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Shane Patrick Victorino (born November 30, 1980), nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian", is an American former professional
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. He played in
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(MLB) for the
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. He was primarily a
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until the 2013 season, when discomfort from various hamstring, back, and knee problems forced him to become an exclusively right-handed batter. Victorino made his MLB debut with the Padres in 2003. He played for the Phillies from 2005 through 2012. With the Phillies, Victorino won three Gold Glove Awards, was named to two
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s, and was a member of the 2008 World Series champions. With the Red Sox, Victorino won his fourth Gold Glove Award and was a member of the
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champions. He also won the
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in 2008 and the Branch Rickey Award in 2011.


Early life

Victorino was born on November 30, 1980, in Wailuku, Hawaii. He is the youngest son born to Mike, Sr. and Joycelyn Victorino in Hawaii. When Victorino was very young he was diagnosed with
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. Victorino played baseball,
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,
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and
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in his youth and ran
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. As a senior at St. Anthony High School in
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, he won state championships in the 100,
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and
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. His 100-meter time set a state record. On the football field, he was a
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and slotback for head coach
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. Victorino signed a letter of intent to play
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for the
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prior to the 1999 MLB draft. After he was selected by the
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in the sixth round, June Jones also offered Victorino a scholarship to play for the
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team. He signed instead with Dodgers on June 8, 1999.


Career


Los Angeles Dodgers

He spent the 1999 through 2002 seasons in the Dodgers minor league system, reaching Double-A with the
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of the Southern League in 2002.


San Diego Padres

Victorino was selected in the 2002 Rule 5 draft by the
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and made his Major League debut for the Padres on April 2, 2003, as a late inning defensive replacement against the
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. He recorded his first at-bat the following day against the Dodgers, grounding out to third base. He did not record his first hit until April 20, when he singled to right field off
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of the
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. He played in 36 games for the Padres with a .151 batting average. On May 28 he was returned by the Padres to the Dodgers.


Philadelphia Phillies


Minor Leagues

After playing two more seasons in the Dodgers farm system, with Jacksonville and the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A
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. Victorino was again selected in the Rule 5 draft, on December 13, 2004, by the
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. He again failed to stay with the major league club, and was offered back to the Dodgers. The Dodgers declined, so the Phillies retained his contract and assigned him to their Triple-A minor league club, the
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of the
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. He hit .310 in 126 games with the Red Barons, with 18 home runs and 70 RBI, earning International League All-Star and Most Valuable Player honors. Additionally, he was selected as a ''
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'' second team Minor League All-Star, a Triple-A All-Star and Phillies Minor League Player of the Year.


2005

Victorino received a September call-up to the Phillies and hit his first MLB home run on September 22 off
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of the
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.


2006

Victorino became a starting player when he replaced
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midway through the 2006 season in right field.


2007

Victorino replaced
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, who left by free agency, in center field in 2008. He was a right fielder in 2007. On June 3, 2007, the Phillies celebrated "Shane Victorino Day" with Victorino hula figurines, and flew his father in from
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for the game. Victorino ended the day's game with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth against the Giants.


2008

In the 2008 NLDS Game 2 against the
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, Victorino hit a grand slam (his first ever in the major leagues, and the Phillies' first postseason grand slam) off
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in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Victorino also became the first player in postseason history to have a home run, a double, and two steals in a single game. In 2008, Victorino received the
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. Victorino's success carried over into the 2008 NLCS, as he continued to make crucial hits and defensive plays for the Phillies. In Game 2, he was 2-for-5 with four RBIs. After the game, Victorino was informed that his grandmother had died. Game 3 saw Victorino in the midst of controversy. After being brushed back by
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, Victorino began to gesture towards the non-English-speaking pitcher that it was alright that he throw inside, just as long as he did not do so at his head. After grounding out to second, he continued to gesture at Kuroda and benches from both teams cleared. Victorino quickly became the villain for Dodger fans and was booed each time he came up to bat. After the game, Victorino was fined $2,500 by the league for his part in the incident. Victorino was quick to silence the crowd during Game 4 when he hit a game-tying two-run home run. In their first trip to the fall classic since
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, the Phillies went on to win the 2008 World Series by defeating the
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.


2009

On July 9, 2009, Victorino won the All-Star Game Final Vote with a record-breaking 15.6 million votes and was named the 33rd member of the National League's 2009 All-Star team. He was the first Hawaiian-born positional player to be named to an All-Star team. On August 12, in a game against the
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at
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, Victorino was hit with a full cup of beer while making a catch. A complaint was filed with the Chicago police by Victorino and the Cubs, and the fan was charged with two misdemeanor counts. For the 2009 season, Victorino's 13 triples led the majors, and he won his second consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award in the outfield. After the season, the Phillies and Victorino agreed to a three-year contract extension, avoiding salary arbitration and buying out his first year of free agency.


2010

In 2010, Victorino set career highs with 18 home runs and 69 RBIs. He also led all National League outfielders with 11 assists and won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award. In the first inning of the clinching Game 3 of the 2010
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against Cincinnati, Victorino made a superb running-and-reaching catch of a line drive in the alley. Without that catch, the game would have been tied, 1–1, with the hitter now on second and a possible big inning for the Reds. Instead, the catch preserved a 1–0 lead. However, in the NLCS, Victorino posted a mere .208 batting average with just two RBIs and six strikeouts against the eventual World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. In 2010, he received the Tug McGraw "Good Guy Award" from the Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.


2011

In September 2011, Victorino was named the winner of the Branch Rickey Award by the Rotary Club of Denver.


2012

In 2012 with the Phillies, Victorino played in 101 games and hit .261 with nine homers, 40 RBI and 24 steals.


Second stint with the Dodgers


Remainder of 2012

Victorino was traded back to the Dodgers on July 31, 2012, for Josh Lindblom, Ethan Martin and a player to be named later, who later turned out to be grandson of Dodgers Hall of Fame Spanish announcer Stefan Jarrín. Victorino played in 53 games with the Dodgers, primarily in
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and hit .245 with two homers, 15 RBI and 15 steals.


Boston Red Sox

On December 13, 2012, Victorino signed a three-year, $39 million contract with the
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.


2013

On May 12, 2013, Victorino collided with the right field wall and was injured. However, he stayed in the game for two more innings. He was placed on the disabled list on May 24 (retroactive to May 21) with a hamstring strain, and re-activated on June 8. Victorino was named AL Player of the Week for July 28–August 3. On October 19, 2013, Victorino hit a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning, over the
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, in Game 6 of the ALCS. The grand slam put the Red Sox up 5–2 over the
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, and sent the Red Sox to the
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. With this, Shane joined
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as the only other player to have hit two postseason grand slams. Victorino received the American League
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for his outstanding play in right field. He compiled a 25.0 UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) and had 264 putouts along with 9 assists. On Wednesday, October 30, Victorino won his second World Series ring after the Red Sox's victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, and in that game he drove in four of the six runs they scored that night, three of which were on a bases-clearing double off the
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in the third inning.


2014

On April 30, 2014, Victorino and teammate
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returned from injury to
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, in a game where the Red Sox won 7–4 against
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. Victorino only played in 30 games in 2014, spending much of the 2014 season on the disabled list. He batted exclusively right-handed in those 30 games. He had season-ending lumbar discectomy back surgery on August 5.


2015

On April 25, 2015, Victorino was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a hamstring strain.


Los Angeles Angels

On July 27, 2015, Victorino was traded to the
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, along with $3.8 million in cash considerations, for infielder
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. His combined record with the Red Sox and Angels in 2015 was 71 games played, batting .230, with 7 RBIs and 1 home run. He filed for free agency on November 2, 2015.


Chicago Cubs

Victorino signed a minor league deal with the
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in February 2016. He was released on March 29, but re-signed with the team on a minor league deal the same day. He was released for a second time on May 23 and did not sign with another team.


Retirement

On July 3, 2018, Victorino formally announced his retirement, and on August 3, he signed a one-day contract with Philadelphia so he could retire as a member of the Phillies.


Personal life

Victorino is the son of current Maui County Mayor
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, and is an
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. His father is a former State Representative in Hawaii and the current Supreme Warden for the
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, and Shane is a member. Victorino is married to the former Melissa Smith. Victorino and Smith wed in November 2009. On March 30, 2007, Smith gave birth to their first child, a daughter. On October 1, 2010, Smith gave birth to their son. During the off-seasons they live in
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. Victorino is of Portuguese, Hawaiian, Japanese, and
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descent. His last name is of Portuguese origin. In an interview with ''
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'' in 2011, he explained: "My name is really Victorine, which is Portuguese. My great-great-grandpa, when he was in the war, they spelled his name with an O at the end instead of an E, and it became Victorino." He is a
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or third-generation Japanese-American on his mother's side. Former Major League pitcher
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is a distant cousin of Victorino. Victorino is a fan of reggae musician
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and used Marley's songs "Buffalo Soldier" and "
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" as at-bat music when he played for the Phillies and Red Sox, respectively. The crowd at Fenway Park would typically sing along with the chorus of "Three Little Birds" whenever Victorino came to bat. When Victorino was traded to the Angels, he ceased using "Three Little Birds" as his at-bat music out of respect for the Red Sox and their fans. Victorino had a brief acting role in an episode of '' Hawaii Five-0'', playing a character called Shaun.


See also

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