers in a season.
right-handed pitchers.
major league notes
two seasons, hitting .350/.350/.350 (7-for-20)
• Awards: N.L. All-Star (2017), N.L. Player of the with four runs scored.
• Aside from last season, appeared in all
Week (2x, 7/17/16, 5/21/17).
four of Arizona’s playoff games in 2017,
• Selected to his first career All-Star Game starting three games at third base.
in 2017, becoming just the second third
JAKE LAMB baseman in team history to play in the • Tied a D-Backs’ single-game postseason
record with four hits in the 2017 N.L.
Midsummer Classic (Matt Williams in
1999). Wild Card Game against Colorado, going
4-for-5 with three runs scored…OF Reggie
• Lamb set single-season career highs in Sanders also had four hits in Game 6 of
hits (133), home runs (30), RBI (105), walks the 2001 World Series.
(87) and runs scored (89) in 149 games • Has no career game-ending RBI.
SEASON IN REVIEW player to reach 100 RBI in a season, • Ranks third in Diamondbacks’ history in home
that season…He was the eighth D-Backs’
runs and RBI by a third baseman…His 76 homers
and was one of two major-league third
and 275 RBI trial Mark Reynolds (113 HR, 376 RBI)
baseman with at least 85 walks and 85
and Matt Williams (99 HR, 321 RBI).
runs scored (Kris Bryant, 91 walks and 108
runs)…He ranked sixth in the N.L. in walks • Has a club-record nine career RBI on Opening
and seventh in RBI. Day…Four of them came in 2018, on 3/29 vs. the
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT parts of seven seasons, hitting .239/.329/.435 • In 2016, played in a career-best 151 games…He
Rockies, also a franchise record.
• Has played in 609 major-league games across
hit 31 doubles, nine triples and 29 home runs,
(483-for-2,017) with 101 doubles, 21 triples, 84
becoming the only player since 1965 to record
home runs, 312 RBI and 290 runs scored.
that combination of numbers (30+ 2B, 8+ 3B,
• Has spent almost his entire career in the
Diamondbacks organization after getting
• In the first half of the season, slugged
drafted by Arizona in 2012…Played 13 26+ HR) while playing third base.
games with Oakland in 2020 after signing .612, the best in the N.L. and second best
BRAVES HISTORY • Defensively, has played almost exclusively third 2001)…He was a finalist for the N.L. in
in team history (Luis Gonzalez, .745 in
with the A’s last September.
the MLB All-Star Final Vote contest…In
base (517 games, 419 starts)…He has just 32 starts
promotion for his candidacy, the D-Backs
at other positions, all coming at first base.
• Is a career .257/.342/.463 (416-for-1,621) hitter incorporated a variety of lamb-themed
elements to Chase Field for the week,
against right-handed pitching with a .805 OPS, a including bringing a live lamb to batting
108 wRC+ and a 23.9% strikeout rate.
practice.
• Conversely, has batted just .169/.276/.323 • He was Arizona’s nominee for the Hank
OPPONENTS (67-for-396) facing left-handers with • In his first full season, 2015, had seven RBI in
Aaron Award that season.
a .599 OPS, a 57 wRC+ and a 30.9%
strikeout rate.
• All but 30 of his 206 career extra-base hits the team’s first two games, the most by a rookie
since 1949, when Detroit’s Johnny Groth also
have come off of righties.
had seven.
• As a pinch-hitter, has a career .880 OPS, hitting • Made his major-league debut on 8/7/14 against
.259 (15-for-58)…Eight of his 15 pinch hits have
MISCELLANEOUS 158 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE going 1-for-4 with an RBI single off RH Jeremy
Kansas City…Started at third base and hit sixth,
gone for extra-bases, including four home runs.
Guthrie.