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Galarraga was a five-time National League (NL) All-Star, won two NL Gold Glove Awards and two NL Silver Slugger Awards, and won two MLB Comeback Player of the Year Awards, the second time after his successful return to baseball following cancer treatment.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Andrés Galarraga. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
Galarraga owns a career .288 (2330/8086) average with 398 home runs and 1,423 RBI in 2250 games. He has appeared in the major leagues with the Expos (1985-91, 2002), Cardinals (1992), Rockies (1993-97), Braves (1998, 2000), Giants (2001, 2003) and Rangers (2001).
Jun 6, 2020 · Andrés Galarraga. Big Cat! You’ve got a grin on your face already, don’t you? That’s partly because of Galarraga’s smile itself, no doubt. Galarraga has a smile that lights up a whole clubhouse, which is good, because Galarraga was always smiling.
Jan 4, 2012 · Andrés Jose Padovani Galarraga was known as the Big Cat, or El Gran Gato, during his 19-year major-league baseball career, a career in which he became the Colorado Rockies’ first big star. He looked like a slugger but what made him so popular, and helped secure his nickname, was his quickness around the first-base bag.
Andrés José Padovani Galarraga is a Venezuelan former professional baseball first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993–1997), Atlanta Braves (1998–2000), Texas Rangers (2001), San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels (2004).
View the profile of Anaheim Angels First Baseman Andres Galarraga on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.
May 31, 1997 · The man he passed was his childhood hero, Andres Galarraga, who turned 57 on Monday. Throughout 19 years in the Majors, Galarraga paved the way for future Venezuelan sluggers by crushing 399 long balls for seven different teams.
Complete career MLB stats for the Anaheim Angels First Baseman Andres Galarraga on ESPN. Includes games played, hits and home runs per MLB season.
Feb 20, 2024 · Andres Galarraga, the "Big Cat", is remembered primarily for his home-run hitting years in the favorable ballpark of the Colorado Rockies, but he also had good seasons with the Montreal Expos earlier in his career and the Atlanta Braves later in his career.
