Has four children, three daughters and a son.
2020
Played in 33 games with the Giants to begin the season...Went 18-for-82 (.220)...Had just two actress-base hits (1 2B, 1 HR)...Hit his just abode run of the season, a two-run shot, off the Angels' Dylan Bundy on eight/18...Appeared as the designated hitter in 14 games, and defensively played first base (8 games) and third base (4 games)...Went iii-for-13 (.231) as a pinch hitter with five strikeouts...Signed a minor-league deal with the Giants in Jan...Made the Opening Day roster afterwards having his contract selected on 7/23...Released past San Francisco on ix/10, and signed with Atlanta iii days later...The Braves selected his contract on ix/27, the final twenty-four hour period of the regular flavor...Started at 3rd base of operations against Boston... Walked twice in four plate appearances.
POSTSEASON
Made each of Atlanta's three postseason rosters… Appeared in three games, all in the NLCS vs. L.A...Went 0-for-3 with ii strikeouts and a hit-by-pitch.
2019
His .820 OPS and .507 slugging percentage were his highest totals since 2011 (.909 and .552, respectively)... Averaged one homer every xix.43 at-bats, the 2d-best Hr/AB charge per unit of his career and best since his career-best 18.52 HR/AB ratio from 2011... Went 18-for-48 (.375) with eight doubles, two HRs and six RBI as a pinch-hitter...his 1.067 OPS equally a pinch-hitter was third-best in the Majors (min. 25 PH at-bats)... His 18 hits equally a compression-hitter were the most in the Majors The 18 compression hits were tied with Ken Oberkfell (1989) for almost by a Giant since 1974 (when pinch-hitting stats are complete)...Sandoval's eight pinch-hit doubles were the most by a Behemothic since 1974(Fred Lewis had seven PH doubles in 2009)... 23 of his 73 hits were doubles...overall, 37 of his 73 hits were for extra bases... Started 64 games (36 at third base, 15 at first base and iv equally a DH)... Striking his quaternary career walk-off homer with his solo walk-off homer on July 23 vs. Chicago-NL off Brad Brach... was his showtime walk-off homer since 2017... Placed on the 10-day injured listing on August 14 with right elbow inflammation... was activated on September 1 to accept one final at-bat this flavour in front of the home oversupply on September 1... Placed on the 60-24-hour interval injured list on September iii with a sprained correct elbow...underwent successful surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on September iv in LA...he had an arthroscopic process to remove loose bodies in the dorsum of his right elbow likewise equally a procedure to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
2018
His .248 averaged marked his highest figure since 2014 with SF (.279)...Placed on the ten-day injured list on July 30 with a correct hamstring strain suffered while scoring on a cede fly on July 29...transferred to the 60-day injured listing and had flavour-catastrophe surgery on August 7... Saw action at first base (24 games), second base (two games) and 3rd base (36 games)...Batted .323 (twenty-for-62) with runners in scoring position and was 7-for-xi (.636) with the bases loaded...Made his first starting time of the flavour on April 4 vs. Seattle and hit his offset abode run of the twelvemonth, a iii-run "Splash Hitting" homer...marked his 8th career "Splash Hitting" dwelling run and first since May 12, 2013 vs. Atlanta...Came in to pitch the 9th inning in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Los Angeles-NL on April 28...induced three groundouts in a 1-2-three inning...was the fourth position player to pitch in the SF Giants era and first since Greg Litton did so on July iv, 1991 vs. Houston...Continued on his outset career pinch-hit homer on May 8 at Philadelphia...Made his first career first (2nd career appearance) at second base on May 27 at Chicago-NL...Hit just his 20th career home run off of a left-handed pitcher on June 18 vs. Miami (off Caleb Smith)...Went 3-for-5 and drove in a season-high five runs on July 8 vs. St. Louis...his five RBI marked the most by a Behemothic in a single game in 2018...Nerveless his fourth career game-ending hit with his walkoff RBI single on July 9 vs. Chicago-NL...marked his outset walk-off hit that was not a home run.
2017
Appeared in 47 games with the Giants, hitting .225 with five dwelling house runs and 20 RBI...Was released by Boston on July 19 and signed a minor league contract with the Giants on July 22...Had his contract purchased by SF from triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 5...Hit .212 (21-for-99) with iv homers in 32 games with the Red Sox...While with Boston, he missed 31 games with a right knee sprain and xix games with a left inner ear infection...Had a 39 at-bat hitless drought from Aug. 25-Sept. 8, which marked the longest hitless streak of his career and the longest by a Giants position histrion since 1900...Slugged his third-career walk-off home run in the 9th inning in the final game of the flavour against San Diego to give SF a 5-four win...Hit .207 (vi-for-29) with i habitation run in ix games for triple-A Sacramento.
2016
Express to 3 games due to a shoulder injury...Underwent successful surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder on 5/three. Transferred to the sixty-mean solar day DL on 5/six and missed the remainder of the season. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery in Pensacola, FL. Appeared in iii games and made ane first before being placed on the xv-twenty-four hour period disabled list on 4/13 (retroactive to four/11) with a left shoulder strain.
2015
Played 126 games in his 1st season with the Red Sox. Batted exclusively left-handed get-go with a pinch-hit single in the 8th inning on five/24 vs. LAA...From that appointment on, striking .255 (27-for-106) against southpaws...Prior to that point, had been 2-for-41 off left-handers. Hitting .312 (24-for-77) in 20 Apr games with a .398 OBP, his best in any unmarried month since September 2013 (.410). Batted .288 (62-for-215) with 21 of his 36 XBH in 60 domicile games compared to a .208 AVG (53-for-255) on the route...Slugged .461 at habitation from 7/26 on, going 21-for-76 with 8 2B and 2 Hr. Hit .328 (22-for-67) on the 1st pitch of his plate appearances. Made his Fenway Park debut on four/xiii vs. WSH, going 2-for-4 with a run scored in BOS' 9-4 win over WSH. Hit a solo shot in the 11th inning on 5/xi at OAK for the deciding run...Was his fifth career actress-inning HR, tied for 5th near in MLB since the start of 2009...In that time, only Nelson Cruz (9), Brian McCann (9), Matt Kemp (6), and Albert Pujols (6) accept hit more HR in extras. Had ii hits in six sequent games from 6/13-19...Marked the longest multi-hit streak of his career and the longest by a Scarlet Sox all season. On 6/15 vs. ATL, recorded both his 200th career double in the 7th inning and his 1,000th career hit with a 2-out double in the ninth. 15 of his last 31 hits beginning 7/27 went for actress bases (12 2B, 3 60 minutes). Homered off Felix Hernandez in each of the right-hander's two starts against BOS, v/xvi in SEA and 8/xv in BOS. Ejected by HP umpire John Hirschbeck in the 8th inning on 8/28 at NYM, his 1st career ejection. Played in but 1 of the Red Sox' last 17 games get-go 9/18 due to disease that resulted in pneumonia...In his last game, nine/20 at TOR, scored the deciding run on an 8th-inning sac fly past Jackie Bradley Jr.
2014
Won 3rd World Series championship in final flavour with the Giants...Striking .279 with 26 2B, 3 3B, 16 Hr, and 73 RBI while setting career highs with 157 games and 153 starts...Tied for the team lead with 14 game-winning RBI (also Buster Posey)...His 22 go-ahead RBI fell 1 shy of Posey for the team loftier...Had a .317 AVG (126-for-397) against righties, quaternary best among National Leaguers...Was the 9th-hardest National Leaguer to strike out (7.v PA/And then)...Hit .336 (50-for-149) when leading off an inning, tenth best in the NL...Spent bulk of season as Giants' No. iv hitter, batting .310 (114-for-368) in 95 starts in that spot in the batting guild...Also started 3rd (31), fifth (17), and sixth (11) in the lineup...Placed 3rd amid National League 3B with a .971 fielding percentage...Posted a career-long 73-game errorless streak from v/25-8/22...Hit over .300 in 4 sequent months: .312 in May, .301 in June, .311 in July, and .336 in August...Over his last 126 games commencement on 5/7, had the NL'south 5th-most hits (145) and eighth-best AVG (.306)...Striking 6 60 minutes in May, his nigh in whatsoever month since September 2011 (7 Hour)...All 6 came within an 11-game bridge from 5/18-29...Homered in back-to-dorsum games from 5/23-24 vs. MIN, as well as an NL-leading v 60 minutes in eight games from 5/18-26...Had an RBI in a career-loftier nine straight games from 5/21-29, the longest streak in the majors all year and the longest by a Behemothic since Barry Bonds' 9-gamer in September 2000...Totaled an NL-high 15 RBI during that time...POSTSEASON: Helped the Giants to the 2014 World Series title, batting .366 with 7 2B, v RBI, and 5 BB...Started all 17 of SF's postseason games and reached safely in xvi of them...Set an all-time record for any unmarried postseason with 26 hits...Went two-for-4 with a BB in an 8-0 Wild Card win at PIT...Was four-for-19 (.211) in the four-game NLDS against WSH...Sent Game ii of the NLDS to extras with a 2-out RBI double that ended the top of the 9th (Buster Posey out at home) in a game that SF won in xviii innings, 2-1...Had a hit in all five NLCS games confronting STL (.400, 8-for-20)...Had the Giants' only XBH (2B) in a 3-0 win over Adam Wainwright in NLCS Game i...In NLCS Game 5 clincher, singled to open the bottom of the 9th inning and was pinch-run for by Joaquin Arias, who scored the go-alee run on Travis Ishikawa's game-catastrophe 3-run Hr...Batted .429 (12-for-28) with multiple hits in iv of the 7 games of the World Serial against KC...Drove in the 1st run of the WS with an RBI double in the top of the 1st inning against James Shields, his 1st of ii RBI hits in Game 1 at KC...Had a streak of reaching base safely in 25 consecutive postseason games snapped in Game 3 of the WS (0-for-4)...Unknotted a 4-4 tie in World Series Game four with a 2-run single in the 6th inning, providing the winning run in an eventual 11-four SF victory...Reached in all four PA in Game 7 of the WS (3-for-three, 2B, HBP)...Scored the game's 1st run on a sac fly in the 2nd inning.
2013
Appeared in 141 games, making 137 starts (all at tertiary base) and batted .278 (146-for-525) with 27 doubles, 14 HRs and 79 RBI. Played for Team Venezuela in the World Baseball game Classic and batted .308 (4-for-13) with one home run and iv RBI in iii games. His 18 errors at third base were for the third-virtually in the Majors. Hitting .354 (51-for-144) with runners in scoring position, the seventh-highest prune in the NL. Missed thirteen games in leap with ulnar neuritis, an inflammation of the nerve that runs through the elbow...an MRI exam also showed a bone spur in the back of his elbow. Fabricated his fifth career Opening Day roster with the Giants. Slugged a game-winning two-run homer in the 9th inning on Apr xxx at Arizona off closer J.J. Putz...marked his 11th career Hr in the 9th inning or after. Hitting .333 in Apr and is a career .327 hitter in the calendar month, his highest boilerplate of whatever calendar month. Concluded April with 35 hits, tied with the Pirate's Starling Marte for the most in the NL and it also set a Giants franchise record (since 1900) for the most hits in April (Elias). Recorded his second career game-ending home run on May 21 vs. Washington, hitting a two-run shot off RHP Yunesky Maya to give the Giants a 4-2 win in the 10th inning...according to ESPN Stats Info, Sandoval's homer was calculated at 464 feet, the longest of his career. Missed four games with a left foot strain, suffered in the 8th inning of the Giants-A's game on May 30...was removed from the game on June eight at Arizona and eventually put on the fifteen-solar day disabled list on June 11 with the injury, which was described as a perineal tendon strain. Reached base safely in all six plate appearances on Aug. 16 at Miami, as he went 4-for-4 with two walks...the terminal Giants hitter to reach base of operations in each PA (min 6 PA) was Nate Schierholtz, who accomplished the feat on April 28, 2010, against the Phillies. Recorded his second career three HR game Sept. four at San Diego (also: Game ane of WS vs. DET last season). Became only the sixth player in MLB history to have a three-homer performance in both the regular and postseason in his career...of the other five players, 2 are active (Albert Pujols, Adrian Beltre) and three are in the Hall of Fame (Babe Ruth, George Brett, Reggie Jackson). Became the first reigning Earth Series MVP in MLB History to hit three homers in a game the following flavor (WS MVP starting time awarded in 1955).
2012
The 2-time NL All-Star completed his fifth season with the Giants, batting .283 (112-for-396) with 59 runs, 25 2Bs, 12 HRs and 63 RBI in 108 games...Missed a total of 53 games due to a left hamate fracture and strained left hamstring...therefore, he posted career lows in well-nigh every offensive category...Fabricated 105 starts (101 at third base, two at first, two every bit DH)...Began the year with a 20-game hit streak, tied for the 13th-longest striking streak to begin a season since 1876...he became just the third SF Giant with two divide xx+ game streaks, joining Mays and McCovey...Was named to his second-consecutive All-Star team being selected by the fans equally the NL starting tertiary baseman... garnered 5,743,542 votes, displacing New York Mets third baseman David Wright (4,133,380) later on surging in the concluding calendar week to make up a deficit of nearly 465,000 votes...Became the 2d Giants third baseman to earn a fanelected start, joining Matt Williams (1994-96)...Hitting the first bases-loaded triple in All-Star Game history on July 10 at Kansas City...became simply the 3rd player in ASG history to come to the plate with the bases loaded and drive in all three men on base of operations...the other two were Fred Lynn (1983) and Brian McCann (2010)...Left the game on July 24 vs. San Diego in the third inning after suffering a left hamstring strain afterwards stretching at first base on a throw from shortstop Brandon Crawford to complete a double play...sat out the side by side two games earlier beingness placed on the disabled list on July 28...Homered from both sides of the plate for the first fourth dimension in his career on Sept. 20 vs. Colorado...hit a solo Hour off LHP Jorge De La Rosa in the 1st inning, then a three-run shot off RHP Edgmer Escalona in the Giants' 6-run 4th inning...became the sixth Giants role player in SF-era history to homer from both sides of the plate in a game, joining Chili Davis, Kevin Bass, Todd Benzinger, Ray Durham and Randy Winn. POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS Capped a spectacular postseason with earning the World Series MVP award...overall, striking .364 (24-for- 66) with six HRs and 13 RBI in 16 games...Most of his postseason highlights came in the World Series, where he went viii-for-16 (.500) with three homers and four RBI to help the Giants to a 4-game sweep of the Tigers...His .500 average tied for ninth all-time for a single Fall Classic (minimum 15 at-bats) behind only Babe Ruth (.625, 1928 Yankees), Chris Sabo (.563, 1990 Reds), Johnny Bench (.533, 1976 Reds), Deion Sanders (.533, 1992 Braves), Sean Casey (.529, 2006 Tigers), Lou Gehrig (.529, 1932 Yankees), Dane Iorg (.529, 1982 Cardinals) and Thurman Munson (.529, 1976 Yankees)...Became the second player in Giants history to win a World Series MVP, joining Edgar Renteria (2010)...the award was first given out in 1955, the year after the Giants last Globe Championship prior to 2010...Also became the first-ever Venezuelan-born Earth Serial Most Valuable Player...Became the tenth third baseman in history, and the second direct, to win World Series MVP, joining Baltimore's Brooks Robinson (1970), Cincinnati's Pete Rose (1975), Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt (1980), Ron Cey (1981) of the Dodgers, Ray Knight (1986) of the Mets, Scott Brosius (1998) of the Yankees, Anaheim's Troy Glaus (2002), Boston'due south Mike Lowell (2007) and David Freese (2011) of the Cardinals...With 24 hits in the postseason, he finished just one hit shy of the all-time single Postseason record of 25 gear up by Marquis Grissom (1995 Braves), Darin Erstad (2002 Angels) and David Freese (2011 Cardinals)...Sandoval is the Giants all-time leader for hits in a single Postseason, eclipsing J.T. Snow, who had 22 hits for San Francisco in 2002...With six domicile runs in his postseason career, Sandoval tied with Rich Aurilia (2002) for the second-almost in franchise history for a single postseason behind only Barry Bonds (eight in 2002)...Fabricated Major League history in Game i of the Earth Series later on hit domicile runs in each of his first 3 plate appearances...information technology was just the fifth three-homer game in World Series history, joining Babe Ruth (1926 Game 4 and 1928 Game 4), Reggie Jackson (1977 Game 6) and Albert Pujols (2011 Game v)...Overall, it was the 9th three-homer game in Postseason history...Sandoval became the third thespian in Giants history to record a multi-homer game in World Series history, joining Benny Kauff (Game 4, 1917) and Jeff Kent (Game 5, 2002)...He was the 2d Giants player to homer in the first inning of an opening Fall Classic game, joining Hall of Famer Mel Ott, who did so in 1933 against the Washington Senators...Sandoval was simply the fourth Venezuelan-born role player to homer in Globe Series history, joining Dave Concepcion (1975 Game 3), Miguel Cabrera (2003 Game 4), and Alex Gonzalez (2003 Game 4)...He collected at least one RBI in six straight postseason games becoming the ninth player in history to accomplish that, joining Alex Rodriguez (eight in 2007-09), Ryan Howard (8 in 2009), Lou Gehrig (eight from 1928- 32), Beak Skowron (seven from 1958-60), Clyde Barnhart (seven from 1925-27), Ivan Rodriguez (6 in 2003), Bernie Williams (six in 1996) and Tony Perez (six from 1975-76).
2011
Was by far San Francisco's best offensive player in 2011, striking .315 (134-for-426) with 26 2Bs, 23 HRs and lxx RBI in 117 games in his quaternary season with Giants ... Was named past NL All-Star director Bruce Bochy to his 1st career All-Star team, joining teammates Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Ryan Vogelsong and Brian Wilson on NL roster ... Led team in runs scored (55), hits, HRs, RBI and multi-hitting games (34), even later on missing 40 games with hand injury ... Switch-hitter batted .324 (107-for-330) against righthanders, which was 4th-highest clip in NL among players with at to the lowest degree 330 plate appearances...merely NYM's Jose Reyes (.341), MIL's Ryan Braun (.327) and NYM's Daniel Irish potato (.326) had higher averages ... His 27 get-ahead RBI was tied for 8th-virtually in NL and his 13 game-winning RBI was tied for 11th-best ... Posted longest hitting streak of his career and 6th-longest hit streak in National League in 2011, hitting safely in 22-sequent games from June 19-July 14...streak was longest by Giants role player since Willie McCovey and Alvin Dark both striking safely in 22-directly in 1959 and 1952, respectively ... Sandoval'southward 22-game hit streak was also quaternary-longest by Venezuelan-born player in ML history...Victor Martinez holds record with 25-game streak in 2009 with Boston ... Was diagnosed with fractured hamate os in his right hand on April 30 and was placed on 15-day DL on May 1...injured paw while swinging bat in game on April 29 at Washington ... Had successful surgery in Arizona on May 3 with Dr. Don Sheridan performing process ... After missing about 6 weeks, began rehab assignment playing 1 game at Class A Advanced San Jose and and and then in 5 games with triple-A Fresno...was reinstated from disabled list on June 14. Had at to the lowest degree ane extra-base of operations hitting in 9-direct contests from June 26-July 4, tying 2nd-longest such streak in Majors in 2011 (Justin Upton had x)...Sandoval's streak of consecutive games with an extra-base hit was longest for any Giants player since Willie Mays had 9-game streak in 1963...since 1900, only 1 Giants histrion had an actress base hit in 10-direct games: Willie Mays (10-directly from May 23-June three, 1954) (Elias) ... Hit his 5th career "Splash Hit" and his 1st of season off San Diego reliever Ernesto Frieri in sixth inning on July 4 at AT&T Park ... Was named to his 1st career All-Star squad by MGR Bruce Bochy, one week after teams were announced...replaced Mets' SS Jose Reyes, who was on DL...became 1st Giants position thespian to exist chosen to Mid-Summertime Classic since Barry Bonds in 2007 ... Replaced All-Star starter Scott Rolen at third base in 6th inning and went 1-for-1 with an RBI-2B in his solitary plate appearance ... Faced left-handed pitcher Sergio Escalona while batting from left side of plate on Aug. 20 at Houston...marked 1st time he had ever faced lefty while batting left-handed... struck out with his bat flailing from his hands...swung this mode due to inflammation in his left shoulder and could not swing right-handed...faced Escalona over again adjacent day and struck out with runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 outs ... Belted pair of solo HRs on Sept. five at San Diego...marked 3rd time in his career to have multi-Hour game ... Striking for bike on Sept. fifteen at Colorado...with 3B in sixth inning, he became 26th Giant - and 10th in lodge'south San Francisco era - to hit for cycle...Sandoval hit 2-run home run in 1st inning, singled in 2nd, doubled in 5th and so hit drive off base of operations of wall in right-center field, bellyflopping into 3rd base well ahead of throw to achieve feat ... Prior to Sandoval, last Giant to hit for cycle was Fred Lewis, who did information technology on Mother'due south Twenty-four hours, 2007, also at Coors Field ... Recorded his 2d multi-Hour game of season and 4th of his career on Sept. 18 at Colorado...both of his HRs came in Giants' 8-run 4th inning...became 1st Giants role player to homer twice in one inning since Juan Uribe achieved feat on Sept. 23, 2010 at Chicago-NL...Sandoval finished game with career-best 11 total bases as he also tripled ... Was named NL Player of Week for 1st time in his career for week of Sept. 12-18...hit .440 (xi-for-25) with 2B, 2 3Bs, 4 HRs, 10 RBI ... Finished month of Sept. ranking 1st in NL with .784 slugging per centum., 2nd with .378 avg. and tied for fourth with vii HRs ... Battled with inflammation in his left shoulder over terminal 6 weeks of flavour and felt pain when he swung righthanded... saw limited playing time confronting left-handed pitchers, starting just four of 10 games in Sept. in which SF faced LH starter.Had at to the lowest degree 1 extra-base hit in ix-direct contests from June 26-July 4, tying 2nd-longest such streak in Majors in 2011 (Justin Upton had 10)...Sandoval's streak of sequent games with an extra-base hit was longest for any Giants actor since Willie Mays had 9-game streak in 1963...since 1900, only ane Giants player had an extra base striking in x-straight games: Willie Mays (10-straight from May 23-June 3, 1954) (Elias) ... Hit his 5th career "Splash Hit" and his 1st of season off San Diego reliever Ernesto Frieri in sixth inning on July 4 at AT&T Park ... Was named to his 1st career All-Star team past MGR Bruce Bochy, one week afterwards teams were announced...replaced Mets' SS Jose Reyes, who was on DL...became 1st Giants position player to be called to Mid-Summertime Classic since Barry Bonds in 2007 ... Replaced All-Star starter Scott Rolen at tertiary base in 6th inning and went ane-for-1 with an RBI-2B in his lone plate appearance ... Faced left-handed pitcher Sergio Escalona while batting from left side of plate on Aug. 20 at Houston...marked 1st time he had ever faced lefty while batting left-handed... struck out with his bat flailing from his easily...swung this way due to inflammation in his left shoulder and could non swing right-handed...faced Escalona again next day and struck out with runners on 1st and 2nd and ii outs ... Belted pair of solo HRs on Sept. 5 at San Diego...marked 3rd fourth dimension in his career to have multi-HR game ... Striking for cycle on Sept. xv at Colorado...with 3B in 6th inning, he became 26th Behemothic - and 10th in club's San Francisco era - to hit for cycle...Sandoval hitting 2-run home run in 1st inning, singled in 2nd, doubled in fifth and and so hitting drive off base of wall in right-center field, bellyflopping into 3rd base well ahead of throw to achieve feat ... Prior to Sandoval, last Giant to hit for cycle was Fred Lewis, who did it on Female parent'due south Day, 2007, as well at Coors Field ... Recorded his 2d multi-Hr game of season and 4th of his career on Sept. eighteen at Colorado...both of his HRs came in Giants' 8-run 4th inning...became 1st Giants player to homer twice in 1 inning since Juan Uribe achieved feat on Sept. 23, 2010 at Chicago-NL...Sandoval finished game with career-all-time 11 full bases as he also tripled ... Was named NL Actor of Week for 1st fourth dimension in his career for week of Sept. 12-18...hit .440 (11-for-25) with 2B, 2 3Bs, iv HRs, ten RBI ... Finished month of Sept. ranking 1st in NL with .784 slugging percent., second with .378 avg. and tied for 4th with 7 HRs ... Battled with inflammation in his left shoulder over terminal 6 weeks of season and felt pain when he swung righthanded... saw limited playing fourth dimension confronting left-handed pitchers, starting just 4 of 10 games in Sept. in which SF faced LH starter.
2010
After batting .330 with 25 HRs and 90 RBI in 2009, Sandoval struggled in his 2nd full big league season, batting just .268 (151-for-563) with 34 2Bs, 13 HRs and 63 RBI in 152 games ... In 2009, switch-hitter batted .314 as left-handed hitter and .379 as righty, yet in 2010, batted just .282 (119-for-422) from left-side and .227 (32-for-141) from correct ... His batting boilerplate on balls in play slid from .367 in 2008 to .353 in 2009 to .294 in 2010 ... Sandoval'due south year-by-twelvemonth batting average with runners in scoring position: in 2008, .395 (in 38 at-bats); in 2009, .301 (in 143 ABs); in 2010, .208 (27-for-130)...finished flavor past going only 3-for-15 (.200) with RISP over his last 30 games...batted .182 (10-for-55) with RISP/2 outs ... Had staggering home/road splits, striking .330 (92-for-279) with ix HRs and forty RBI in 76 games at AT&T Park, which ranked equally 6th-highest dwelling house average amidst NL players, behind Colorado'south Carlos Gonzalez (.380), Atlanta's Martin Prado (.353), Chicago's Starlin Castro (.340), Colorado'south Troy Tulowitzki (.339) and St. Louis' Albert Pujols (.335) ... Struggled on route, batting 122 points lower at .208 prune (59-for-284) with iv HRs and 23 RBI, which was 3rd-lowest route batting clip in NL, backside only Arizona's Marking Reynolds (.181) and Chicago'due south Aramis Ramirez (.201)...had largest divergence in batting average at dwelling house vs. road amidst all MLB qualifiers (STATS, LLC) ... Grounded into NL-leading 26 double-plays (grounded into simply 10 in 2009), 1 shy of A.J. Pierzynski's franchise tape of 27 GIDP'south in 2004 ... Hit .370 (37-for-100) on 1st pitch ... Averaged but 3.42 pitches per plate appearance (three.40 in his career) for 3rd-everyman avg. in NL, backside Cincinnati's Orlando Cabrera (three.35) and Houston's Carlos Lee (3.42) ... Started 146 of 162 games (136 at third base of operations and 10 at 1st base of operations)...fashioned .961 (13err, 334tc) fielding pct. at 3rd base, which was 5th-highest mark in NL ... Made his 2nd career Opening Solar day roster as well as his 2nd sequent Opening Day starting time ... Began season on hot note, hitting safely in his 1st viii games and finishing month of April with .368 batting avg. (32-for-87), 4th-highest in NL, behind Manny Ramirez (.415), Ivan Rodriguez (.413) and teammate Nate Schierholtz (.375) ... However, avg. took hit over side by side 3 months, as he striking just .233 (70-for-300) from May-July...hit .312 (34-for-109) in month of Aug. for 2nd-highest clip on team (behind Freddy Sanchez, .356), but finished Sept./Oct. by hitting just .244 (15-for-67) ... Left game on May xiv confronting Astros in 8th inning afterward getting striking on left foot by pitch from Jeff Fulchino...10-rays came back negative...Sandoval had started every one of SF's 34 games and had played in all of club's 310.1 defensive innings before sitting out...received 1st off day following game vs. Houston to rest sore foot ... Was dropped from third spot in society to 8th on June five at Pittsburgh, mark simply second fourth dimension in his career to hitting 8th ... Was part of back-to-back domicile runs with Pat Burrell on Aug. 12 vs. Chicago-NL...followed Burrell's solo shot off Randy Wells with his 3rd career "Splash Hit" and 1st in 2010...that home run snapped 178 at-bat homerless drought, which was longest of his career ... Hit his 2nd homer in iii games, after going 46 contests (and career-long 178 at-bats) without one on Aug. 14 vs. San Diego, striking solo shot off RHP Mat Latos in seventh inning to give Giants their 1st run in game in their 3-2 win in 11 innings...Sandoval'due south solo shot was fastball that he hit at chin level and one-hopped into McCovey Cove ... Hammered his 1st home run of season off left-handed pitcher on Aug. 19 at Philadelphia, striking solo shot off Cole Hamels in 4th inning to extend San Francisco's lead to 5-0...it came in his 122nd at-bat from right side of plate.
POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS Batted .176 (3-for-17) with two RBI in 6 postseason contests ... Started five of fifteen games (4 at 3rd base, 1 every bit DH) ... Had his biggest at-bat of postseason in Game four of LCS vs. Philadelphia on Oct. 20, driving in pair of go-ahead runs with 2B in 6th inning to aid stake Giants to v-four atomic number 82 in their 6-v victory.
2009
Established himself every bit fan favorite and ane of best all-around players on Giants in 2009...batted .330 (189-for-572) with 79 runs, 44 2Bs, five 3Bs, 25 HRs and 90 RBI in 153 games in his sophomore season, establishing career highs in every offensive category...recorded virtually doubles, abode runs and RBI in any season of his pro career...his .330 avg. ranked as second-highest in NL among qualifying players behind Florida's Hanley Ramirez (.342), while his 2Bs ranked 3rdmost in league...also ranked 2nd in multi-hit games (57), 3rd in avg. against left-handed pitchers (.379), 4th in hits, 6th in total bases (318) and slugging pct. (.556), 7th in actress base hits (74), and ninth in intentional walks (xiii)...his .330 avg. was 4th-highest amid players in their 1st full ML flavor since 1958...only Wade Boggs (.361 in 1983), Ichiro Suzuki (.350 in 2001) and Fred Lynn (.331 in 1975) had higher figures than Sandoval in their 1st full season (Sports Features Group)... was only third actor in franchise history to record season of .330 avg., 40+ 2Bs, 25+ HRs, and 90+ RBI, joining Pecker Terry (1932) and Jeff Kent (2000)...became but seventh Giant in order history to attain twoscore 2B's in single season...his hit full were most by Giant in single season since Jeff Kent in 2002 (195)...became 8th Behemothic in franchise history to record xx-plus HRs and twoscore-plus 2Bs...( Jeff Kent SF, 4 times; Jack Clark SF; Barry Bonds SF; Willie Mays SF; George Kelly NYG; Bill Terry NYG; Al Dark NYG, all one fourth dimension)...led NL in home batting avg. (.361), which was 3rd-highest home marker in SF-era history (Barry Bonds, .412 in 2004 and .369 in 2003)...proved to exist versatile in field, making 120 starts at 3rd base, 24 at 1st base and iii at catcher...was only Giant to start 1st 22 games of season (20 at 3B, 2 at C)...committed 14 errors combined at 1st (3) and third base (11)...his .960 fielding per centum. equally tertiary baseman was seventh-best in NL...batted .357 (92-for-258) with runners on base, 5th-best in NL...hitting .301 (43-for-143) with runners in scoring position (2nd-highest clip on Giants) and .314 (sixteen-for-51) with RISP and two outs (third-highest on team)...hit in number 3-hole for bulk of season, batting .318 (121-for-380) in 97 games, but also hit in cleanup spot, posting .416 avg. (37-for-89) in 24 games...too appeared in 5th-hole (.289) for 24 games and batted 6th on five occasions (.368)...12 of his 25 abode runs gave SF pb, and 7 of his 25 homers came in eighth inning or later...did not show much patience at plate as he led majors with swinging at 1st pitch 48.2% of time, although he hit .357 (41-for-115) with 7 HRs and 28 RBI on 0-0 counts...ranked 2nd in NL with .344 avg. (64-for-186) with 2 outs...his longest hitless drought was only four games from April 11-xv, going 0-for-13...hit only .217 (18-for-83) through his 1st 23 road games of flavor, yet, hitting .335 (seventy-for-209) in his concluding 55 route contests raising his avg. to .301...feasted on AL pitching during his fourteen Interleague games, batting .400 (20-for-50) with half-dozen 2B'southward, 3 HRs and 8 RBI...his .400 Interleague prune was tied for 6th-highest mark in majors...had 5 divide 8-game hitting streaks: i ten-game, two 9-game and 2 8-game...dominated Arizona pitching, hitting .500 (29-for-58) with 5 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 3 HRs and thirteen RBI...hitting safely in 12 of his 16 games vs. Snakes, while recording iii 4-hit contests...was one of v NL players to exist on list of Final Vote for NL squad in Mid-Summer Archetype, withal finished 2nd in voting behind Philadelphia's Shane Victorino...after walking only 9 times in his 1st 52 games of season, worked 43 gratis passes in his final 101...made Opening Day roster for 1st time in his career and became Giants youngest Opening Day starter at 3rd base of operations since Tom O'Malley (22 years and 101 days) in 1983 (Sports Features Group)...hit but .179 (5-for-28) with 2B and 7 strikeouts through his 1st viii games of season...snapped 0-for-fifteen streak (April 10-16) with 2-for-v showing Apr 16 at Los Angeles-NL...had 1st 3-hit game and 3B of flavour April nineteen vs. Arizona...went 17-for-45 (.378) with 4 2Bs, 3B, HR and 6 RBI from April 16-28 raising his boilerplate to .301, spring of 123 points...caught his 1st game April 22 vs. San Diego, catching all 10.0 innings of San Francisco's ane-0 win...recorded career-high 4 hits April 26 at Arizona, including his 1st HR of season in 8th inning off RHP Jon Garland...finished season, going half dozen-for-7 with 2 2Bs, HR and 3 RBI confronting Garland...stole his 1st base of career April 27 vs. Los Angeles-NL...broke up Jason Marquis' consummate-game shutout bid with abode run in ninth inning May 2 vs. Colorado....had 8-game striking streak from April 26-May 4, batting .483 (fourteen-for-29) with three 2Bs, 3B, 2 HRs and 7 RBI...hit 1st game-ending HR of his career May 12 vs. Washington off LHP Joe Beimel...became youngest Giant (22 years, 274 days onetime) to striking walkoff Hour since Jack Clark (22 years, 218 days old) achieved feat June 16, 1978...finished dark going 3-for-5 with HR, 2B and 3 RBI...was candidate for NL Role player of Week honors for week May 11-17 after batting .433 (xiii-for-30) with HR and 7 RBI...sat out May 24 game with tightness in his right elbow and missed 4 contests...came back from injury May 29 vs. St. Louis and went ii-for-4 with 2 RBI while also making his 1st kickoff of flavor at 1st base...tied his career-high with 4-hit performance June ten at Arizona with HR and iii RBI...had 1st career multi-habitation run contest June 15 vs. Los Angeles-AL, going 3-for-5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBI...had career-best 10-game hit streak June 7-16, batting .500 (19-for-38) with 3 2Bs, 4 HRs and 9 RBI...recorded iii errors June 16 vs. Los Angeles-AL at 1st base (ii fielding, 1 throwing)...was fourth time in SF history that 1st baseman had committed 3 miscues in 1 game with last occurrence by Todd Benzinger June xviii, 1994...was nominee for NL Player of Week June 14-21, hitting .455 (ten-for-2) with 3 2Bs, ii HRs and 4 RBI...posted his second career multi-60 minutes game June 27 at Milwaukee, finishing 3-for-5 with ii HRs and 6 RBI...had 9-game striking streak June 19-28, hitting .406 (13-for-31) with 5 2Bs, iii HRs and five RBI...led NL with .394 avg. (37-for-94) in June and was 2nd-all-time clip in majors behind Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki (.407)...his eight Hour'south in June were nearly he recorded in any calendar month...had streak of reaching base safely in 25-directly games June 4-xxx with .411 avg. (37-for-90)...snapped an 0-for-xi streak at plate July four vs. Houston with 2-run 60 minutes off Felipe Paulino...saturday out July 5 game with bruised correct knee joint after sliding into abode previous day...belted his 1st career thou slam on 1-0 pitch off Florida'south Sean Westward in 5th inning July 6 at AT&T Park...his 4 RBI matched his flavour-high and was ane shy of his career-high...became youngest Behemothic to hit grand slam since Matt Williams (v months younger than Sandoval) did and so June 4, 1988 vs. Houston...had back-to-dorsum games with dwelling house runs, hitting 3-run clout July xi and two-run opposite field ascendancy July 12, both vs. San Diego...was 3rd fourth dimension in his cursory career that he has homered on back-to-back nights...had 15 dwelling runs in 1st half of flavor, which were most 1st half homers for Behemothic since Barry Bonds clubbed 17 in 2007...had 8-game striking streak July 8-19, hitting .364 (12-for-33) with 2 2Bs, 2 60 minutes's and 8 RBI...hit his 1st career splash hitting HR with solo shot July 30 off Philadelphia's Rodrigo Lopez...finished going 2-for-4 with Hr and iv RBI (3rd-career 4 RBI operation)...hit dorsum-to-back HRs with Freddy Sanchez Aug. iv at Houston...went 3-for-4 with solo Hr and reached base in 4 of his 5 plate appearances Aug. 15 at New York-NL...on Aug. 15 at New York-NL, hit solo HR off Johan Santana later on Santana'south 1st pitch sailed behind him...Bengie Molina yelled for Sandoval to remain at-home and two pitches later he homered, hitting face up of second deck in left field for his 18th home run to push Giants' lead to 4-i...recorded his 1st iii strikeout game of his career Aug. 19 at Cincinnati...was removed from game Aug. 25 at Arizona with tight right dogie...did non outset next 3 games (made 1 PH advent)...returned from injury and stomach flu Aug. 28 vs. Colorado, going 1-for-three with opposite field solo HR...became 1st Behemothic to record at least 20 HRs in flavour since Barry Bonds (28) and Pedro Feliz (20) both did then in 2007...clubbed 50th Splash hitting by Giants in AT&T Park history with solo HR Aug. 29 vs. Colorado...hitting but .189 (7-for-37) through his 1st 11 games of Sept....however, hit .354 (23-for-65) with 4 2Bs, 3B, 2 HRs and 10 RBI over calendar month'due south final 17 games...had 9-game hit streak from Sept. 15-24, batting .400 (14-for-35) with 3 2Bs, 3B, HR and vii RBI...tied his career-high with iv hits Sept. 29 vs. Arizona (3rd fourth dimension), finishing 4-for-5 with career-best four runs, 2B, 60 minutes and 2 RBI...striking game-winning solo dwelling house run to deep center field in last game of season October. 4 at San Diego in 10th inning to assist Giants win four-3...
2008
Posted by far his best season and was one of all-time of whatsoever Giants farmhand in 2008...rewarded for his success, making his big league debut in mid-Aug...moved chop-chop through ranks, start flavour at single-A and finishing as one of Giants' major run producers...in express big league action, batted .345 (50-for-145) with 24 runs, 10 2Bs, 3B, 3 HRs and 24 RBI in 41 games for San Francisco...collected 18 multi-hit contests, tied for ninth-nigh amidst NL rookies... hit .395 (15-for-38) with 22 RBI with RISP...logged .368 mark (28-for-76) on road, hitting safely in xv of xx route contests with 12 multi-hit games...started 34 contests (13 at 1B, 12 at 3B, nine at C), with Giants going 17-17 in his starts...had his contract purchased from double-A Connecticut Aug. 13 and made his Major League debut Aug. 14 at Houston (start at C), going 0-for-iii with 1st RBI coming on sacrifice wing...following debut, recorded hits in each of his next 9 games, going 15-for- 33 (.455) during season-high 9-game hit streak...recorded his 1st ML striking Aug. 16 at Atlanta with single off LHP Mike Hampton...hit 1st career Hr Aug. 27 vs. Colorado off RHP Livan Hernandez in 7th inning, giving SF 2-1 absorber...clout was role of back-to-dorsum HRs with Bengie Molina... led all ML rookies in batting avg. in Aug. with .393 prune, 11 points higher than next closest histrion (Joey Votto of Cincinnati - .382)...as well finished month with .554 slugging percent., tertiary-highest amongst NL rookies...recorded career-high 5 RBI Sept. 7 vs. Pittsburgh, going two-for-3 with run, 2B and pair of sacrifice flies...had iv of those RBI in Giants' ten-run quaternary inning...became 1st Giants rookie to collect 5-RBI competition since Damon Minor in 2002...slugged 3rd career 60 minutes Sept. 12 vs. Padres, solo shot in 4th inning (off RHP Jake Peavy)...scored get-ahead run on wild pitch by Dirk Hayhurst Sept. fourteen at SD in 10th inning, giving Giants 8-6 victory...beginning Aug. 14, ranked among NL leaders in avg. (7th) and hits (9th)...suffered sore left quadriceps Sept. 19 at Los Angeles-NL and started just 4 of SF's terminal 8 games...prior to getting big league call, combined to hit .350 (157-for- 448) with 90 runs, 38 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 20 HRs, 96 RBI and .578 slugging mark over 112 games between single-A San Jose and double-A Connecticut...was named Giants' Pocket-sized League Role player of Twelvemonth for his efforts, 1st time that club has handed out accolade...at fourth dimension of his promotion, ranked 7th amid all minor leaguers for avg., while ranking quaternary for total bases (259) and eighth for RBI...did terminate up finishing 12th overall among all modest league players in avg...was member of World Team for Futures Game at Yankee Stadium...appeared at 1B and went 0-for-1 with an RBI and BB in Globe's 3-0 victory over U.Due south. Team...started '08 season at single-A, batting .359 (98-for-273) with 61 runs, 25 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 12 HRs and 59 RBI in 68 games...was named to California League in-flavour All-Star team...was promoted to double-A June 25 and batted .337 (59-for-175) with 29 runs, thirteen 2Bs, 8 HRs and 37 RBI in 44 games for Defenders...had flavour-best 15-game hitting streak July half-dozen-23, batting .408 (29-for-71)...received Eastern League Player of Week honors for July 21-27 later on batting .417 (10-for-24) with 4 runs, 2 2Bs, two HRs and 12 RBI.
2007
Hit .287 in 102 games at single-A San Jose, while setting career highs with 33 2Bs, five 3Bs (tied), 11 HRs and 52 RBI...logged 59 games behind plate, and 42 contests at 1B...tied for club lead with 7 RBI during SJ'south run to California League title...went 9-for-34 (.265) with ii HRs in nine postal service flavor games...played for Magallanes in Venezuelan Winter League...
2006
Carve up time betwixt 1B (93 games) and 3B (21) with single-A Augusta, batting .265 with 20 2Bs, 1 Hr and 49 RBI...played for World Team in Futures Game, part of All-Star Festivities in Pittsburgh...
2005
Earned Northwest League All-Star honors for short-flavour Salem-Keizer, batting .330 with 15 2Bs, 3 HRs and l RBI in 75 games...ranked among league leaders for RBI (2nd), hits (second - 97), games (2d), avg. (third) and total bases (fifth - 125)
2004
Logged 1st season on U.S. soil, appearing in 46 games for Giants' chapter in Arizona Rookie League...
2003
Began professional career with SF's social club in Dominican Summertime League, batting .354 in 57 games...
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