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===2009===
===2009===
Sánchez was again the fifth starter in the Giants' rotation in 2009. The season did not start well for him, though, as he had a 2-8 record in the first part of the year.<ref name="MLB"/> Sánchez was replaced in the rotation on June 28 by [[Ryan Sadowski]] in a game against the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. The Giants went on to win that game 7-0, with Sánchez pitching in relief. He faced four batters, walking one and striking out three.
Sánchez was again the fifth starter in the Giants' rotation in 2009. The season did not start well for him, though, as he had a 2-8 record in the first part of the year.<ref name="MLB"/> On June 28, [[Ryan Sadowski]] replaced him in the rotation.<ref>{{citation |last=Haft |first=Chris |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090629&content_id=5601654&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf |title=Sadowski to stay in Giants' rotation |publisher=San Francisco Giants |date=2009-06-29 |accessdate=2010-12-11}}</ref>


===2010===
On January 19, 2010, Sánchez avoided arbitration by agreeing to a 1 year $2.1 million contract with the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100119&content_id=7935782&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf| title=Sanchez, Giants agree on one-year contract| publisher=mlb.com| date=2010-01-19| accessdate=2010-01-19}}</ref>
On January 19, 2010, Sánchez avoided arbitration by agreeing to a 1 year $2.1 million contract with the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100119&content_id=7935782&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf| title=Sanchez, Giants agree on one-year contract| publisher=mlb.com| date=2010-01-19| accessdate=2010-01-19}}</ref>


Revision as of 01:43, 12 December 2010

Jonathan Sánchez
Sanchez with the Giants in August 2009
San Francisco Giants – No. 57
Starting pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
debut
May 28, 2006, for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics
(through 2010 season)
Win–Loss34–39
Earned run average4.26
Strikeouts634
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Jonathan O. Sánchez (born November 19, 1982 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. He throws and bats left-handed.[1]

High school and college

Sánchez attended Blanca Malaret High School in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. After graduating in 2000, Sánchez pitched for four seasons at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. While at the university, Sánchez threw four no-hitters and set school records for most strikeouts in a single game (sixteen), most strikeouts in a single season (105), most strikeouts in a career (311), and most shutouts in a career (ten).[1]

Draft and minor league career

Sánchez was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the twenty-seventh round (820th overall) of the 2004 MLB Draft. He enjoyed a fine start to his professional career in 2004, as he went 7-1 with a 3.72 ERA in fifteen games (nine were starts) with the Rookie league Arizona League Giants and the Single-A (short-season) Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. While pitching in the Arizona League, he tied for third in the league in wins, with five.[1]

Sánchez was promoted to the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets of the South Atlantic League in 2005. He only went 5-7 with a 4.08 ERA in twenty-five starts, but he led the South Atlantic League in strikeouts with 166, averaged 11.9 in nine innings pitched, and was selected to the league's All-star team. During the offseason, Sánchez pitched for the Carolina club of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, posting a 2-2 record with a 2.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances.[1]

Coming into 2006, Sánchez was ranked as the sixth best prospect in the Giants' organization by Baseball America.[2] He began the 2006 season with the Double-A Connecticut Defenders, where in thirteen appearances (three starts) he went 2-1 with a 1.15 ERA and forty-six strikeouts.

Major Leagues

2006

After such an impressive performance at Double-A, Sánchez was called up to the Giants on May 26, 2006. He made his MLB debut two days later on May 28 against the Colorado Rockies. He pitched one inning in relief and retired all three batters he faced (Todd Helton, Matt Holliday, and Garrett Atkins).[3] His performance went relatively unnoticed, however, because Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run in the same game to surpass Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time home run list.[4]

On June 4, Sánchez picked up his first major league win. With the score tied at six in the eleventh inning against the New York Mets, Sánchez entered the game and pitched a scoreless inning. The Giants won the game 7-6 in the twelfth, giving Sánchez his first major league victory.[5]

Sánchez posted a 2–0 record with a 1.37 ERA in twenty-two games in his first stint with the team. On July 29, the Giants sent him to their AAA affiliate, the Fresno Grizzlies, to improve his abilities as a starter.[1] He did very well with Fresno, going 2-2 with a 3.80 ERA in six starts. With the expansion of the MLB rosters on September 1, Sánchez was recalled from Fresno.[6]

Sánchez won his first major league start on September 6, giving up one run in 5⅔ innings pitched in a 3–2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.[7] Unfortunately, Sánchez did not pitch well in his last four appearances of the season (three were starts), as he had an 11.36 ERA in them.[1]

2007

Entering the 2007 season, Sánchez was ranked as the second best prospect in the Giants' organization (behind only Tim Lincecum) by Baseball America.[8] Sánchez made the Giants' roster out of spring training for the first time in his career. He struggled in his first fourteen games, however, and was sent down to Fresno on May 21 when Russ Ortiz came off the disabled list.[9] Sánchez returned to the majors on June 6 when, coincidentally, Ortiz got hurt again.[10] On June 13, he picked up his first major league hit (an RBI double) in a 7-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.[11] On July 4, he was placed on the disabled list with a strained rib cage,[12] but he was reactivated on July 18.[13]

Sánchez was sent back to Fresno on August 11 to make room for Brian Wilson on the roster.[14] He returned in September and made four starts, but he lost three of them and had a 7.16 ERA in all four of them.[1] He finished the year 1-5 with a 5.88 ERA in thirty-three games (four starts).

2008

In 2008, Sánchez made the Giants' starting rotation out of spring training as the fifth starter.[15] In only his second start of the season, he struck out a career high ten batters against the San Diego Padres in a game the Giants eventually won 1-0.[16] Sánchez struck out ten batters again in a 3-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds on April 25, becoming the first Giants left-handed pitcher since Shawn Estes to strike out at least ten batters in a game more than once in a season.[17] From May 28 through June 12, Sánchez won a career best four straight starts.[1] On June 12, in a 10-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies, he became the first Giants' starter to allow seven runs and win a game since Russ Ortiz did it in 2000.[18] In his next start, on June 17 against the Detroit Tigers, Sánchez took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but he was ultimately the losing pitcher in a 5-1 loss.[19] Sánchez finished the first half with an 8-5 record and 115 strikeouts, which were the most ever in the first half of a season by a Giants' left-hander during the Giants' tenure in San Francisco.[1]

The second half did not go well for Sánchez, though. He lost five straight decisions starting on July 9 before getting placed on the disabled list on August 16.[20] His last start before going on the disabled list wasn't bad, though, as he no-hit the Houston Astros through five innings. However, he was the losing pitcher in a 3-1 loss.[21] Sánchez returned on September 1, but lost his sixth straight game as the Colorado Rockies prevailed by a score of 4-0.[22] He finally ended his losing streak on September 12, when he was the winning pitcher in a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres.[23] Unfortunately, Sánchez did not win another game all year, and he finished the second half of the season with a 1-7 record.[1] Sánchez still finished with a 9-12 record, and he struck out 157 batters in 158 innings.

2009

Sánchez was again the fifth starter in the Giants' rotation in 2009. The season did not start well for him, though, as he had a 2-8 record in the first part of the year.[1] On June 28, Ryan Sadowski replaced him in the rotation.[24]

2010

On January 19, 2010, Sánchez avoided arbitration by agreeing to a 1 year $2.1 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.[25]

Through sevens starts in the 2010 season, Sánchez has a 2.66 ERA and leads the major leagues with only 5.5 Hits per 9 innings allowed. On August 3, against the Colorado Rockies, he struck out seven in a row, a San Francisco Giants record.[26] Sánchez won the final game of the season on October 3, defeating the Padres by pitching five shutout innings. The win sent the Giants to the playoffs for the first time since 2003.[27] In the 2010 NLDS, he struck out 11 Braves batters in Game Three on October 10, becoming the only left handed pitcher in Giants history to strike out 11 batters in a post season game.[28]

No-hitter

On July 10, 2009, Sánchez, spot starting in place of an injured Randy Johnson and on his first start upon returning to the starting rotation after a brief demotion to the bullpen, threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. Sánchez issued no walks and struck out a career-high 11 hitters in the game, which was also his first major league complete game and shutout and the first no-hitter ever thrown at AT&T Park. He threw 110 pitches to complete the game, with a final score of 8-0 for the Giants.

Sánchez was denied a perfect game in the eighth inning, when third baseman Juan Uribe made a fielding error and allowed Chase Headley to reach first base. Uribe had been playing at second base until being moved to replace Pablo Sandoval in the seventh inning. Sánchez's catcher for the game was Eli Whiteside, a late replacement for regular catcher Bengie Molina, who had the day off to be with his wife during childbirth.

Jonathan's father, Sigfredo "Freddy" Sánchez, a former baseball player in Puerto Rico, was in the stands. It was the first time Freddy Sánchez had seen his son pitch as a starter in a major league game. Jonathan later stated that his father's presence played an inspirational role in his performance.

Sánchez was the first Giants pitcher to throw a no-hitter since 1976, when John Montefusco did it against the Atlanta Braves, and the first to do it at home since Ed Halicki did it against the New York Mets in 1975. He was also the first Giants lefty to throw a no-hitter since Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates, on May 8, 1929.[29]

International play

Sánchez was chosen to pitch for Puerto Rico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[30] He made two starts in the Classic. He won the first one on March 11 by pitching four scoreless innings in a 5-0 victory over the Netherlands.[31] Although he only pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up three runs in his next start against the United States, he was in line for the win going into the ninth inning. However, J. C. Romero and Fernando Cabrera blew the lead, and the United States knocked Puerto Rico out of the Classic with a 6-5 victory.[32]

Pitch repertoire

Sánchez throws four different kinds of pitches. He throws a change-up, fastball, sinkerball, and slider.[17]

Personal life

Sánchez is unmarried, but he has a son, Christian.[1]

References

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  2. ^ Manuel, John (2005-12-16), Top Ten Prospects: San Francisco Giants, Baseball America, retrieved 2010-12-07
  3. ^ Colorado 6, San Francisco 3, MLB, 2006-05-28, retrieved 2010-12-08
  4. ^ Bloom, Barry (2006-05-28), Bonds passes Babe with 715 homers, MLB, retrieved 2010-12-08
  5. ^ Fitzpatrick, Mike (2006-06-04), Giants 7, Mets 6, 12 innings, Yahoo! sports, retrieved 2010-12-08
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  7. ^ Kinney, Terry (2006-09-07), Giants 3, Reds 2, Yahoo! sports, retrieved 2010-12-08
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  10. ^ Grey, Jason (2007-06-07), Notes: Ortiz headed to the disabled list, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-09
  11. ^ Jays tag Giants phenom Lincecum with seven runs, ESPN, 2007-06-13, retrieved 2010-12-09
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  13. ^ Haft, Chris (2007-07-19), Notes: Misch returned to Triple-A, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-10
  14. ^ Regan, Becky (2007-08-11), Notes: Wilson finds his way back, retrieved 2010-12-10
  15. ^ Addcox, Jayson (2008-03-30), Starters have mixed results vs. A's, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-09
  16. ^ Haft, Chris (2008-04-10), Ortmeier's heroics provide margin, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-10
  17. ^ a b Haft, Chris (2008-04-26), Sanchez racks up K's in win vs. Reds, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-10
  18. ^ Haft, Chris (2008-06-12), Giants bats come alive in win vs. Rox, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-10
  19. ^ Haft, Chris (2008-06-18), Giant's can't pick up Sanchez, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-10
  20. ^ Lepper, Geoff (2008-08-20), Injury won't end Sanchez's season, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-11
  21. ^ Haft, Chris (2008-08-12), Sanchez drops duel with Astros, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-11
  22. ^ Birnbaum, Jeff (2008-09-01), Stingy Sanchez takes loss to Rockies, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-11
  23. ^ Haft, Chris (2008-09-13), Giants rookies get to Padres ace, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-11
  24. ^ Haft, Chris (2009-06-29), Sadowski to stay in Giants' rotation, San Francisco Giants, retrieved 2010-12-11
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  27. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Giants-finally-eliminate-Padres-to-go-to-playoffs-100310
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  30. ^ Chastain, Bill (2009-03-04), Sanchez solid in defeating Rays, World Baseball Classic, retrieved 2010-12-11
  31. ^ Gonzalez, Will (2009-03-12), Puerto Rico takes top seed in Pool D, World Baseball Classic, retrieved 2010-12-11
  32. ^ Leach, Matthew (2009-03-18), P. R. eliminated by US in heartbreaker, World Baseball Classic, retrieved 2010-12-11
Preceded by No-hitter pitcher
July 10, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NL opponent batting average
2010 		Succeeded by
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