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PABLO SANDOVAL
• Has played in 1,311 major-league games across • Has reached base safely in 37 of his 42
parts of 13 seasons, hitting .279/.331/.445 (1,266- total postseason games, including 25 FRONT OFFICE
for-4,536) with 149 home runs and 628 RBI. straight from Game 4 of the 2012 NLDS
• Has spent the majority of his career with through Game 2 of the 2014 World Series.
the San Francisco Giants (2008-14, 2017- • Named the 2012 World Series MVP after going
20)…Has also played for the Boston Red 8-for-16 (.500) with three home runs and four
Sox (2015-17) and the Braves (2020). RBI in a four-game sweep of Detroit.
• As a left-handed batter, is a career .288/.340/.468 • All of his home runs and RBI came as part
(979-for-3,404) hitter…Conversely, from the right of a four-hit Game 1...Two of the home MANAGER & STAFF
side of the plate, has batted .254/.302/.374 (287- runs came off Justin Verlander.
of-1,132). • Became just the fourth player in history
• Of his 432 career extra-base hits, 350 to hit three home runs in a World Series
have come as a left-hander, including 124 Game, joining StL’s Albert Pujols (2011,
of his 149 home runs. Game 3), NYY’s Reggie Jackson (1977,
• As a pinch-hitter, is a career .307/.350/.480 (39- Game 6) and NYY’s Babe Ruth (twice;
for-127) batter…Has 13 doubles and three home 1926, Game 4 and 1928 Game 4).
runs in this role. • Has five career game-ending hits, all of which PABLO SANDOVAL
• In 2019 with the Giants, had a majors- have come with San Francisco and four of which
most 18 pinch hits, batting .375 (18-for- have been home runs.
48) with eight doubles, two home runs • His most recent such hit came on 7/23/19
and six RBI…Posted a 1.067 OPS in that vs. Chicago-NL…He hit a solo home
role, the third best in the major leagues run off the Cubs’ Brad Brach in the 13th
(min. 25 ABs). inning.
• Has spent majority of his time defensively at third • He also hit walk-off homers in 2009 (5/12 SEASON IN REVIEW
base, playing in 1,049 games, including drawing vs. WSH), 2013 (5/21 vs. WSH) and 2017
1,010 starts…Has also appeared at first base (127 (10/1 vs. SD).
games, 101 starts), catcher (14 games, 12 starts) • Had a career-best 22-game hitting streak from
and second base (3 games, 2 starts)…Has made 6/19-7/14/11, batting .323 (31-for-96)...It was
two relief appearances, totaling 2.0 innings (0 the Giants’ longest such streak in over three
H, 0 R). decades...OF Jack Clark hit in 26 straight games
• In parts of 11 seasons with the Giants, had 1,130 in 1978.
hits, the 10th most in San Francisco-era history • Also had a 20-game hitting streak to PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
(since 1958)...Willie Mays holds the record with begin the 2012 season...Willie Mays and
2,284 hits. Willie McCovey are the only other San
• In 42 career postseason games, has batted .338 Francisco Giants with two separate hitting
(53-for-157) with 13 doubles, six home runs streaks of at least 20 games.
and 20 RBI…Thirty-nine of those games came • Hit for the cycle on 9/15/11 at Colorado…Had a
with San Francisco, before he appeared in three two-run home run in the first inning, a single in
playoff games with Atlanta in 2020. the second, a double in the fifth and a triple in BRAVES HISTORY
• All 53 of his postseason hits came as the sixth
a member of the Giants, the most in • Recorded his first major-league hit off the Braves’
the San Francisco-era of team history… Mike Hampton on 8/16/08, a second-inning
Twenty-six of those came in 2014…At the single.
time, it was the most all-time in a single • Has been on the injured list 10 times in his major-
postseason. league career, seven times in 11 seasons with San
• His .338 batting average is the third-best Francisco and three times in three seasons with OPPONENTS
in major-league postseason history (min. Boston.
150 PAs), bested only by Hall-of-Famer • Has missed time with hand, foot,
Lou Gehrig (.361) and 10-time All-Star shoulder, knee, elbow, ear and hamstring
Steve Garvey (.338). injuries.
• Has batted .426 (20-for-47) in 12 career • Most significantly, he was limited to three
World Series games, second all-time (min. games in 2016 because of a left shoulder
50 plate appearances)...David Ortiz has hit strain.
.455 in 14 such games. MISCELLANEOUS

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