Hunter Andrew Pence was born on April 13,1983, and nicknamed "The Reverend", is an American former professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter.
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36 Facts About Hunter Pence
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Hunter Pence played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and Texas Rangers.
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Hunter Pence is a four time All-Star and was a member of the 2012 and 2014 World Series championship teams with the Giants.
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Hunter Pence attended Texarkana College for a year and was a designated hitter on the baseball team.
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Hunter Pence transferred to the University of Texas at Arlington where he returned to the outfield for the UT Arlington Mavericks.
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Hunter Pence was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 40th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
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Hunter Pence played the 2004 season with the single A Tri-City ValleyCats in Troy, New York.
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Hunter Pence had 17 stolen bases, while being caught stealing only 4 times.
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Hunter Pence made his major league debut as the Houston Astros center fielder on April 28,2007, versus the Milwaukee Brewers and got his first major league hit and scored his first run.
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Hunter Pence was a unanimous selection to the 2007 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team.
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Hunter Pence came in third, and lost out to Braun in the vote for the 2007 NL Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award by 488 major league players and 30 managers.
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Hunter Pence lost out to Braun in the competition for the 2007 Baseball America Rookie of the Year Award, in the vote for the 2007 Players Choice NL Most Outstanding Rookie by their fellow major league players, and in the Baseball Prospectus 2007 Internet Baseball NL Rookie of the Year Award, with 16 first place votes, versus 666 for Braun.
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Hunter Pence was named a 2011 All-Star as a reserve, the second time he made the All-Star team.
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Hunter Pence was brought into the middle of the game, threw out Jose Bautista from the outfield, and scored the National League's 5th run of the game.
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Hunter Pence made the playoffs for the first time in his career; however, the Phillies lost the 2011 National League Division Series to the eventual World Series-champion St Louis Cardinals in 5 games.
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Hunter Pence's speeches have become the source of good-natured ribbing between Giants teammates.
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On September 10, Hunter Pence hit his 20th home run in the 1st inning and became the 7th San Francisco Giants player to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in the same season and the first since Barry Bonds in 1998.
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The next day, Hunter Pence agreed to a 5-year, $90 million contract extension with the Giants through the 2018 season.
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Hunter Pence started all 162 games during the 2013 season, becoming the first Giants player to do so since Alvin Dark in 1954, when the season was 154 games long.
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On October 7, in Game 4 of the 2014 NLDS against the favored Washington Nationals, Hunter Pence made a leaping catch against the right field wall in the 6th inning to deny Jayson Werth an extra-base hit.
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Hunter Pence had 12 hits in the series and, along with teammate Brandon Belt, had at least one hit in every game of the 7-game series.
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Hunter Pence's performance drew some media comparisons to Barry Bonds, in terms of unusual statistical production.
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On March 5,2015, Hunter Pence suffered a fractured left forearm after being hit by a pitch during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs.
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Hunter Pence started the regular season on the disabled list, ending his league-leading iron man streak of consecutive games played at 383.
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Hunter Pence was named National League Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career after batting.
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On May 15,2017, Hunter Pence was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to a troubling left hamstring.
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Hunter Pence was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to the injury.
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On February 7,2019, Hunter Pence signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Texas Rangers.
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Hunter Pence was voted in as the starting designated hitter for the American League in the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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On February 7,2020, Hunter Pence re-signed with the Giants on a one-year, $3 million contract.
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On September 26,2020, Hunter Pence officially announced his retirement from professional baseball.
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On July 18,2021, Hunter Pence debuted as a Giants color analyst for NBC Sports Bay Area.
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On December 3,2015, Hunter Pence announced his engagement to Alexis Cozombolidis, to whom he proposed at Walt Disney World.
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Hunter Pence appeared as himself in an episode of the television sitcom Fuller House in 2016.
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Hunter Pence appeared as a guest on an episode of Bill Nye Saves the World in 2017.
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Hunter Pence is the San Francisco host for Big League Impact, an eight-city fantasy football network created and led by longtime St Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright.
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