2015 Cleveland Indians postseason player profile: Outfielder/first baseman Jerry Sands

Over the next month, we’re going to recap our guys’ 2015 seasons — on and off the field — in alphabetical order. Previous installments:

• Adams
• Allen
• Almonte
• Anderson
• Armstrong
• Aviles
• Bauer
• Brantley
• Carrasco
• Chisenhall
• Crockett
• Gomes
• Johnson
• Kipnis
• Kluber
• Lindor
• Manship
• McAllister
• Perez
• Ramirez
• Salazar

Name: Jerry Sands

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Height: 6–4

Weight: 225

Birthday: 9/28/87

Birthplace: Middletown, N.Y.

Club control: 2020 (pre-arbitration)

Twitter: n/a

The numbers:

• .236 (29–123)
• 10 extra-base hits, 19 RBI

Behind the numbers:

• Became a cult hit after big game on April 11, when he turned in two, two-run doubles and the crowd at Progressive Field chanted “Jerry, Jerry!”
• Was 8-for-23 in nine April games before being sent to Columbus
• Hit first homer on May 30, an eventual game-winner while Carlos Santana was on the paternity list
• Spent the remainder of the season in Cleveland after being recalled post-trade deadline on July 31
• Went 4-for-11 as a pinch-hitter, including a pinch-hit Grand Slam on Aug. 8 — marked the first pinch-hit Grand Slam by an Indians batter since Travis Hafner in 2006

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