Buster Posey    28 – C

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Height: 6’1″, Weight: 218 lbs.

Born: March 27, 1987

Place: Leesburg, Georgia

High School: Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia

College: Florida State University

Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (1st round, 5th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft

Signed: August 15, 2008

Major League Debut: September 11, 2009

Teams: Giants 2009-Present

Arbitration Eligible: 2013

Contract: 2011 $575K

Free Agent: 2017

Agent: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry)

2010 Rookie Of The Year

2010 World Series Champion

Fun Facts

Had 21-game hitting streak in 2010, marking 2nd-longest by rookie in SF-era history.

1st rookie catcher in Major League history to bat cleanup in a postseason game.

Youngest Giants player to hit a home run in a World Series Contest at 23 years and 219 days.

While at Florida State, Posey once played all nine positions in a game against Savannah State. He also hit a grandslam in the 2nd inning of that game. He used 4 different gloves. His former head coach of FSU, Mike Martin, calls Posey the most popular player in Florida State baseball history. That’s high praise for a program that has also developed Paul Wilson, Doug Mientkiewicz, as well as J.D. and Stephen Drew.

Posey briefly considered becoming a pediatrician if baseball didn’t work out. Loves working with kids.

Posey’s Career Stats

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Santiago Casilla    46 – P  

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Height: 6’0″, Weight: 222 lbs.

Born: June 25, 1980

Place: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

Resides: Juan Baron, Dominican Republic

High School: Palenque in Palenque, Dominican Republic

College: N/A

Signed: January 31, 2000 by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.

Major League Debut: August 9, 2004 for the Oakland Athletics

How Obtained: Signed as a free agent, Dec. 24, 2009

Teams: Giants 2010-Present, Athletics 2004-2009

Contract: 1 year, $2.2 million, plus 200K in incentives (2012)

Arbitration Eligible: 2012

Free Agent: 2014

2010 World Series Champion

Fun Facts

Santiago’s first gloves were homemade. They were thick cardboard into which he cut three holes for his ring, middle and index fingers. He received his first real glove in a community giveaway by late Giants shortstop Jose Uribe.

From the same Dominican town as former Giants infielder Juan Uribe, who reached the pros three years before Santiago. Santiago remembers going to Uribe’s house as a child and asking him for baseball socks.

Pitched under the name Jairo Garcia from 2000-2005. In 2006 he revealed his real name is Santiago Casilla and his true age.

Casilla’s Career Stats

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Sergio Romo    54 – P  

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Height: 5’10″, Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: March 4, 1983

Place: Brawley, California

High School: Brawley Union High School

College: University of North Alabama and Mesa State College R

esides: Mesa, Arizona

Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (28th round, 852nd pick) in the 2005 amateur draft.

Signed: June 9, 2005

Major League Debut: June 26, 2008

Teams: Giants 2008-Present

Arbitration Eligible: 2012 (signed 1-year, $1.575 on 1/20/12) 

Free Agent: 2015

Agents: Alex and Phil Isaac, Para Sports & Entertainment Group

2010 World Series Champion

Fun Facts

Romo attended Mesa State in Grand Junction, CO, and went 14-1, breaking 6 school records.

When Sergio was about to graduate from high school, his father urged him to join the Navy instead of pursuing baseball. Sergio took the entrance test and had the enlistment papers on the kitchen table in front of him, but he couldn’t sign. He convinced his father to let him try a year at community college.

Romo’s Career Stats

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Ryan Vogelsong    32 – P  

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Height: 6’4″, Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: July 22, 1977

Place: Charlotte, North Carolina

High School: Octorara Area High in Atglen, Pennsylvania

College: Kutztown University

Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (5th round) in the 1998 amateur draft.

Signed: June 7, 1998

Major League Debut: September 2, 2000

Teams: Giants 2011-Present, Pirates 2003-2006, Pirates 2001, Giants 2000-2001

Contract: Two-Years, $8.3 million with Club Option for 2014 (signed 1/11/12) 

Acquired By: Signed a minor league contract with the Giants (12/28/10). Contract was purchased by the Giants to replace the injured Barry Zito.

Free Agent: 2014 (Club Option) 

MLB All-Star (2011)

Willie Mac Award Winner (2011)

Fun Facts

Kutztown University All-American in 1998.

Was inducted into Kutztown University Athletics Hall of Fame Oct 21, 2005.

In 2001, the Giants traded him with Armando Rios to the Pirates for Jason Schmidt and John Vander Wal.

Vogelsong’s Career Stats

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Madison Bumgarner   40 – P
 
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6’5″, Weight: 235 lbs.

Born: August 1, 1989
Place: Hickory, North Carolina
High School: South Caldwell High School in Hudson, North Carolina
Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (1st round, 10th pick) in the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed: August 14, 2007 ($2M signing bonus)
Major League Debut: September 8, 2009
Teams: Giants 2009-Present
Contract: Pre-Arbitration Eligible 2011: $450K
Arbitration Eligible: 2014
Free Agent: 2017 Must have 6 years service before eligible to be a free agent.
Agent: Mike Milchen

2010 World Series Champion

Fun Facts

With $2 million signing bonus, paid off his mother’s house and bought himself and wife, Ali, new trucks.

Gave his wife a steer as a wedding gift.

With Lincecum nicknamed “The Freak and “The Franchise,” Bumgarner’s teammates in the minor leagues nicknamed him “The Future.”

On Oct. 31, 2010 in Game 4 of the World Series at Texas, Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey became the 1st all-rookie starting battery in a World Series game since Spec Shea and Yogi Berra started for the Yankees in Game 1 of the 1947 World Series.

Bumgarner’s Career Stats

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Tim Lincecum   55 – P    

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left, Throws: Right

Height: 5’11″, Weight: 170 lbs.

Born: June 15, 1984

Place: Bellevue, WA

High School: Liberty Senior High School in Renton, WA

College: University of Washington

Drafted By: San Francisco Giants (1st round, 10th pick) 2006 amateur draft.

Signed: June 30, 2006 – $2.025 million signing bonus

Major League Debut: May 6, 2007

Teams: Giants 2007-Present

Contract: Resigned on January 24, 2012. 2 Years/$40.5M, $500k bonus (12-13)

2012: $18 million, 2013: 22 million 

Arbitration Eligible: 2012 and 2013

Free Agent: 2014

Agent: Rick Thurman

Cy Young Award Winner (2008, 2009)

4-time All Star (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

3-time NL Strikeout Leader (2008, 2009, 2010)

Babe Ruth Award Winner (MVP throughout 2010 Playoffs)

2010 World Series Champion

Golden Spikes Award Winner (2006, Collegiate Baseball’s Top Player)  

Fun Facts

1st player to win Cy Young Award twice in 1st 2 full seasons in Majors.

1 of just 4 pitchers to win NL Cy Young Award in back-to-back seasons.

Was given the nickname “The Franchise” by former Giants reliever Steve Kline.

Lincecum has a French Bulldog named Cy.

He once performed “My Prerogative” by Bobby Brown for a local Washington radio station when he was in college.

Lincecum’s Career Stats

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