Candy Maldonado

Candy Maldonado
Candy Maldonado in 2009.
Right fielder / Left fielder
Born: (1960-09-05) September 5, 1960 (age 56) Humacao, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 7, 1981, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1995, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.254
Home runs	146
Runs batted in	618
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1981–1985) San Francisco Giants (1986–1989) Cleveland Indians (1990) Milwaukee Brewers (1991) Toronto Blue Jays (1991–1992) Chicago Cubs (1993) Cleveland Indians (1993–1994) Toronto Blue Jays (1995) Texas Rangers (1995)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1992)

Candido Maldonado Guadarrama (born September 5, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1981 to 1995 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. Chris Berman, a fellow ESPN analyst, nicknamed him the "Candyman". Maldonado holds the distinction of having struck the first game-winning hit outside the United States in World Series play, and was the only Giant to hit a triple in the 1989 World Series.

Maldonado, also known as "The Candyman" and "The 4th Out", was a major part of the Giants success in the late 1980s as a part of the 1987 NL West Champions and the 1989 National League Champions.

Although Maldonado had statistically good seasons in San Francisco, he was involved in one of the most infamous plays in Giants history. In game 6 of the 1987 National League Championship Series, he lost Tony Peña's 2nd inning fly ball in the lights. This play resulted in a triple for Peña. Peña scored on a sacrifice fly for the only run of the game, which the Cardinals won to tie the series at 3 games each, before going on to win Game 7.

Over his career, Maldonado was a better hitter on the road than at home, with a batting average which was 51 points higher in road games than in home games.