2012 Auxiliary Bios #23 Bobby Abreu #37 Elian Herrera #38 Shawn Tolleson 51.NBO!SPTUFS CPCCZ!BCSFV 0' BATS: LEFT | THROWS: RIGHT | HT. 6-0 | WT. 220 OPENING DAY AGE: 38 BORN: March 11, 1974 BIRTHPLACE: Aragua, VZ RESIDES: Maracay, VZ ACQUIRED: Signed as free agent, November 5, 2009 SIGNED THRU: 2012 M.L. SERVICE: 14 yrs., 165 days 4&"40/ ◆ Spent third season with Angels in 2011, his 14th full season in Majors...Streak of 150 games played ended at 13 consecutive seasons (142 G)...Streak equaled Willie Mays’ MLB record (1954-66)...First season since 1997 Abreu did not reach double-digit HRs and first campaign since 1998 he did not reach 75 RBI...253 clip was lowest of career for a full season...Logged at least 30 doubles for 12th time in his career…Posted 20 SBs for 13th consecutive season, longest streak in majors since Rickey Henderson had 23 straight campaigns from 1979 to 2001...Finished second on Halos batting .291 (32/110) with RISP...78 walks ranked T9th in A.L. - marked 13th time in 14 seasons he reached 75 free passes…1,419 career walks rank third among actives…HR on June 22 at Florida marked career hit #2,334 to pass A. Galarraga for third most all-time among Venezuelans…896 career extra-base hits are most all-time among Venezuelans...Tied season-high with three RBI August 20, including walk-off SF in 12th, his 11th career walk-off RBI and fourth in last two seasons...Posted 16th career multi-HR game August 9 at NYY. "#3&6 $"3&&3)*()-*()54 ◆ Enters 2012 16 home runs shy of 300 for career & seven stolen bases from 400 - in MLB history, only Bobby and Barry Bonds have reached both milestones...Abreu has posted at least 20 SBs in each of the last 13 seasons, longest streak in majors since Rickey Henderson had 23 straight campaigns from 1979 to 2001...Two-time All-Star (2004 & 2005), Gold Glove recipient (2005) and Silver Slugger honoree (2004)…HR Derby Champion in 2005 at Comerica Park (hit 41 total HRs, including 24 in one round)…Streak of 150 games played ended at 13 consecutive seasons in 2011...Streak equaled Willie Mays’ MLB record (1954-66)...One of four active players with 1,400 runs & 1,300 RBI (Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome)...His 554 doubles rank 25th in MLB history...One of just four players all-time with: 500 2Bs, 250 HRs & 350 SBs (Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson and Craig Biggio)…Has logged 20 HRs, 20 SBs & 40 2Bs in a season five times in his career – no one else in MLB history has completed the trifecta more than three times…5th player in history to have five different seasons with 100 RBI and 30 SB - in 2009, Abreu joined Honus Wagner, Hugh Duffy, Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds...9th among actives with 2,384 hits (entering ‘12)…6th among actives with 393 stolen bases...Since 2001, he has been on base 2,943 times, 3rd most in MLB in the span (Pujols & Ichiro)...Has 11 career walk-off hits/RBI and five career walk-off home runs...Ranks T85th all-time with 1,412 runs scored…In 2011 he passed Andre Dawson (1,373), Tony Gwynn (1,383) and Joe DiMaggio (1,390) on the all-time runs list…Approaching Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente (1,416) and Rod Carew (1,424)...His 2,384 hits rank third all-time among Venezuelans behind Omar Vizquel (2,841) and Luis Aparicio (2,677). 10454&"40/&91&3*&/$& ◆ Made fifth career appearance in playoffs in 2009 and reached LCS for first time in career…Batted .160 (4/25) with two doubles, four walks and two RBI in six LCS games vs. Yankees…In Division Series, batted .556 (5/9) in three games vs. Red Sox with two doubles, four walks and one RBI...Reached base safely in nine of 13 plate appearances in DS…Registered four walks in Game 1 to tie a DS record…His 9th inn., two-out double in Game 3 of DS brought Angels within a run…Scored game-winning run on Vladimir Guerrero’s 2-run single…In 2007 with Yankees, batted .267 (4/15) with one double, one HR and two RBI, starting all four Division Series games in right field vs. Cleveland…Homered in 9th inning of Game 4 loss off Joe Borowski…In 2006 with NYY, hit .333 (5/15) with team-leading four RBI in four Division Series games vs. Detroit…In 1997, appeared in three games with Astros in Division Series vs. Atlanta...Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base for series. ."+03-&"(6&46.."3: ◆ 2010 marked his second season with the Angels…Batted .255 (146/574) with 88 runs, 41 doubles, one triple, 20 home runs, 78 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 154 games…Led club in walks (87), runs and stolen bases…Did not reach 100 RBI for first time since 2002, snapping a streak of seven consecutive seasons at the century mark…Reached 150 games played for the 13th consecutive season to match Willie Mays’ MLB record (1954- 66)…Logged 20 SB for the 12th consecutive season, the longest streak among active players…Posted 20 HR, "/(&-4*/'03."5*0/(6*%& 51.NBO!SPTUFS 20 SB & 40 2B for the fifth time in his career – no one else in MLB history has completed the trifecta more than three times…Hit HRs #19 and #20 STOP THIEF! Sept. 19th at TB (15th career multi-HR game)…Registered ninth career Bobby Abreu has at least 20 20/20 season…The only other players in MLB history with more than stolen bases in 13 consecutive seven such seasons are Bobby and Barry Bonds (10 each) – ELIAS…He seasons (1999-2011), the longest and Howie Kendrick became the first Angel teammates with 40 doubles current streak in the Majors. apiece since 1998 (J. Edmonds & G. Anderson)…Reached 40 doubles for the seventh time…Connected for a walk-off solo HR on Sept. 10 in 14th inning vs. Seattle, his 10th career walk-off hit or RBI and fifth career walk-off HR…Logged three walk-off hits in 2010 (2 HR)…Named A.L. Player of the Week (Aug. 9-16) after posting .524 (11/21) clip with two home runs, five RBI, a .615 OBP and a .952 SLG pct…Hit 500th double June 2 at KC to become one of just one four players all-time with: 500 2Bs, 250 HRs & 350 SBs (Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson and Craig Biggio)…Launched ninth career grand slam April 13 at NYY. ◆ Spent first season with Angels in 2009 and batted .293 (165/563) with 96 runs, 29 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs, 103 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 152 games...Played at least 150 games for the 12th consecutive season...Reached 100 RBI for the seventh consecutive year...Logged 87 RBI over his last 112 games (spanning to May 25th) to rank second in A.L. in RBI during that stretch (M. Teixeira, 88 RBI)...Finished 8th in A.L. with 103 RBI…Hit .354 (56/158) with RISP to lead Angels and rank 6th in A.L...Led Angels with 23 go-ahead RBI...T3rd in A.L. with 94 walks…Took 67.6% of pitches he saw (2nd most in MLB)…With 30 stolen bases, logged 20+ stolen bases in 11 consecutive season (1999-2009)…Became just the fifth player in history to have five different seasons with 100 RBI and 30 SBs - joins Honus Wagner, Hugh Duffy, Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds...Just second Angel in history with at least 100 RBI and 30 steals (Bobby Bonds had 115 RBIs and 41 steals in 1977)...Named AL Player of the Month for July…Batted .380 (38/100) with 28 RBI in 26 games…Second Player of the Month honor in his career (May, 2005)...First inning double June 7 at Detroit was 2,000th hit…Became just the fifth Venezuelan player to reach the 2,000 hit mark as he joined Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio (2,677 hits), Omar Vizquel (2,674), Andrés Galarrága (2,333) and Dave Concepción (2,326)…With 252nd career HR Aug. 16 at Baltimore, passed Tony Armas for third place for home runs by Venezuelans (Galarraga 399; M. Ordonez 278)...Singled in first at-bat Opening Night /0/3045&31-":&34 to extend Opening Day hit streak to 13 consecutive games. ◆ In 2008 with Yankees, hit .296 (180/609) with 100 runs scored, 20 home runs and 100 RBI in 156 games (148 starts "#3&6 in RF, four starts at DH)…Set career-high with 609 at-bats...His 87 hits with two strikes were most in Majors...Did not swing at 630 of his 684 first pitches seen (92.2%)…Hit two-run double in third inning in 4/24 loss at Chicago (AL), giving him 1,000 career RBI…Tied career-high with four runs and two triples in 5/30 win at Minnesota…Hit four HR over a four-game stretch from 7/30-8/2 marking his first such four-game stretch since 5/15-18/05 with Phi...Tied a career-high with five hits in 8/22 win at Baltimore, going 5-for-5 (also 5 hits on 8/8/99 w/ Phi.)... Marked his third career game with six-or-more RBI...Hit game-winning grand slam in 10th inn. 9/24 at Toronto. ◆ In 2007, hit .283 (171/605) with career-high 123 runs, 40 doubles, five triples, 16 HR, 101 RBI and 25 SB in 158 games with Yankees (150 starts in RF and one start at DH)…Led MLB with 90 two-strike hits and ranked second in A.L.