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Andres Galarraga
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Birthdate: 6/18/1961    
Height / Weight: 6' 3" / 235 lbs. Place of Birth: Caracas, , Venezuela
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A well liked, well-traveled veteran first baseman, Andres Galarraga, 6 ft 3 inches, 235 pounds, played 19 major league seasons, won two Gold Gloves, made five All Star Games, and hit 399 lifetime homers. Born in Caracas Venezuela June 18 1961. In 1984 Andres Galarraga, was voted the Southern League AA Most Valuable Player while playing for the Jacksonville Expos. And the next season while playing for Indianapolis AAA minors in 1985 drew an intentional walk with the bases empty, and was voted the American Association 1985 Rookie of the Year; and then was called up by the Montreal Expos on August 25 1985. Nicknamed The Big Cat for his quick fielding and wide-grin smile, in 1988 Galarraga flexed his muscles and batted .302, Led the NL with 184 hits, lined 42 doubles, 29 homers, 92 RBIs and finished in the top 10 of 12 offensive statistics. And, the right-handed Andres lined 11 straights against right-handed pitching.

Right in the peak of his career after hitting .304, with 47 homers and 150 RBIs in 1996 and hit .318, with 41 Hrs, 140 RBIs in ’97 for the Rockies, then hitting .305 with 44 Hrs and 121 RBIs for the Braves in 1998, Andres Galarraga missed the entire 1999 season for treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

He returned to the Braves in 2000 and batted .302, with 28 Hrs and 100 RBIs. Galarraga posted 1425 lifetime RBIs and played in four playoffs – 1995 Colorado, 1998 Atlanta, 2000 Atlanta and 2003 San Francisco. Galarraga started ’04 with the Anaheim Angels and after getting just 110 at bats had another relapse and another successful treatment for his illness. And retired prior to the 2005 season. Andres Galarraga career stats: .288 BA, 399 Hrs, 1425 RBIs, 2333 hits in 8096 at bats.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
20 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1985 MON (NL) 24 75 9 14 1 0 2 4 3 18 1 2 0 1 0 0 .187 .228 SLG
1986 MON (NL) 105 321 39 87 13 0 10 42 30 79 6 5 5 3 1 1 .271 .338 SLG
1987 MON (NL) 147 551 72 168 40 3 13 90 41 127 7 10 13 10 0 4 .305 .361 SLG
1988 MON (NL) 157 609 99 184 42 8 29 92 39 153 13 4 9 10 0 3 .302 .352 SLG
1989 MON (NL) 152 572 76 147 30 1 23 85 48 158 12 5 10 13 0 3 .257 .327 SLG
1990 MON (NL) 155 579 65 148 29 0 20 87 40 169 10 1 8 4 0 5 .256 .306 SLG
1991 MON (NL) 107 375 34 82 13 2 9 33 23 86 5 6 5 2 0 0 .219 .268 SLG
1992 STL (NL) 95 325 38 79 14 2 10 39 11 69 5 4 0 8 0 3 .243 .282 SLG
1993 COL (NL) 120 470 71 174 35 4 22 98 24 73 2 4 12 6 0 6 .370 .403 SLG
1994 COL (NL) 103 417 77 133 21 0 31 85 19 93 8 3 8 8 0 5 .319 .356 SLG
1995 COL (NL) 143 554 89 155 29 3 31 106 32 146 12 2 6 13 0 5 .280 .331 SLG
1996 COL (NL) 159 626 119 190 39 3 47 150 40 157 18 8 3 17 0 8 .304 .357 SLG
1997 COL (NL) 154 600 120 191 31 3 41 140 54 141 15 8 2 17 0 3 .318 .389 SLG
1998 ATL (NL) 153 555 103 169 27 1 44 121 63 146 7 6 11 25 0 5 .305 .397 SLG
2000 ATL (NL) 141 494 67 149 25 1 28 100 36 126 3 5 5 17 0 1 .302 .369 SLG
2001 SFG (NL) 49 156 17 45 12 1 7 35 13 49 0 3 1 3 0 2 .288 .351 SLG
2001 TEX (AL) 72 243 33 57 16 0 10 34 18 68 1 0 1 9 0 1 .235 .310 SLG
2002 MON (NL) 104 292 30 76 12 0 9 40 30 81 2 2 6 9 0 3 .260 .344 SLG
2003 SFG (NL) 110 272 36 82 15 0 12 42 19 61 1 3 1 2 0 0 .301 .352 SLG
2004 ANA (AL) 7 10 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .364 SLG
20 years   2257 8096 1195 2333 444 32 399 1425 583 2003 128 81 106 178 1 58 .288 .347 .SLG



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