TABLE OF CONTENTS Madison Bumgarner 4 Miguel Cabrera 6 Robinson Cano 8 Yu Darvish 10 Bryce Harper 12 Clayton Kershaw 14 Andrew McCutchen 16 David Ortiz 18 Buster Posey 20 Yasiel Puig 22 Mike Trout 24 Troy Tulowitzki 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
1 MADISON BUMGARNER NAMED 2014 WORLD SERIES MVP Madison Bumgarner was already established as a clutch pitcher in 2014 Then the 25-year-old left-hander turned in one of the best performances in World Series history Bumgarner was the Most Valuable Player MVP of the 2014 World Series win against the Kansas City Royals He won Game 1 with a strong effort Then he threw a complete-game shutout in Game 5 Soon people began talking about whether Bumgarner could help the Giants by pitching an inning or two in Game 7 But he did much more than that He pitched the final five innings of Game 7 preserving a 3-2 lead the entire time to clinch San Francisco’s third World Series in five years In three world championship runs Bumgarner was the winning pitcher 4 1 The number of runs Bumgarner allowed in 21 innings pitched in the 2014 World Series Birth date August 1 1989 Birthplace Hickory North Carolina Height 6 feet 5 1 96 m Weight 235 pounds 107 kg Team San Francisco Giants 2009 Breakthrough Season Won 13 games in 2010 then pitched eight scoreless innings in Game 4 as San Francisco won its first World Series against the Texas Rangers Awards 2014 World Series MVP
in seven postseason games And his performance in Game 7 of the 2014 series was the longest save in World Series history In his younger days Bumgarner led South Caldwell High School of Hudson North Carolina to two straight state championship games He was named the state’s Gatorade High School Player of the Year as a senior pitcher and he hit a game-clinching BEST ERA Through 2014 Bumgarner had the best career World Series earned run average ERA of any pitcher in Major League Baseball MLB history with at least 25 innings He allowed just one earned run in 36 World one earned ru Series innings for a 0 25 Series innings ERA Before Bumgarner ERA Before Bu Jack Billingham held the Jack Billingham record with a 0 36 ERA for record with a the Cincinnati Reds between the Cincinnati 1972 and 1976 1972 and 1976 walk-off home run in the state final The Giants took Bumgarner with the tenth pick of the 2007 draft He made it to the big leagues two years later Bumgarner pitches in 2011 5
