Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons At 3rd Base
By Phil Watson
9. Pablo Sandoval, 2009
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22 | 153 | 633 | 79 | 189 | 44 | 5 | 25 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 83 | .330 | .387 | .556 | .943 | 144 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/17/2014.
Pablo Sandoval applies a tag to Washington Nationals base runner Anderson Hernandez in a 2009 game. (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Author: MissChatter on Flickr)
The Panda made a splash in his first full season, finishing in the top 10 in the MVP voting while setting career highs that still stand in hits, runs, doubles, triples, homers and RBI.
Sandoval was sixth in the National League with a 5.5 Offensive WAR, ninth with an OPS-plus of 144 and 10th with 121 Runs Created.
He was also second in the NL with a .330 batting average, third with 44 doubles, fourth with 189 hits, sixth with a .556 slugging percentage and 318 total bases, seventh with a .943 OPS and 74 extra base hits and ninth with 13 intentional walks.
Sandoval led NL third basemen with a .330 batting average, 44 doubles, a .556 slugging percentage and .943 OPS and was third with 25 home runs, 90 RBI, five triples and a .387 on-base percentage.