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**Travis Ishikawa**
Travis Ishikawa
	San Francisco Giants — No. 10
	First Baseman
	Born: September 24, 1983 (age 26); Seattle, Washington
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
	April 18, 2006 for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics; (through October 4, 2009)
Batting average	.267
Hits	118
Runs batted in	58
OBP	.332
Home runs	12
Stolen Bases	3
Teams
	San Francisco Giants (2006-present);

Travis Takashi Ishikawa (石川隆 Ishikawa Takashi) (born September 24, 1983 in Seattle, Washington) is a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants. His father is Japanese and his mother is Caucasian. He is married with a son and a daughter. He made his major league debut on April 18, 2006, against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

[edit] High School Years

Ishikawa attended Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington, where he lettered in baseball, leading his team to the Washington State Class 4A Title as a junior and to the title game as a senior.

[edit] Major League Career

[edit] 2006

Ishikawa made his major league debut from Single-A with three brief stints (April 17-20, May 25-30, and June 13-20). He was recalled for the 1st time on April 17 when Lance Niekro was placed on the Bereavement List, and made his major league debut April 18 at Arizona. His first big league hit was on April 19 as a single off Arizona Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb. He had his first big league start on May 26 against the Colorado Rockies, going 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. He played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.

[edit] 2007

Ishikawa spent the entire season in the minors, splitting time between double-A Connecticut Defenders and single-A San Jose Giants. He was hitting .214 with 3 HRs and 17 RBI in 48 games with the Connecticut Defenders, before being moved to San Jose on June 28 where he had impressive power numbers with 15 2Bs, 1 3B, 13 HRs and .551 slugging pct. in 56 games. Ishikawa batted .268 in San Jose, with 34 RBI. He helped the club to the California League championship, as he posted a .241 (7-for-29) with 2 HRs and 5 RBI in 9 post-season contests.

[edit] 2008

In 2008, Ishikawa appeared in 33 games for the San Francisco Giants, batting .274 (26-for-95) with 12 runs, 6 2Bs, 3 HRs and 15 RBI in his 1st Major League appearance since 2006. He was with the Giants for 2 different stints, being recalled from triple-A Fresno Aug. 13 and then earning Sept. call-up. He started 26 games (all at 1B) and hit safely in 16 of those assignments. Ishikawa hit his first major league home run on Aug. 17 in Atlanta, a 2 run shot off RHP Charlie Morton. He produced a career-high 3-hit efforts on Sept. 12 and 14 against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park. Prior to his 2 stints with the San Francisco Giants, Ishikawa split the season between double- A Connecticut and triple-A Fresno Grizzlies, combining to hit .299 (121-for-405) with 69 runs, 35 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 24 HRs, 94 RBI and .578 slugging pct. in 112 contests. He began the year with Connecticut, batting .289 with 16 2Bs, 8 HRs and 45 RBI in 64 games. He was the promoted to Fresno June 20 and in 48 games batted .310 with 19 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 16 HRs and 46 RBI. Amongst the Giants organizational leaders, he ranked 4th in avg., 2nd in HRs and 3rd in RBI. Ishikawa was named Giants Player of Month for both May and June and the Eastern League Player of Week for June 2-8 after going 10-for-22 (.455) with 3 HRs and 9 RBI.

[edit] 2009

Ishikawa earned the position of starting first baseman in spring training. In the first game of the 2009 season, Ishikawa went 2-5, driving in 3 runs in the first inning against Milwaukee Brewers' starting pitcher Jeff Suppan with an RBI Triple, followed by a single, later scoring after an Aaron Rowand home run.

On July 27, 2009, Ryan Garko was traded to the San Francisco Giants for LHP prospect Scott Barnes. The presence of Garko, a first baseman, reduced Ishikawa's starting appearance.

Ishikawa's walk-up music for 2009 is TobyMac's "Ignition".

[edit] Personal life

Ishikawa met his wife, Rochelle, a dental assistant when he was hit by a pitch in the face in his first game with the San Jose Giants. She also introduced him to Christianity, which he believes helped him out of his slump in 06-07. Their daughter, Faith Annabel, was born on Ishikawa's 25th birthday, Sept. 24, 2008.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Ryan, Joan (May 2009). "Spotlight: Travis Ishikawa". Giants (San Francisco Giants) 24 (2): 35-38.

[edit] External links

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[0] Ryan, Joan (May 2009). "Spotlight: Travis Ishikawa". Giants (San Francisco Giants) 24 (2): 35-38.

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