Gregor Blanco

Gregor Blanco
San Francisco Giants – No. --
Outfielder
Born: December 24, 1983 (1983-12-24) Caracas, Venezuela
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
March 30, 2008 for the Atlanta Braves
Career statistics
Batting average	.258
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	53
Stolen bases	26
Hits	183
Teams
Atlanta Braves (2008-2010) Kansas City Royals (2010)

Gregor M. Blanco (born December 12, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

Career

Blanco with the Braves in 2008.

Blanco signed with the Atlanta Braves on July 4, 2000 as an undrafted free agent. He beat out Josh Anderson in Spring Training to become the Braves backup outfielder in 2008. He has begun to see regular playing time after Mark Kotsay injured his back on May 26.

Gregor Blanco is the center fielder and leadoff hitter for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .315 (178 AB) in the 2006–07 season, .345 (229 AB) in the 2007–08 season (finishing 2nd in the MVP Award) and .349 (172 AB) in the 2008–09 season. He was recently called up to the majors because of Jordan Schafer's struggles.

In 2008 he had the lowest home run per plate appearance percentage in the majors (among regular home run hitters) (0.2%).[1]

On July 31, 2010, Blanco was traded to the Kansas City Royals along with Jesse Chavez and Tim Collins for Kyle Farnsworth and Rick Ankiel.

On May 8, 2011, Blanco was traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for a player to be named later.

Blanco signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on November 16, 2011.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube