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Brandon Crawford

Brandon Crawford
Brandon Crawford on July 15, 2011.jpg
Crawford with the San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants – No. 35
Shortstop
Born: (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 (age 30)
Mountain View, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 27, 2011, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Batting average .252
Hits 679
Home runs 59
Runs batted in 346
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Brandon Crawford
Medal record
Baseball
Representing  United States
FISU World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Havana Baseball
World Baseball Classic
Gold medal – first place 2017 Los Angeles Team

Brandon Michael Crawford (born January 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He stands 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg). He was the sixth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first Major League game, and is also the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in a Major League Baseball postseason game. Crawford played college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was twice named the team's Most Valuable Player (MVP).

Crawford is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, and grew up in Pleasanton. He was born in Mountain View, and his family lived in Menlo Park before they moved to Pleasanton when he was in elementary school. He grew up a Giants fan, and his family purchased season tickets and a commemorative brick in Willie Mays Plaza outside AT&T Park when the ballpark opened in 2000. Crawford attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton; where he was a three-sport athlete playing football, basketball, and baseball. He was the starting quarterback for the Foothill Falcons and graduated in the class of 2005.

Crawford attended UCLA, where he was a physiological sciences major. He played baseball for the UCLA Bruins from 2006 to 2008, where he helped lead the team to the NCAA Regionals in three consecutive seasons, the first time in school history. Crawford was named the team's MVP in 2006 and 2007, and he was named to the All-Pac-10 conference team in 2007. In the summer of 2007, Crawford played for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He also played in the Northwoods League for the Mankato MoonDogs in 2005 before he attended UCLA.


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