Books and articles about Rich Aurilia

Aurilia began his career in the Rangers organization, but was traded to San Francisco for John Burkett in December 1994. Although he expected to inherit the Giants' shortstop job when Royce Clayton was dealt after the 1995 season, Aurilia was forced to share the position with fellow Brooklyn native Shawon Dunston in 1996 and with Jose Vizcaino in 1997.

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Aurilia was tabbed to split playing time again in 1998 -- this time with veteran Rey Sanchez -- but by the end of the season he had convinced the Giants he could handle the full-time job. In 1999, he appeared in 152 games and set career highs in homers (22) as well as errors (28). His home run tally was the most ever by a San Francisco shortstop, eclipsing Daryl Spencer's 17 in 1958, but was one short of Alvin Dark's franchise record, set in 1953. (JGR)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 22, 1994: The Giants trade P John Burkett to the Rangers in exchange for minor league 1B/OF Desi Wilson and SS Rich Aurilia. » May 27, 2001: Against the Rockies' Denny Neagle in the 1st inning, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits the franchise's 12,000th home run. It is Bonds' 26th of the year. Only the Yankees have hit more. Neagle gives up all five runs, including solos to Armando Rios and Rich Aurilia, in the 5–4 loss to SF. » June 19, 2001: Trailing 2–0 with two outs in the 9th and an 0–2 count by Robb Nen, San Diego scores three runs and wins in the 15th, 4–3. Rich Aurilia's throwing error with two out allows Phil Nevin to score in the 15th. Barry Bonds belts his 37th homer, setting a mark for dingers before the All-star game. Pinch running, Rickey Henderson steals 3B, snapping a swipe drought of 24 games, his longest. Rickey will still top 20 steals this year for the 23rd straight time. » October 5, 2001: Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season to set a new ML single-season mark in the Giants' 11-10 heartbreaking loss to the Dodgers. The 1st inning blast to break the record comes off Dodgers P Chan Ho Park. Rich Aurilia hits his 37th but the Dodgers eliminate the Giants from a possible playoff berth. The game takes four hours: 27 minutes, the longest 9-inning game in ML history. With the Giants eliminated, Bonds will not start tomorrow, but will hit a pinch single on the only good pitch he sees. » October 3, 2002: The Braves defeat the Giants, 7–3, to even their series at one game apiece. Kevin Millwood hurls six strong innings for the victory while Javy Lopez and Vinny Castilla support his pitching with home runs. Rich Aurilia, Barry Bonds, and JD Snow all homer in a losing cause for SF. » October 6, 2002: The Giants even their division series at two games apiece by defeating the Braves, 8–3. Livan Hernandez gets the win while Tom Glavine takes his second loss in the series. Rich Aurilia homers for SF. » October 10, 2002: The Giants take a 2–games–to–0 lead in the NLCS with a 4–1 win over the Cardinals. Jason Schmidt pitches shutout ball into the 8th inning while SS Rich Aurilia drives home three of SF's runs with a pair of home runs. » October 22, 2002: The Angels pound out 16 hits in a 10–4 win over the Giants. Ramon Ortiz goes five innings for the victory. Rich Aurilia and Barry Bonds homer for SF while Scott Spiezio drives in three runs for Anaheim. » October 24, 2002: The Giants stroke 16 hits in a 16–4 rout of Anaheim in Game five of the World Series. Jeff Kent hits a pair of home runs and drives home four runs for the Giants while Rich Aurilia also hits a round–tripper. Chad Zerbe gets the win in relief.