Galarraga, Andres - #14

• Height: 6-3
• Weight: 235
• Born: 6/18/61 in Caracas, Venezuela
• Resides: West Palm Beach, FL
• Bats: Right
• Throws: Right

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• Contract Status: Signed thru 2000
• Acquired: Signed by Braves as a free agent on November 21, 1997 . . . Originally signed by the Expos on the advice of Felip Alou.

Current Stats

Additional Information

• Career Playing Record

• Previous Seasons

• Points of Interest/Personal

1997 Season

• Extended his reputation as one of the premier right-handed power hitters in baseball with another outstanding offensive year
• For the second consecutive year led the N.L. in RBI with 140 and placed third with 41 home runs and 351 total bases
• Finished fourth with 120 runs, 75 extra-base hits, and T4th with RBI hits (a career best) and a .585 slugging percentage
• 1997 marked the second consecutive season of 40 or more home runs
• Drove in a run every 4.3 at-bats, second only to Jeff Bagwell's 4.2
• Has 88 home runs and 290 RBI with a .311 batting average over the last two seasons in 313 games
• ranks 12th with 1,051 career RBI and 14th with 288 home runs among active players
• ln 150 starts, had 81 games with at least one RBI, 42 games with two or more including four games with 4 RBI
• Was 4th in the N.L. with a .555 cleanup slugging percentage
• Had a pair of two-home run games May 7 vs. Pittsburgh and July 30 vs. Montreal for a total of 20 career multi-home run games
• Was hit-by-a-pitch 17 times for the second straight season and was hit for the 100th time in his career on May 21 in San Francisco by Keith Foulke
• His total of 112 is tops among active players
• Stole his 100th base on opening day (April 1) in Cincinnati
• Has reached double figures in stolen bases six times in his career
• Surpassed Tony Armas as Venezuela's all-time major league home run hitter when he hit his fifth, a grand slam
• Andres hit his 2nd 1997 grand slam May 31 at Florida, lt was the longest home run in Colorado history and longest at Pro Player Stadium. The home run measured 529 feet and landed in the third tier
• lt was the second longest home run of the year behind Mark McGwire's 538-foot blast on June 24
• Galarraga's nine career grand slams lead all active players
• Had a season best 13-game hitting streak July 30-August 16
• Served a three-game suspension August 3-5 for charging the mound on May 31st after being hit by a Dennis Cook pitch
• His 487-foot home run at Coors Field on August 28th off Seattle's Omar Olivares is the second longest in Coors Field history.Larry Walker hit a 493 foot home run three days later.