Curtis Granderson
| Curtis Granderson | |
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 Granderson against the Orioles on April 11, 2018
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 16, 1981 Blue Island , United States 
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| Strikes: Left | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| September 13, 2004 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| September 29, 2019 at the Miami Marlins | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | .249 |
| Home runs | 344 |
| Runs Batted In | 937 |
| Runs | 1,217 |
| Hits | 1,800 |
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Curtis Granderson , nickname Grandy Man , (born March 16, 1981 in Blue Island , Illinois ) is a retired American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the position of outfielders .
biography
High school and college
Granderson attended Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing , Illinois. There he had a batting average of .427 in 1999. At the University of Illinois at Chicago , Curtis led the team in home runs (7) and walks (45) in 2000 . The next season he also led his team in the runs .
Minor league
2002 was selected in the third round of the MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers. Granderson started his career with the minor league team Oneta Tigers, where he had a batting average of .344. The next season he played for the Lakeland Tigers, beating .286 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI . Playing for the Erie SeaWolves in 2004, he was named to the Double-A All Star team after a .303 batting average, 21 home runs and 93 RBI. He started the 2005 season with the Toledo Mud Hens, where he averaged .290, hit 15 home runs, 65 RBI and stole 22 bases.
Detroit Tigers
In September 2005 Granderson was called up to the Detroit Tigers in the Major League, where he hit an Inside the Park Home Run and a Walkoff Home Run as well as a 5-hit game in his first month. In 2006 he received the regular seat of the Center Fielder. In the 2007 season he was first named Player of the Week by the MLB. On September 7, 2007 he achieved 20 doubles, 20 triples and 20 home runs in one season and thus became a member of the so-called 20-20-20 club, which at that time only had five other players: George Brett (1979 ), Willie Mays (1957), Jeff Heath (1941), Jim Bottomley (1928) and Frank Schulte (1911). Two days later, Granderson stole 20th base that season, becoming only the third member of the so-called 20-20-20-20 club alongside Willie Mays (1957) and Frank Schulte (1911). With a total of 23 triples, he led the MLB in 2007.
On February 4, 2008, Granderson signed a five-year contract with the Tigers for $ 30.25 million. Due to an injury, he was only able to compete for the Tigers in April. He achieved a batting average of .280, 13 triples and 22 home runs over the course of the 2008 season, reduced the number of strike-outs significantly (from 174 in 2006 to 111) and scored 71 walks. In the 2009 season he was elected to the All Star Team. Overall, he achieved a batting average of .249, 91 runs, 23 doubles, 8 triples, 30 home runs, 71 RBI and 20 stolen bases in 160 games that year.
New York Yankees
In December 2009, Granderson was transferred to the New York Yankees in a three-team trade . On April 4, 2010, he hit his first home run for the Yankees.
Granderson had his best season with the Yankees in 2011 . In 156 games he got 136 runs and 119 RBI and he won the Silver Slugger Award . Despite slightly poorer values, he was invited to the All-Star game again in the 2012 season . In the 2013 season , Granderson only made 61 appearances for the Yankees after breaking his little finger on May 24 after a hit by pitch from Tampa Bay's relief pitcher Cesar Ramos. He then had to undergo an operation and was not back on duty until August 2nd.
New York Mets
On December 6, 2013, Granderson agreed with the New York Mets on a lavish four-year contract, thus settling his move to city rivals for the New York Yankees for the 2014 MLB season .
In the 2015 season , Granderson reached the post season with the Mets . To date he has been active twice in the ALDS and once in the ALCS with the Yankees. In the 2015 NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers , Granderson contributed five RBIs in game 3 and one run to the Mets' success in game 5. In the subsequent NLCS 2015 against the Chicago Cubs , which the Mets clearly won 4-0, he managed 4 runs and 2 RBI. In Game 1 of the 2015 World Series , Granderson hit a home run against the Kansas City Royals . He was able to repeat this in game 3 and managed two more runs in addition to the home run. In the decisive game 5 of the series, he managed to run two more runs, including another home run. However, these two were the only runs of the Mets in this game that lost the game with 2: 7 and thus the World Series.
Los Angeles Dodgers
At the end of the 2017 season, Granderson joined the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Toronto Blue Jays
For the 2018 season, Granderson signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays .
Milwaukee Brewers
When it became clear that the Blue Jays no longer had a realistic chance of the 2018 play-offs , Granderson was given to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Demi Orimoloye . At the end of the season he became a free agent .
Private life
Off the field, Granderson serves as the ambassador for Major League Baseball International. In August 2009 he published his book All You Can Be: Dream It, Draw It, Become It! . In the 2007 and 2008 postseason he was a commentator for TBS television with Cal Ripken, Jr. , Dennis Eckersley and Frank Thomas .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Curtis Granderson Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com . www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ Detroit's Curtis Granderson named Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week . detroit.tigers.mlb.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ↑ Granderson's 20th steal puts Tigers center fell in select company - MLB - ESPN . sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ↑ 2007 American League Batting Leaders - Baseball-Reference.com . www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ Tigers, Granderson set extension . mlb.com. Retrieved on September 20, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Yankees Get Granderson in 3-Team Trade - NYTimes.com . www.nytimes.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ↑ Granderson Hit by Pitch, Has Broken Finger. NBC New York, May 24, 2013, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- ^ Crosstown traffic: Granderson joining Mets . www.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Adam McCalvy: 3 Brewers acquire Gio, Grandy among trades. In: mlb.com. September 1, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
- ^ Granderson to join broadcast booth . mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Granderson, Curtis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grandy Man (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blue Island , Illinois |