Brandon Crawford

Brandon Crawford
Crawford at the 2018 MLB All-Star Game
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 35
Shortstop
Born: (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 (age 37) Mountain View, California, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 27, 2011, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics (through June 26, 2024)
Batting average	.249
Hits	1,401
Home runs	147
Runs batted in	747
Teams
San Francisco Giants (2011–2023) St. Louis Cardinals (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (2015, 2018, 2021) 2× World Series champion (2012, 2014) 4× Gold Glove Award (2015–2017, 2021) Silver Slugger Award (2015) 2× Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2012, 2016)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States FISU World Championship 2006 Havana Team World Baseball Classic 2017 Los Angeles Team

Brandon Michael Crawford (born January 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants. Crawford played college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was selected in the fourth round of the 2008 MLB draft by the Giants.

He made his MLB debut in 2011. He was the sixth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first MLB game, and the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in an MLB postseason game. He is a three-time All-Star (2015, 2018, and 2021), four-time Gold Glove Award winner (2015–2017, and 2021), two-time Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award winner (2012 and 2016), and won the Silver Slugger Award at shortstop in 2015. Crawford has played the most games at shortstop for the Giants in franchise history, and at the end of the 2022 season was 2nd of all active players in games played at shortstop.^[1][2]