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Andres Galarraga

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Full Name: Andres Jose Galarraga Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/235 First Game: August 23, 1985
Birthdate: June 18, 1961 Final Game: October 3, 2004
Birthplace: Caracas, Distrito Federal (Venezuela) MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Andres Galarraga (Andres Jose Galarraga) was born on June 18, 1961 in Caracas, Distrito Federal (Venezuela). He made his Major League debut on August 23, 1985 for the Montreal Expos. In 1986, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 10 home runs and 42 RBI. Galarraga played for the Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 19 year career.

Most people believe that Andres Galarraga's best season was 1996, when he slugged 47 home runs, hit for a .304 average and knocked in 150 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1985 MON N 24 75 9 14 2 4 .187 .228 .280 1 0 3 18 1 0 1 0 0
1986 MON N 105 321 39 87 10 42 .271 .338 .405 13 0 30 79 3 1 6 5 8
1987 MON N 147 551 72 168 13 90 .305 .361 .459 40 3 41 127 10 0 7 13 11
1988 MON N 157 609 99 184 29 92 .302 .352 .540 42 8 39 153 10 0 13 9 12
1989 MON N 152 572 76 147 23 85 .257 .327 .434 30 1 48 158 13 0 12 10 12
1990 MON N 155 579 65 148 20 87 .256 .306 .409 29 0 40 169 4 0 10 8 14
1991 MON N 107 375 34 82 9 33 .219 .268 .336 13 2 23 86 2 0 5 5 6
1992 STL N 95 325 38 79 10 39 .243 .282 .391 14 2 11 69 8 0 5 0 8
1993 COL N 120 470 71 174 22 98 .370 .403 .602 35 4 24 73 6 0 2 12 9
1994 COL N 103 417 77 133 31 85 .319 .356 .592 21 0 19 93 8 0 8 8 10
1995 COL N 143 554 89 155 31 106 .280 .331 .511 29 3 32 146 13 0 12 6 14
1996 COL N 159 626 119 190 47 150 .304 .357 .601 39 3 40 157 17 0 18 3 6
1997 COL N 154 600 120 191 41 140 .318 .389 .585 31 3 54 141 17 0 15 2 16
1998 ATL N 153 555 103 169 44 121 .305 .397 .595 27 1 63 146 25 0 7 11 8
2000 ATL N 141 494 67 149 28 100 .302 .369 .526 25 1 36 126 17 0 3 5 15
2001 TEX A 72 243 33 57 10 34 .235 .310 .424 16 0 18 68 9 0 1 1 9
2001 SF N 49 156 17 45 7 35 .288 .351 .513 12 1 13 49 3 0 0 1 3
2001 Total 121 399 50 102 17 69 .256 .326 .459 28 1 31 117 12 0 1 2 12
2002 MON N 104 292 30 76 9 40 .260 .344 .394 12 0 30 81 9 0 2 6 8
2003 SF N 110 272 36 82 12 42 .301 .352 .489 15 0 19 61 2 0 1 1 9
2004 ANA A 7 10 1 3 1 2 .300 .364 .600 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
Total NL 2178 7843 1161 2273 388 1389 .290 .348 .501 428 32 565 1932 168 1 127 105 169
Total AL 79 253 34 60 11 36 .237 .312 .431 16 0 18 71 10 0 1 1 10
Total 2257 8096 1195 2333 399 1425 .288 .347 .499 444 32 583 2003 178 1 128 106 179

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1985 MON N 1B 23 19 166 173 22 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1986 MON N 1B 102 79 774 805 40 4 59 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1987 MON N 1B 146 143 1275 1300 103 10 96 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1988 MON N 1B 156 151 1371.2 1464 103 15 124 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1989 MON N 1B 147 142 1288.2 1335 91 11 97 1 0 0 0 0 .992
1990 MON N 1B 154 145 1318.1 1300 94 10 93 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1991 MON N 1B 105 99 865.1 887 80 9 68 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1992 STL N 1B 90 83 754.1 777 62 8 71 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1993 COL N 1B 119 119 1008.1 1018 103 11 88 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1994 COL N 1B 103 103 901.1 953 65 8 90 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1995 COL N 1B 142 139 1229.1 1299 120 13 129 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1996 COL N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 COL N 1B 159 158 1378.2 1528 116 14 154 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1997 COL N 1B 154 150 1325.2 1458 117 15 176 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1998 ATL N DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 ATL N 1B 149 149 1279.2 1218 81 11 114 0 0 0 0 0 .992
2000 ATL N 1B 132 122 1078 1104 61 14 96 1 0 0 0 0 .988
2000 ATL N DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 TEX A DH 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 TEX A 1B 25 25 220 194 16 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 .995
2001 SF N 1B 41 36 322.2 288 13 5 38 0 0 0 0 0 .984
2001 Total 1B 66 61 542.2 482 29 6 64 0 0 0 0 0 .988
2002 MON N 1B 89 72 664.2 629 59 13 55 1 0 0 0 0 .981
2003 SF N 1B 69 57 527 503 29 3 56 0 0 0 0 0 .994
2003 SF N DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ANA A DH 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ANA A 1B 1 1 9 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 2106 1992 17757.2 18242 1376 176 1646 3 0 0 0 0 .991
Total 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 48 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Montreal Expos (January 19, 1979).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Hill (November 25, 1991).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 1992).
  • Signed by Colorado Rockies (November 16, 1992).
  • Granted free agency (October 25, 1993).
  • Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 6, 1993).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 20, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (December 8, 2000).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Chris Magruder, Erasmo Ramirez and Todd Ozias (July 24, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (November 7, 2001).
  • Signed by Montreal Expos (March 7, 2002).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 5, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
  • Signed by Anaheim Angels (August 6, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
  • Signed by New York Mets (December 23, 2004).

[edit] Trivia

  • Galarraga was the first Venezuelan-born player to win a batting title.
  • He was the first Rockies' player ever represented at All-Star Game (1993)
  • The Big Cat also had a field refurbished and named in his honor. Andres Galarraga Field opened at the Denver Boys & Girls Club. This was the first time this ever happened to a Colorado Rockies' player.
  • He is the Rockies' career leader in At-Bats per Home Runs with 15.5.
  • His 150 RBIs in 1996 is also still a single season record for the Rockies.
  • He currently holds the Rockies' record for RBIs before the All-Star break (84, 1997)
  • He became the first player in history to win two NL Comeback Player of the Year Awards
  • Galarraga was honored in the docudrama movie "Galarraga: puro bĂ©isbol" (2000); Venezuela's movie's title means "Galarraga: Nothing But Baseball"
  • He was also honored in the book "Andres Galarraga - Real Life Reader Biography", by writer Sue Boulais in 2003.
  • Galarraga is one of three players that Hall of Famer Rich Gossage has admitted to intentionally hit with a pitch; the other two were Ron Gant and Al Bumbry.

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