Brett Pill #6

Name is pronounced breht pil...Married (Chip)...Graduated from Covina (Covina, CA) High School...Attended California State University Fullerton...was member of 2004 NCAA Champion Titans

2012

Split time between triple-A Fresno and San Francisco, making three seperate appearances on the Giants' roster...Made SF's Opening Day roster for the first time in his career and batted .210 (22-for-105) with four home runs and 11 RBI in 48 games...Made 25 starts for the Giants (18 at first base and seven in left-field)...On May 8, supplied SF with their only runs by hitting a two-run homer off Clayton Kershaw in the 2nd inning of the Giants' 2-1 win...became just the fourth Giants player to ever homer off Kershaw...Finished his season at triple-A batting .285 (70-for-246) with 11 HRs and 45 RBI in 60 games.

2011

Made his 1st career appearance with big league club as he earned Sept. call-up after hitting .312 (167-for-536) with 36 2Bs, 25 HRs and 107 RBI in 133 games with Triple-A Fresno ... Was named both Fresno's Offensive Player of Year, as well as its Most Valuable Player for 2nd-consecutive season as he ranked 2nd in hits (167) and total bases (284), 4th in RBI (107) and extra-base hits (64) among Pacific Coast League leaders ... Fell just 2 2Bs and 2 RBI shy of setting new Grizzlies' franchise record in each category ... Was only player in PCL to amass 20-or-more RBI in each of 1st 4 months of season: April - 21 RBI, May - 20, June - 21, and July - 27 ... Reached base in all 4 plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with BB, 2 HRs, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored on May 28 at Colorado Springs...marked his 1st multi-homer game of season and 1st in Grizzlies uniform ... Went 2-for-6 with 2B, inside-the-park-home run and 2 runs scored on June 11 at Salt Lake...marked 1st inside-thepark- HR for Fresno since Matt Downs hit one on June 30, 2010 vs. Las Vegas ... Hit towering 6th inning grand slam to break 4-4 tie and give Grizzlies their 1st 5-game winning streak of year with 8-5 victory over rival Sacramento on July 16...slam was his 1st since July 31, 2008 against Rancho Cucamonga while playing with Class A Advanced San Jose...also marked his 1st 5-RBI game of 2011, and 1st time he's driven in 5 since doing it twice in 4-game span in 2010, August 10th at Albuquerque and August 14th at home against Iowa ... Had season-high 13-game hitting streak June 22-July 5 during which he batted .481 (27-for-59) with 8 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 5 HRs, 18 RBI and 16 runs scored ... Set career-high with his 20th HR of season on July 27, breaking his previous career mark of 19, set in 2009 at double-A Connecticut ... Had his contract purchased from triple-A on Aug. 31, taking roster spot of Miguel Tejada, who was designated for assignment ... Started 13 of 26 games, all at 1st base and went 15-for-50 (.300) with 3 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs and 9 RBI in 15 games for San Francisco ... Made his Major League debut Sept. 6 at San Diego, starting at 1st base...homered in his 1st-ever plate appearance, hitting towering 2-run shot off LHP Wade LeBlanc that hit 2nd deck railing of Western Metal Supply Co. building ... Became just 3rd Giant to hit home run in his 1st plate appearance, joining Will Clark (April 8, 1986 at Houston) and Johnnie Lemaster (Sept. 2, 1975 vs. Los Angeles-NL) ... Homered in his 1st 2 ML games, joining John Bowker (April 12-13, 2008) as only Giants in franchise history to accomplish that ... Hit 2 3Bs Sept. 17 at Colorado, becoming 1st Giants player with 2 3Bs in game since Fred Lewis did it May 19, 2008 at Colorado.

2010

Played entire season with triple-A Fresno hitting .275 (143-for-520) with 34 2Bs, 16 HRs and 84 RBI in 140 games ... Led Grizzlies in 2Bs (34), RBI (84) and total bases (225) ... Was named Pacific Coast League Player of week for May 3-9 ... Was Fresno Player of Month for June after hitting .367 (37-for-114) with 4 2Bs, 5 HRs and 26 RBI ... Went 5-for-5 game on June 12 at Tacoma with HR, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored ... Had season-high 15-game hitting streak June 23-July 7 during which he batted .291 (16-for-55) with 5 2Bs, 8 RBI and 6 runs scored.

2009

Posted best season of his young professional career, batting .298 (157-for-527) with 19 HRs and 109 RBI in 139 contests in his 1st season at double-A level....among Eastern League leaders ranked 1st in RBI, 2nd in total bases (253), 3rd in 2Bs (37), hits, and extra base hits (57), tied for 4th in HRs, 5th in slugging pct. (.480), and 6th in batting avg...named Eastern League Player of Week on 3 different occasions: June 29-July 6, Aug. 3-28 and Aug. 31-Sept. 8... logged 14-game hitting streak June 14-July 2, batting .466 (27-for-58) during span...named to Eastern League Post-Season All-Star team...following season played for Margarita of Venezuelan Winter League

2008

Hit .266 with 9 HRs and 65 RBI in 131 games with class A Advanced San Jose...hit .308 as designated hitter.

2007

Led South Atlantic League in 2Bs (47)...overall, batted .269 with 10 HRs and 91 RBI in 137 games with single-A Augusta...fell single shy of hitting for cycle June 4 against Asheville.

2006

Batted .220 with 5 HRs and 35 RBI in 60 contests for short-season Salem-Keizer in what was his 1st professional season.