Crawford made his MLB debut on May 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He was called up to MLB for the first time on May 26, 2011, following injuries to Buster Posey, Mike Fontenot, and Darren Ford. San Francisco Giants (2011–present) 2011 Crawford in 2011 In the AFL, he was named to the AFL All-Prospect Team. In 2011, Crawford was invited to spring training but was set back by a broken finger suffered in the final week, and started the season in San Jose while he recovered. He was ranked the sixth-best prospect in the Giants' organization by Baseball America heading into 2011. When he recovered, he was assigned back to San Jose for the remainder of the season. 241/.337/.375 in 79 games before suffering a broken hand in early July, which sidelined Crawford for nearly two months.
In 2010, Crawford opened the season in Double-A (now with the Richmond Flying Squirrels) and earned an Eastern League mid-season All-Star nod, batting. In May, Crawford was promoted to the Double-A Connecticut Defenders, where he spent the rest of the season, batting. 371 with six home runs and 17 RBIs, good enough for a slugging percentage of.
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Crawford started his first full season as a professional with the Class-A Advanced San Jose Giants in 2009. The San Francisco Giants selected Crawford in the fourth round, with the 117th overall selection, of the 2008 MLB draft, and he signed for a $375,000 signing bonus. Professional career Draft and minor leagues He helped lead the United States national team to the title in the 2006 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Championship. He also played in the Northwoods League for the Mankato MoonDogs in 2005 before he attended UCLA. In the summer of 2007, he played for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Crawford was named the team's MVP in 20, and was named to the All- Pac-10 Conference team in 2007. He played baseball for the UCLA Bruins from 2006 to 2008, and helped lead the team to the NCAA Regionals in three consecutive seasons, the first time in school history. College career Crawford at UCLA in 2007Ĭrawford attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a physiological sciences major. He was the starting quarterback for the Foothill Falcons, and graduated in the class of 2005. Ĭrawford attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton, where he was a three-sport athlete playing football, basketball, and baseball. He grew up a San Francisco Giants fan, and his family purchased season tickets and a commemorative brick in Willie Mays Plaza outside AT&T Park when the ballpark opened in 2000.
He was born in Mountain View, and his family lived in Menlo Park before they moved to Pleasanton when he was in elementary school, which is where he grew up. Early life Ĭrawford is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. Crawford has played the most games at shortstop for the Giants in franchise history, and at the end of the 2022 season was 2nd of all active players in games played at shortstop. He is a three-time All-Star ( 2015, 2018, and 2021), four-time Gold Glove Award winner (2015–2017, and 2021), two-time Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award winner (20), and won the Silver Slugger Award at shortstop in 2015. He was the sixth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first MLB game, and the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in an MLB postseason game. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2008 MLB draft by the Giants. Crawford played college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Brandon Michael Crawford (born January 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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