Candy Maldonado

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Candido Maldonado Guadarrama (born September 5, 1960 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1981 to 1995 for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1981-1985, San Francisco Giants 1986-1989, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays (twice), Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. Maldonado was noted as a good home run hitter who did not usually hit for a high batting average which was, as of 1989 a .251. Interestingly, he played in eight different postseason series for three of his teams and won the World Series with the Blue Jays in 1992. He most recently could be found providing color commentary for ESPN Deportes' coverage of the World Baseball Classic.

[edit] San Francisco

"The Candyman""The 4th Out" was a major part of the Giants success in the late 1980s as a part of the 1987 NL West Champions and the 1989 National League Champions.

Although Maldonado had statistically good seasons in San Francisco, he was involved in one of the most infamous Giants plays ever. In game 6 of the 1987 National League Championship Series, he lost Tony Peña's 2nd inning fly ball in the lights. This play resulted in a triple for Peña. Peña scored on a sacrifice fly for the only run of the game, which the Cardinals won to tie the series at 3 games each, before going on to win Game 7.

[edit] Career highlights

Nicknamed The Candyman by Chris Berman, Maldonado became only the 16th player in San Francisco Giants franchise history to hit for the cycle on May 4, 1987. He also scored the first Indians run at Jacobs Field.

Maldonado's career batting average was 51 points higher on the road than at home.

[edit] See also

• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• Hitting for the cycle

[edit] External links

• Candy Maldonado career stats