Giancarlo Stanton

Stanton with the Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins – No. 27

Outfielder

Born: November 8, 1989 (age 27)
Los Angeles, California

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

June 8, 2010, for the Florida Marlins

Career statistics
(through 2016 season)

.266

792

208

540

Teams

Florida / Miami Marlins (2010–present)

Career highlights and awards

Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to 2012, he was known as Mike Stanton.

Stanton graduated from Notre Dame High School, before he was selected by the Marlins in the 2007 MLB draft. Stanton made his MLB debut with the Marlins in June 2010. He is a three-time MLB All-Star and was the Hank Aaron Award winner for the National League in 2014 after leading the league in home runs. In November 2014, the Marlins signed Stanton to the richest contract in sports history, worth $325 million over 13 years.

Stanton attended Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, California before he transferred to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California, where he was a three-sport athlete. He had accepted a scholarship to play baseball for Tulane, and received offers from UCLA, UNLV and USC to play football. However, he opted to go pro after being drafted in the second round (76th overall) in the 2007 amateur draft by the Florida Marlins.

Stanton is mostly of Irish and African-American descent. His maternal great-grandmother was Puerto Rican. He has represented the United States internationally including the World Baseball Classic of 2013. The same year Team Puerto Rico investigated whether Giancarlo Stanton could play for them in the event as it was rumored Giancarlo had some distant Puerto Rican blood via his great-grandmother's side. However, it was found out he wasn't eligible as his Puerto Rican ancestry wasn't considered significant enough to represent the team according to the World Baseball Classic rules.

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