Gaby Sánchez

Gaby Sánchez
Sánchez with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2014
Free agent
First baseman
Born: (1983-09-02) September 2, 1983 (age 33) Miami, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 17, 2008, for the Florida Marlins
NPB: March 27, 2015, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Last NPB appearance
September 9, 2015, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
MLB statistics
Batting average	.254
Hits	508
Home runs	61
Runs batted in	266
NPB statistics
Batting average	.226
Home runs	7
Runs batted in	18
Teams
Florida/Miami Marlins (2008–2012) Pittsburgh Pirates (2012–2014) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2015)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2011)

Gabriel "Gaby" Sánchez (born September 2, 1983) is an American professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida/Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.

Sánchez was a 15th round pick (460th overall) of the Seattle Mariners out of Brito Miami Private School in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft, but chose to attend the University of Miami instead. He signed with the Florida Marlins after they selected him in the 4th round (126th overall) three years later in 2005.

In his first professional season in 2005, Sánchez played mostly third base for the Jamestown Jammers. He made the Short-Season All-Star game as the designated hitter for Jamestown, and was also MVP of the All-Star Game in the New York–Penn League. In 2006, Sánchez played for the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers where he batted .317 with 14 home runs in 55 games before a promotion to Triple-A Albuquerque. In 2007, Sánchez played for Single-A Advanced Jupiter; he batted .279, but hit only 9 home runs in 133 games. In 2008, he batted .314 with 17 home runs and 92 RBI for Double-A Carolina en route to winning the Southern League Most Valuable Player Award.