2016 SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS

PLAYERS INCLUDED: NO. 24 PEDRO ÁLVAREZ 24 PEDRO ÁLVAREZ INF

Full Name: Pedro Manuel Álvarez Born: February 6, 1987 2016 Age: 29 Height: 6’3” Weight: 235 Bats: Left Throws: Right Birthplace: Santo Domingo, DR Resides: Nashville, TN Contract Status: Signed through 2016 Major League Service: 5.085 Acquired: Signed by the Orioles to a one-year contract on March 10, 2016.

GAME HIGHS & STREAKS HITS: 4, three times, last: 8/27/13 vs. MIL…RUNS: 3, four times, last: 4/4/14 vs. STL…DOUBLES: 2, four times, last: 9/24/13 at CHC…TRIPLES: 1, six times, last: 6/11/14 vs. CHC…HR: 2, 10 times, last: 8/23/14 at MIL…RBI: 6, 6/17/12 at CLE…WALKS: 4, 5/3/15 at STL…SB: 1, 14 times, last: 7/21/15 at KC…HITTING STREAK: 12 games, 6/16-29/13…WALK-OFF HOME RUNS: 1, 8/7/10 vs. COL off Huston Street…GRAND SLAMS: 2, last: 6/30/12 at STL off Lance Lynn…INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS: 1, 9/13/13 vs. CHC off Jake Arrieta.

2015 HIGHLIGHTS  Leaves Pittsburgh with the 13th-most home runs (131) in franchise history  Since 2012, his 111 home runs rank 11th among all Major League hitters  Posted his third season with at least 25 home runs and 75 RBI (also, 2012 and 2013)  Of his 27 home runs and 77 RBI, 24 home runs and 68 RBI came against right-handed  Slugged 22 solo home runs  Among hitters, ranked tied for 10th in home runs and tied for 21st in RBI  Batted .375 (6-for-16) and collected 15 RBI with the bases loaded  With one in an , he .307/.376/.560 (46-for-150)  Batted .291/.385/.658 (34-for-117) with four doubles, 13 home runs, 28 RBI, and 23 runs scored in 43 day games  Hit .378 (17-for-45) with three doubles and eight home runs when he swung at the first of an at-bat  In nine games from 8/11-19, he batted .483/.500/.966 (14-for-29) with two doubles, four home runs, and nine RBI  Hit safely in a season-high five consecutive games three times (5/22-27, 6/23-27, and 8/9-14)  Among qualifying first basemen, he ranked first in the Major Leagues with 10.50 total chances per 9.0

2014: Of his 18 home runs, 16 came against right-handers…Posted a -season, career-high eight stolen bases…Made his fourth straight Opening Day start at third base, the longest streak by a Pirates player since Aramis Ramirez (2000-03)...Homered twice on 4/4 vs. St. Louis...Homered twice again on 4/9 at -NL…Hit a game-tying, two- homer off Toronto’s Sergio Santos in the ninth inning on 5/2 at PNC Park...Had a season- high four RBI on 5/5 vs. San Francisco... Reached base safely in 11 straight starts from 4/23-5/6…Hit .299 (26-for-87) in 26 June games...Hit his 100th career on 7/8 at St. Louis, becoming the 23rd player to hit at least 100 home runs as a Pirate...Exited the game on 7/22 vs. Los Angeles-NL with left knee discomfort...Placed on Bereavement List from 8/5-7...Made first professional appearance/start at first base on 8/18 vs. Atlanta...Homered twice on 8/23 at Milwaukee (10th career multi-homer game) and tied season high with four RBI…Made four straight starts at first base from 8/23-26 and went 4-for-13 (.308) with three home runs and five RBI…Left the game on 8/26 vs. St. Louis with a left foot sprain and missed the next seven games…Struck out in pinch-hitting appearance on 9/5 at Chicago-NL…Diagnosed with a stress reaction of the 4th metatarsal in his left foot on 9/10 and missed remainder of the season…Made 99 appearances (95 starts) at third base and five starts at first base…Committed all 25 errors (23 throwing) while playing third base…Batted .295 (13-for-44) with two home runs and eight RBI in 12 games against AL East opponents…In the fourth inning of games, he batted .350 (21-for-60) with seven home runs and 18 RBI.

2013: Collected a career-high 130 hits, 36 home runs (tied for first in the NL), 100 RBI (tied for fifth in the NL), and 70 runs scored…Ranked sixth among qualifying NL hitters in RBI/per ratio (5.58)…Shared the league lead in home runs with Arizona’s , becoming the first Pittsburgh player to win the NL home run crown (either tied or outright) since in 1973…Named to his first National League All- Star team and participated in the Home Run Derby…Hit six homers in the first round and did not advance...Won the NL as a …Set club record for most home runs hit by a third baseman (previous high was 34 by Aramis Ramirez in 2001)…Hit 24 home runs prior to the All-Star break, joining Hall-of-Famers Willie Stargell (30 in 1971 and 1973) and (24 in 1950) as the only Pittsburgh players to hit as many as 24 homers prior to the break…Led the NL with 14 home runs during day games…Averaged a home run every 15.5 at bats, the best mark among qualifying NL hitters…Became the first Pittsburgh third baseman to hit 30 or more home runs in consecutive seasons and the fifth player overall (also Ralph Kiner, Willie Stargell, , and Jason Bay)...Homered in back-to-back games on 4/18-19 and four times in six games from 4/18-25…Homered in back-to-back games on 5/17 and 5/19…Bounced a home run into the Allegheny River (estimated 462 feet) on 5/17 vs. …Connected off former Vanderbilt teammate Mike Minor for a home run on 6/4 at Atlanta - his second homer of the season off a LHP…Was a shy of and had a season-high five RBI on 6/20 at Cincinnati…Homered in four straight games from 6/20- 23…Hit third in the lineup for the first and only time in his career on 6/23 at Los Angeles-AL and went 2-for-5 with a homer…Named National League Player of the Week for the period of 6/17-23 after hitting .414 (12-for-29) with four home runs and 10 RBI in seven games…Recorded a career-high 12-game hitting streak (.396, 19-for-48) with four doubles, six home runs, and 15 RBI from 6/16-29...Hit his 20th home run of the season on 6/29 to become the first Pirates left-handed batter to have at least 20 home runs by the end of June since Brian Giles hit 21 in 2000...His 10 home runs hit during June were tied with Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce for the most in the NL and were the most in June by a Pirates player since hit 10 in 1975...Hit safely in 22 of his 24 games from 6/16-7/13, .340 (33-for-97) with 10 homers and 24 RBI in that span...Took over the NL lead in home runs when he hit his 27th on 7/29 vs. St. Louis...His seven home runs during July, which tied for second in the league (Alfonso Soriano led with eight)...Hit his 30th home run on 8/17 vs. Arizona...Tied career high with four hits on 8/27 vs. Milwaukee...Logged his first career inside-the- park home run on 9/13 vs. Chicago (off Jake Arrieta)...Hit .344 (21-for-61) with six home runs and 13 RBI in 18 Interleague games (the six home runs tied for second among NL players)...Led NL third basemen in games (150), starts (148), assists (359), and total chances (458)…Tied for second in plays (27)…Established a Major League record by recording at least one RBI in each of his first six career postseason games...Batted .300 (6-for-20) with three home runs and seven RBI in the six games...Hit safely in all five Division games vs. St. Louis...Singled off left-hander Kevin Siegrist to break a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning of Game 3 on 10/6 (Pirates won, 5-3)...His eighth-inning home run in Game 4 on 10/7 was the lone Pittsburgh hit against (Pirates lost, 2-1).

2012: Spent first full season in the Major Leagues...Ranked second among NL third basemen in home runs (30) and fourth in the majors behind (42), Adrian Beltre (31), and (31)...His 17.5 HR/AB ratio ranked seventh among all NL batters...Had seven games with at least four RBI, which tied for the most in the majors along with Texas’ ...Hit a NL leading 18 home runs in day games, the most by a Pirate in day games since Willie Stargell hit 19 in 1971...Started at third base for Pittsburgh on Opening Day for the second straight season...Batted .462 (12-for-26) with three doubles, three home runs, and nine RBI during seven-game hitting streak from 4/28-5/4...Homered twice in back-to-back games, 6/16-17 at Cleveland...Recorded a career-high six RBI on 6/17...Slugged a off Lance Lynn on 6/30 at STL, his second career grand slam...Left game on 7/1 due to leg cramps and missed the game on 7/2...Hit a game tying, three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning on the first pitch following a 53-minute rain delay at on 7/16 (off LHP Rex Brothers)...Homered off lefty Barrett Browning in 19th inning at St. Louis on 8/19, the first time in franchise history that a player homered in the 19th inning or later...Went 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs, and four RBI on 8/28 vs. St. Louis...Hit .322 (29-for-90) in August...Named the NL Player of the Week for 8/27-9/2.

2011: Was Pittsburgh’s Opening Day starter at third base - the first left-handed hitting third baseman to start at third base on Opening Day for the Pirates since Richie Hebner in 1976...Recorded his first Major League on 4/1 at Chicago-NL...Hit first home run and fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle after going 3-for-4 on 4/21 at Florida...Missed four games (5/4-8) with tightness in right quad...Placed on the 15-day disabled list, 5/21 (retroactive to 5/20) with a right quad strain...Played one rehab game with GCL Pirates on 6/27...Played in six rehab games with Class A- Advanced Bradenton from 6/28-7/3 before being transferred to Triple-A Indianapolis on 7/4...Went 5-for-17 (.294) with five RBI in five rehab games with Indianapolis from 7/4-8...Reinstated from the DL and optioned to Indianapolis on 7/9...Batted .365 (23-for-63) with three homers and 13 RBI in 18 Triple-A games (including rehab) in July...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 7/25 and hit safely in eight of his first 11 games with the Pirates...Slugged a home run off Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee on 7/30 at Citizens Bank Park...Started the most games (63) at third base for Pittsburgh.

2010: Opened season with Indianapolis and made the most starts (94) at third base for the Pirates...Homered in first game of the season with Indianapolis on 4/8 at Columbus...Hit two home runs and drove in five the following day at Columbus...Homered in back-to-back games on 4/30 and 5/1 and collected 17 RBI in seven games from 4/30-5/7...Posted a nine-game hitting streak (12-for-31, .387) from 5/19-29 and hit safely in 20 of his 23 games (.337, 28-for-83) from 5/19-6/12...Had four hits on 5/27 at Charlotte and fell a single shy of hitting for the cycle on 6/9 vs. Pawtucket...Hit .323 (20-for-62) against left-handed pitchers and .261 (47-for-180) against right-handed pitchers while playing for Indianapolis...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 6/16 and made his Major League debut that night against the White Sox at PNC Park (went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored)...Held hitless in his first 11 Major League at-bats before collecting an RBI-double off Cleveland lefty David Huff on 6/19...Slugged his first big league home run at PNC Park off Philadelphia’s Kyle Kendrick on 7/3...Hit .393 (11-for-28) from 7/17-23...Registered a season-high five RBI on 7/20 vs. Milwaukee...Shared NL rookie lead in home runs (seven) during July...Had at least one RBI in seven straight games (11 total) from 8/4-11, the longest streak by a Pittsburgh rookie since Frank Coleman did so in eight consecutive games in 1944 (8/6-14) and the longest streak by any Pirate since Jason Bay with seven in a row in 2005...Homered three times in four games from 8/4-7…Hit a three-run, walk-off homer with two outs in the 10th inning off Colorado’s Huston Street on 8/7...Recorded at least one RBI (15 total) in seven straight games from 9/21-27...Posted his first career four-hit game and knocked in five runs on 9/30 at Florida...Reached base safely in 19 of his last 20 games and in 29 of his last 31...Logged an 11- game hitting streak (.467, 21-for-45) from 9/21-10/1...Chosen as NL Player of the Week for the period of 9/20-26 after hitting .417 (10-for-24) with three homers and 13 RBI in six games...Voted as the National League Rookie of the Month for September after hitting .311 with five home runs and 26 RBI in 29 games...Led the Pirates with 13 home runs after the All-Star break and was tied for fifth among all NL players in RBI (53) during that span...Slugged 12 of his 14 home runs at PNC Park...His 16 home runs set a club rookie record for a third baseman and were the most by a Pittsburgh third baseman since Aramis Ramirez hit 17 in 2002.

2009: Hit .288/.378/.535 (134-for-465) with 32 doubles, a triple, 27 home runs, and 95 RBI in 126 combined games between Class A-Advanced Lynchburg and Double-A Altoona... Named Pittsburgh’s Minor League Player of the Year…Led Pittsburgh minor league hitters in home runs and RBI...Represented the United States at the MLB Futures Game in St. Louis on 7/12 and went 1-for-2 with one RBI as the starting ...Played for Team USA in the World Cup tournament in Europe from 9/2-27 and batted .259 (14-for-54) with five home runs and 12 RBI in 15 games for the Gold Medal champions...Tied a USA Baseball World Cup record by hitting three home runs in one game when he accomplished the feat against Chinese Taipei on 9/16...Began the regular season with Lynchburg, where he hit two game-tying homers in the ninth inning and three game-winning home runs, including two walk-offs at City Stadium (the Hillcats went 11-1 in games that he homered)...Led Lynchburg in home runs (14) despite playing in just 66 games...Went 3-for-4 with a double, homer, and four RBI in his first professional game on 4/9 vs. Potomac...Homered and logged six RBI on 4/16 vs. Winston-Salem...Collected 20 RBI in 21 games in April...Hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and knocked in a season-high seven on 6/13 at Kinston...Recorded six RBI after homering twice, including a grand slam, on 6/16 at Myrtle Beach...Was leading the Carolina League in RBI (55) and was second in homers (14) when he was promoted to Altoona on 6/22...Made Double-A debut on 6/23...Slugged his first home run with Altoona on 6/24 at Erie...Registered 10 multi-hit games and hit .352 (32-for-91) in 25 July games...Homered in back-to-back games on 7/13 and 7/16...Reached base in 18 consecutive games from 7/30(G2)-8/20...Homered and walked four times on 8/1 vs. Trenton...Went 14- for-21 in a five-game stretch from 8/9-14...On 8/27 vs. Trenton, went 3-for-5 with two home runs and a season-high nine ...Selected as the Eastern League Player of the Month in August after hitting .368 (39-for-106) with seven home runs, 20 RBI, nine doubles, 21 runs scored, 24 walks and a .485 on-base percentage...Reached base safely in all but one game in August and produced a .651 ...Ranked second on Altoona with 13 home runs despite playing in just 60 games...Named Altoona’s Most Valuable Player...The Curve posted a 34-26 (.567) record in games he played and a 26-51 (.338) record in games he did not play...Hit 24 of his 27 home runs with the two clubs against right-handed pitchers.

OTHER/COLLEGIATE CAREER: Was ranked by as the top prospect in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft and as the best power hitter among college players...Was also ranked by Baseball America as Pirates top prospect prior to the 2009 and 2010 seasons...Also recognized by Baseball America as Pittsburgh’s best power hitter prior to the 2010 season...Suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand in 2008 season-opening game against Oregon State on 2/22 and went on to miss 23 of Vanderbilt’s 63 games...Returned to action on 4/1/08 and went 1-for-4 with two runs against Southeast Missouri...Tied career high with four hits on 5/11/08 vs. Georgia, going 4-for-5 and fell a homer shy of hitting for the cycle...Homered in final collegiate game on 5/24/08 vs. Ole Miss (his 49th career home run at Vanderbilt, which tied him with Scotti Madison for most in school history)...Officially signed with Pittsburgh on 8/16/08 and spent three weeks at the club’s Instructional League program in Bradenton, FL, from 9/28-10/18…Batted .386 with 18 home runs and 68 RBI while being named a first-team All-American by Baseball America, Rivals.com, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as a sophomore at Vanderbilt...Was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Hitter of the Week on 2/12/07 after hitting .500 (7-for-14) with two doubles, a triple, homer, and five RBI in the Houston College Classic...Named SEC Hitter of the Week for same time period...Hit go-ahead, three-run inside-the-park home run (first in career) in the eighth inning of 6-3 win against Arkansas on 3/24/07...Produced a 24-game hitting streak from 4/21-6/3...Named the 2007 SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after hitting .542 (13-for-24) with two homers and eight RBI in the tournament...Led USA National Team in batting average (.315), hits (40), home runs (seven), RBI (30), total bases (70), and slugging percentage (.551), while winning the Silver Medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games and finishing third at the World Port Tournament...Hit .329 with a school record 22 home runs and 64 RBI in his first year at Vanderbilt (2006)...Named the Southeast Conference Freshman of the Year and the National Freshman of the Year by numerous industry outlets, including Baseball America and Rivals.com...Selected to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...Was a starter in 63 of his 64 games played (all at third base)...Led team in walks and produced a .456 on-base percentage in 2006... Picked up first career hit in a 6-2 victory over then Top 25 ranked USC on 2/18/06...Went 1-for-3 and slugged his first career home run on 3/12/06 against Brown University...Was named Collegiate Baseball, Rosenblatt Report, and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Player of the Week on 4/17/06 after going 9-for-18 (.500) with six home runs, a double, seven runs scored, and a 1.556 slugging percentage in four games...Chosen as the SEC Hitter of the Week in that stretch...Also selected to the 2006 SEC All-Tourney team after hitting two homers and picking up six RBI and five runs scored in five games...Was named the second-best prospect on the 2006 USA National Team by Baseball America after leading the team with a .379 batting average to go along with five homers, 12 doubles and 43 RBI in 31 games.

PERSONAL: Wife’s name is Keli...Is a 2005 graduate of Horace Mann High School in New York, where he was the Gatorade and Louisville Slugger New York High School Player of the Year during his senior season...Helped lead Horace Mann to the 2004 Ivy League Championship…Served as a captain on the baseball teams for three years and was a four-year starter...Compiled a .349 batting average, 51 doubles, 49 home runs, and 162 RBI in 170 games during three seasons at Vanderbilt University (2006-08)...Originally selected by the in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, but did not sign...Selected by Pittsburgh in the first round (No. 2 overall) of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft…Signed by Pirates scout Trevor Haley.