From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Freddy Sanchez
Freddy Sanchez
Freddy Sanchez Frederick Phillip "Freddy" Sanchez, Jr. (born December
21, 1977) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for
the San Francisco Giants. Sanchez has previously played
for the Boston Red Sox (2002-2003) and the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates (2004-2009) and the San Francisco Giants (2009-pre-
sent). He bats and throws right-handed.
High school and college
Sanchez graduated in 1996 from Burbank High School
in Burbank, California, where he was a consistent three-
year varsity player. In his senior year he was named MVP
of the talent-filled Foothill League of the CIF. He also
starred in the Daily News Bernie Milligan All-Star Game,
where he earned MVP honors. While in high school, he
played on the same summer league team as former team-
mate Jack Wilson. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves
in the 30th round out of Burbank High, but opted not to
sign.
His success in high school was nothing short of mirac-
ulous. Sanchez was born with a severely pigeon-toed left
San Francisco Giants – No. 21 foot and a club right foot, and his parents had received an
initial medical prognosis that he might never walk. After
Second baseman seeking specialized medical attention through the Chil-
Born: December 21, 1977 (1977-12-21) dren’s Orthopaedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los An-
Hollywood, California geles, he underwent surgery to correct his foot problems
at 13 months, and then had to undergo years of physical
Bats: Right Throws: Right
therapy before he could walk properly.[1]
MLB debut Sanchez went to Glendale Community College for two
September 10, 2002 for the Boston Red Sox years, where he led the team to a co-championship in the
Western State Conference, which was also the college’s
Career statistics first playoff appearance since 1981. He transferred to Dal-
(through 2010 season)
las Baptist University as a Junior, where he played in the
Batting average .298 NAIA College World Series. In his senior year, he trans-
ferred to Oklahoma City University in 2000, where he was
Home runs 45
named a NAIA All-Star.
Runs batted in 347
Teams Career
• Boston Red Sox (2002-2003)
• Pittsburgh Pirates (2004-2009) Minor leagues to the majors
• San Francisco Giants (2009-Present)
Sanchez was originally signed by Boston Red Sox scout
Career highlights and awards Ernie Jacobs after being selected in the 11th round of the
2000 draft. In the 2000 season, he split the year between
• 3× All-Star selection (2006, 2007, 2009)
• 2006 National League batting champion Single-A Lowell and Augusta. For Lowell he hit .288, and
• 2006 National League doubles champion for Augusta he hit .301. He began 2001 playing for Single-
• 2006 Tony Conigliaro Award A Sarasota, where he hit a Red Sox minor league system
• 2010 World Series Champion best of .339. He quickly moved up to Double-A Trenton,
• First player to hit doubles in his first three World Series
where he hit well above the .300 mark for all of his time
at-bats (2010)
there, including above .400 in his first 10 games.
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On August 2, 2002, Sanchez was called up from Triple- drive percentage (27.5%).[4] After the season, Sanchez re-
A Pawtucket, and made his major league debut for the ceived the Tony Conigliaro Award for having overcome
Red Sox on the 10th against Tampa Bay. He went 1-for-2 his physical adversities.[1]
with a pinch-hit two-run single. The 2003 season saw In early January 2006 his Burbank High School Bull-
him optioned back and forth between the Red Sox and dog baseball jersey number "21" was retired during a
Pawtucket. At the 2003 trading deadline, Sanchez was ceremony hosted by the school and city officials. The
dealt (along with LHP Mike Gonzalez) to the Pittsburgh day was declared "Freddy Sanchez" day. In January 2007,
Pirates in return for pitchers Jeff Suppan, Scott Sauer- Sanchez was voted one of Pittsburgh’s most 25 beautiful
beck and Anastacio Martinez, and was assigned to Triple- people by Pittsburgh Magazine.[5]
A Nashville;[2] he played only one game there before an Sanchez became the first Pirate to win a batting title
ankle injury forced him onto the disabled list. since Bill Madlock in 1983. Sanchez won the award for
Sanchez spent most of the 2004 season on the dis- Pittsburgh, beating Florida Marlins third baseman Miguel
abled list because of the ankle injury, and did not play un- Cabrera on the last day of the 2006 season. He made his
til July; he joined the major league roster in September. MLB All-Star Game debut in his own ballpark at PNC Park
in 2006 with fellow teammate Jason Bay as the starter for
Pirates: Breakout and Batting Title the Pirates.
2005 2007
2005 was Sanchez’s first full season in the major leagues. In 2007, Sanchez was moved to second base, replacing
He began the season as a backup infielder, but ended up Jose Castillo. Sanchez was also named to the 2007 Nation-
playing in a majority of the team’s games due to injuries al League All-Star as a reserve, selected by Tony LaRus-
and poor performance by other players. He appeared in sa. He was the only Pirate All-Star, and it was his second
132 games and made 100 starts (39 at second base, 6 at straight All-Star game. He finished the season with a bat-
shortstop and 55 at third base), compiling a .291 batting ting average above .300, and a career-high 11 home runs.
average with 5 home runs and 35 RBI. 2005 included the
birth of his son, Evan. 2008
On January 26, 2008, his wife Alissa gave birth to their
2006 second son, Ryan Anthony. Shortly following, on Febru-
Despite his impressive finish to 2005, Sanchez began the ary 5, the Pirates and Sanchez agreed to a multi-year
2006 season as a bench player. When third baseman Joe deal. Sanchez’s new contract guaranteed him two sea-
Randa suffered an injury on May 6, Sanchez took over the sons with the Pirates, plus a club option for 2010 that
position. would become a guaranteed year if Sanchez met certain
Sanchez received over 850,000 write-in votes for the performance criteria in 2009; the 2010 option took the
2006 All-Star Game, the most of all MLB players. He made place of Sanchez’s first year of free agency. The contract
the National All-Star squad as a reserve selected by NL would pay the two-time All-Star second baseman up to
manager and former Pirate Phil Garner, a former third $18.9 million. With a sluggish first half but a strong sec-
and second baseman. Sanchez entered the game in the ond half, Sanchez batted .271 in 2008, with 9 home runs.
5th inning at shortstop, replacing perennial All-Star
Edgar Rentería. He made a stellar leaping catch which 2009
was the defensive play of the game. He finished the game On May 25 Sanchez had six hits in one game, Pittsburgh’s
at 2nd base and went 0 for 2 at the plate with two ground- first six-hit game in 19 years, joining Texas Ranger Ian
outs. Kinsler as the only ballplayers to garner that many hits
A local reporter has dubbed 2006 Sanchez’s "story- in one game in the season.[6]
book season" for his rise from a high-ceiling, limited- Shortly after it was announced that Sanchez was the
visibility prospect to an All-Star and batting champion. Pirates’ lone representative in the 2009 All-Star Game,
Pirates manager Jim Tracy admitted his surprise and the team began to promote Sanchez on the trade market.
praised him, "If you handed out ballots at the start of the Interested teams included the Giants, Rockies, Twins, and
season listing potential candidates to win the National Mariners. On July 16, reports broke that the Pirates had
League batting championship, I don’t know that his name asked to sit down and talk about a long term contract
would have been on it. Now? He’s a guy people are going with Sanchez and Jack Wilson. Both players rejected the
to keep an eye on for many years to come."[3] initial offers, but reportedly were still open to negotia-
Beyond this amazing accomplishment, Sanchez tion.[7] On July 29, 2009, Sanchez’s status was resolved
reached the coveted 200 hit mark for the season. Though when he was traded to the San Francisco Giants for minor
it was said that he lacked power, he showed nice pop in league pitcher Tim Alderson.[8]
his bat by leading the National League in doubles with
53. He also tacked on 85 RBIs. He led the majors in line
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2010: World Series Champion
Sanchez had a nice year in his first full season in San
Francisco, hitting .292 with 7 home runs and 47 runs
batted en route to the San Francisco Giants winning 92
games and the National League Western Division title, in
a season that culminated in the Giants’ winning the 2010
World Series title. Sanchez became the first player in his-
tory to collect 3 doubles in his first 3 World Series at-bats
off Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee in an 11-7 victory.[11] He
had initially been awarded doubles in his first four at-
bats, but his fourth consecutive stop at second base was
ruled a single and an error.
2011
On June 10, Sanchez dislocated his shoulder diving for
a groundball by Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips.
On August 1, it was announced that Sanchez would have
season-ending surgery.
Family
Sanchez and his wife Alissa have two sons; Evan (born
4/19/2005) and Ryan (born 1/26/2008).[12][13]
See also
• List of Major League Baseball batting champions
• List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
References
[1] ^ "Sanchez wins Tony C Award for overcoming
adversity". Associated Press (via ESPN). 2006-12-06.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/
story?id=2689023. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
[2] "Sox trade Sanchez for pitcher Suppan".
Boston.com. 2003-07-31. http://www.boston.com/
news/daily/31/suppan_1.htm. Retrieved
2010-10-28.
[3] Paul Meyer (2006-08-31). "Sanchez delivers happy
ending: Batting leader’s storybook season
continues in Pirates’ 10-9, extra-inning win vs.
Sanchez in 2007. Cubs". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-
gazette.com/pg/06243/717765-63.stm.
San Francisco Giants [4] "Major League Leaderboards >> 2006 >> Batters >>
Batted Ball Statistics". FanGraphs. FanGraphs
2009 Baseball. http://www.fangraphs.com/
On August 26, Sanchez was placed on 15-day disabled list leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=2&season=20
due to a strained left shoulder.[9] Retrieved 2009-07-21.
On October 30, after hitting a combined .293/.326/ [5] Speed, Elizabeth; Randall, Reese; Stanek, Jeff.
.416 over 111 games with the Pirates and Giants, Sanchez "WQED Multimedia: Pittsburgh Magazine:
signed a two-year contract to remain with the Giants.[10] December 2006: Signature Sendall". Pittsburgh
Magazine: December 2006. WQED Multimedia.
http://www.wqed.org/mag/features/0107/
mbp.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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Preceded by National League Batting Champion Succeeded by
Derrek Lee 2006 Matt Holliday
[6] "Freddy Sanchez’s six hits leads Pittsburgh Pirates article.jsp?ymd=20080611&content_id=2891487&vkey=news_pit&f
over Cubs 10-8". MSN Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/News/ [13] "Freddy Sanchez Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights".
ContentPosting?newsitemid=251163418&feedname=CP- Pirates.com. MLB.com.
SPORTS- http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/
player.jsp?player_id=408108. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
BASEBALL&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=False.
Retrieved 2009-07-21.
[7] Langosch, Jenifer (2009-07-20). "Sanchez, Wilson
open to staying with Bucs". Pirates.com. MLB.com.
External links
http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/ • Career statistics and player information from MLB,
or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The
article.jsp?ymd=20090720&content_id=5958712&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit.
Retrieved 2009-07-21. Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
[8] Schulman, Henry (July 29, 2009). "UPDATE: Giants • Fan Homepage - www.freddysanchez.net
acquire Freddy Sanchez for Tim Alderson". The San Persondata
Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- Name Sanchez, Freddy
bin/blogs/giants/detail?&entry_id=44521.
[9] http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/ Alternative names
story?id=4422649 Short description
[10] Haft, Chris (2009-10-30). "Sanchez signs two-year Date of birth December 21, 1977
contract". MLB.com.
Place of birth Hollywood, California
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/
Date of death
article.jsp?ymd=20091030&content_id=7584566&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf.
Retrieved 2011-01-09. Place of death
[11] Ten-gallon splat: SF knocks Texas off a Cliff
[12] Krise, Todd (13 June 2008). "Sanchez’s dad is his No.
1 fan". MLB. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/
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