Giancarlo Stanton

I'll be honest, Giancarlo Stanton is the closest thing baseball has to a real-life comic book character. The guy is six-foot-six of pure menace at the plate, and when he connects, the ball doesn't just leave the park, it leaves the conversation. I still remember the 2017 MVP season with the Marlins where he hit 59 homers and made it look almost casual. Those Statcast exit velocities he posts are borderline absurd. Sure, the injuries have nibbled at his Yankees years, and he's not the flashiest or chattiest dude, but watching him uncork one mammoth swing that flips a whole postseason series, like his LCS MVP run, reminds you why he's worth every nail-biting at-bat. Pure power, zero theatrics.

Name (English)

Giancarlo Stanton

Name (Japanese)

ジャンカルロ・スタントン

Reading

じゃんかるろ・すたんとん

Born

November 8, 1989 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Height

198 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Notre Dame High School

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
• 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star
• 2012 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
• 2014 Silver Slugger Award
• 2014 Hank Aaron Award
• 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
• 2024 League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/giancarlo818/
• Xhttps://x.com/Giancarlo818
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo%20Stanton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3105192

Tags

• California
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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