Yunel Escobar 5 | SS

• Full Name: Yunel Escobar 
• Born: November 2, 1982 in Havana, Cuba
• Height: 6′ 2”
• Weight: 200
• Bats: Right
• Throws: Right
• College: N/A
• MLB Debut: June 2, 2007

Set career highs in games (141), at-bats (528), runs (89), hits (158), doubles (26), home runs (14) and RBI (76) as the Braves’ everyday shortstop…His .373 avg. (50-for-134) with RISP tied for second in the NL and third in the Majors (min. 100 ABs)…With the bases loaded, hit .444 (4-for-9) with 11 RBI…His .327 batting average vs. RHP ranked fourth in the NL. He hit .232 (36-for-155) with four home runs and 19 RBI off LHP…Led the Braves with 46 multi-hit games and ranked second in multi-RBI games (20), two-out RBI (38) and GW-RBI (9)…His .356 (26-for-73) July batting average ranked fifth in the NL (min. 50 ABs)…Became the first right-handed batter in 2009 to hit a home run off NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum with his two-out, three-run shot in the third inning on 7/22…Named NL Player of the Week for 7/16-19. He went 7-for-14 (.500) with three doubles and two home runs in the four-game series vs. NYM. It was his first career weekly award…Returned to the starting lineup on 7/16. His 2nd-inning HR teamed with G. Anderson’s HR to mark the first time in ’09 ATL hit consecutive HR in a game…Grounded into a team-high 21 double plays…Had a career-best 46-game errorless streak from 6/30-9/28. He made just two errors in his final 75 games in the field (since June 30)…Had three final at-bat victories: a game-winning sac. fly in the bottom of the ninth of 5/15 win over ARI, an RBI single in the bottom of the 8th vs. MIL and an RBI single in the top of the 12th inning on 8/7 at LAD…Hit .344 (16-for-44) with one home run and two RBI during a season-high 11-game hitting streak 8/16-27.