Giancarlo Stanton biography

Synopsis

Giancarlo Stanton, 27, is an American professional baseball player for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. He signed the largest contract in sports history to date, worth $325 million over 13 years, after a dominating 2014 season in which he hit 37 home runs.

Early age and education

Professional baseball player Giancarlo Stanton was born on November 8, 1989, in Panorama City, California, United States of America. As for his nationality, Giancarlo is American and his ethnicity, Giancarlo is of Irish and African American descent.

Giancarlo was raised in his hometown, Panorama City along with his two siblings, brother Egidio and sister Karirice. His father is Mike Stanton. Giancarlo also tried to play for Team Puerto Rico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic for his mother, who is of Puerto Rican descent.

Mike, Giancarlos’ father, is a former postal worker who inspired and encouraged him. Mike followed his sons’ professional baseball career and traveled the country to watch him play since Mike retired from the United States Postal Service in 2009. Stanton also spoke about his father in his interview with Fox Sports:

He wouldn’t let me pick up the balls. So I would pick up each ball and use it as an exercise holding the heavy bucket, pick the balls up, switch arms or whatever. It has me sitting there and thinking about where I want to hit the ball or what to do differently in the next round.

Stanton attended Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, where he began playing baseball for the school.

Stanton played in the Tujunga Little League for Verdugo Hills High School before transferring to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He was a three-star athlete while studying at Notre Dame, but chose baseball instead.

Stanton received gold offers from UNLV, USC, and UCLA to play football, but accepted a scholarship from Tulane to play baseball. After being selected in the second round of the 2007 amateur draft by the Florida Marlins, he denied being a professional.

Career

Stanton began his career with the Marlins of the Gulf Coast League. Shortly after that, Stanton played in the New York-Penn League for the Jamestown Jammers. After playing nine games for the Jammers, he hit .067 on 2 for 30 hits.

In addition, Stanton has received numerous postseason awards for his performance in the 2008 minor league season, as well as being listed as number 16 on Baseball Americas’ Top 100 Prospects list. Stanton hit .311 with 21 home runs, 52 RBIs and a 1.167 on-base percentage plus slugging percentage in 52 games with the Jacksonville Suns.

On June 6, 2010, he was drafted to the Major Leagues by the Florida Marlins and on June 8, Stanton made his rookie season debut. He also became the third-youngest player in Marlins history at 20 years, 212 days. His first major league home run was a grand slam off Matt Graza.

In addition, Stanton also became the fourth player in the last 25 years to hit his first grand slam. career and the second-youngest player to collect five hits and four RBIs in one game. He was the right-handed outfielder on Topps’ 2010 Major League Baseball All-Rookie Team.

Stanton suffered leg and eye injuries in the year 2011. On July 6, 2011, he hit his first walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies and finished the 2011 season hitting .262 with 34 home runs and 87 RBIs in 516 at-bats. at bat. .

On June 28, 2012, Stanton confirmed to play in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and became a member of the Home Run Derby. During his 2012 All-Star season, unfortunately, he left the game against the St. Louis Cardinals due to a knee injury.

However, the next day, Stanton underwent knee surgery and was unable to play both events. After posting a career-high .290 batting average, 37 home runs and a .608 slugging percentage, he entered the 2013 season and hit two long home runs in a win on June 17, 2013. .

Stanton hit a walkout grand slam home run against the Seattle Mariners on April 18, 2014. Stanton hit .288 with 37 home runs, 105 RBIs, 94 walks (24 intentional), a .555 slugging percentage, and a .950 OPS. in 145 games with the Marlins.

On November 17, 2014, the Marlins signed Stanton to a $325 million, 13-year contract, which is the largest and most lucrative contract in sports history.

Stanton had a storied career, hitting 23 home runs in 35 games, including six straight games during the 2017 season and becoming the first player since Chris Davis in 2013 to homer in a season.

Personal life

Giancarlo Stanton, 27, is not married and according to our investigation, Stanton is currently single. In 2015, he told in an interview with Ocean Drive.

I definitely want a family. The future family, the future wife could be anywhere. You don’t necessarily look for it on all these match.coms and stuff, but the shell comes. I’m not worried about it

But Stanton is quite popular on social media and has posted a few photos of himself with different women on his Instagram. There were rumors that Stanton dated model Sara Sampaio.

Professional baseball player Stanton has never publicly come out to any girlfriend, and there are also no records of his affair and dating.

Net worth and body measurement

Stanton has made an enormous amount of money from his career. As of 2017, Stanton has an estimated net worth of $20 million and earns an average annual salary of $25 million. Stanton signed the richest contract in professional sports history with the Marlins in November 2014.

The contract pays Stanton $325 million as part of a 13-year contract, and he won’t be an unrestricted free agent until 2029. He is 6 feet 5 inches tall.