Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson — "the Grandyman" — is genuinely one of those players you just feel good about rooting for. Sixteen seasons across seven clubs, and whether he was launching bombs at Comerica Park with the Tigers or lighting up Yankee Stadium during that monster 2011 campaign (41 home runs, 119 RBIs), he always played with this joyful, full-sprint energy that was completely contagious. But honestly, what sticks with me most isn't even the baseball — it's the GrandKids Foundation, his genuine commitment to kids' education and sports access that never felt like a PR move. He retired as the kind of guy other players quietly point to as a model citizen of the game, and that's a harder thing to pull off than any All-Star nod.

Name (English)

Curtis Granderson

Name (Japanese)

カーティス・グランダーソン

Reading

かーてぃす・ぐらんだーそん

Born

March 16, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

Blue Island, Illinois, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Thornton Fractional South High School

University

University of Illinois Chicago

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://grandkids.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cgrand3/
• Xhttps://x.com/cgrand3
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Illinois
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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