36 Facts About Curtis Granderson

Curtis Granderson played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and Miami Marlins.

Curtis Granderson played college baseball at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Curtis Granderson is a three-time MLB All-Star, and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2011.

Curtis Granderson won the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award four times and the Roberto Clemente Award in 2016 in recognition of his contributions in the community.

Curtis Granderson grew up in Blue Island, Illinois, and Lynwood, Illinois, south suburbs of Chicago.

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Curtis Granderson's half-sister, Monica, is an English professor at Jackson State University.

Curtis Granderson was recruited by a number of college baseball programs, and he chose the University of Illinois at Chicago, in part because they allowed him to play basketball in addition to baseball.

However, Curtis Granderson quit basketball two weeks into his freshman year in order to concentrate on baseball.

Curtis Granderson was named Second-Team All-American by Baseball America and USA Today's Baseball Weekly and a Third-Team Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American.

Curtis Granderson graduated from UIC with a double major in business administration and business marketing.

Curtis Granderson received his second promotion to the majors in July 2005, and he appeared in six games.

Curtis Granderson became the Tigers starting center fielder for the 2006 season after beating out Nook Logan for the position during spring training.

Curtis Granderson hit two home runs during the 2006 American League Division Series and one in the 2006 American League Championship Series, but struggled in the 2006 World Series, batting.

Curtis Granderson improved his plate discipline, as he finished seventh in the AL in strikeouts with 141.

Curtis Granderson is the first player since 1949 to manage at least 23 in a single season.

Curtis Granderson continued to improve his plate discipline, striking out only 111 times and drawing a career-high 71 walks.

Curtis Granderson, who struggled against left-handed pitching throughout his career, put up subpar numbers against right-handed pitchers, causing Curtis Granderson to revamp his swing with the help of hitting coach Kevin Long in August 2010.

Curtis Granderson was named American League Player of the Month for August 2011, in which he batted.

Curtis Granderson became the first player in MLB history to record 40 home runs, 10 triples and 25 stolen bases in one season.

Curtis Granderson finished fourth in balloting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

Curtis Granderson was placed on the 15-day disabled list to begin the 2013 season.

Curtis Granderson became a free agent for the first time of his career after the season.

Curtis Granderson's salaries were set at $13 million in 2014, $16 million in 2015 and 2016, and $15 million in 2017.

Curtis Granderson went on to lead the team in games played, runs scored, hits, stolen bases, walks, on-base percentage and total bases en route to a National League East division title.

In Game 1, after the Royals tied the game in the ninth inning with a home run off Mets closer Jeurys Familia, Curtis Granderson made an excellent leaping catch with nobody out in the bottom of the 11th inning, off the bat of the Royals fastest runner Jarrod Dyson, preventing what would have at least been a lead off triple and likely saving the game at the time, though the Royals would go on to win the game anyway in the bottom of the 14th inning on a sacrifice fly by Eric Hosmer.

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Curtis Granderson was the first batter up in the bottom of the 9th inning.

Curtis Granderson became only the eighth player in Major League history to hit multiple home runs in extra innings of the same game.

Curtis Granderson was 1-for-15 with eight strikeouts in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and the Dodgers left him off the World Series roster.

Curtis Granderson is an avid fan of WWE, and attended WrestleMania 23 in Detroit.

Curtis Granderson considers The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, Junkyard Dog and "Macho Man" Randy Savage to be his favorite wrestlers.

Curtis Granderson is an avid fan of college basketball and of the Kansas Jayhawks.

Curtis Granderson has traveled to England, Italy, the Netherlands, France, South Africa, China, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan to promote baseball.

Curtis Granderson donated $5 million to help UIC build a new baseball stadium in 2013.

Curtis Granderson has been involved in the Major League Baseball Players Association since 2006.

Curtis Granderson has taken part in negotiations of the labor contract.

In 2011, Curtis Granderson was voted one of the friendliest players in the Major Leagues, according to a poll conducted by Sports Illustrated of 290 players.