Kevin Frandsen

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**Kevin Frandsen**
Major League Baseball debut
San Francisco Giants — No. 19
Second base
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
April 28, 2006 for the San Francisco Giants
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.215
RBI	7
Home runs	2

Kevin Vincent Frandsen (born May 24, 1982 in Los Gatos, California) is a Major League Baseball player, currently playing second base for the San Francisco Giants. As of August 19, 2006, Frandsen was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a fractured left jaw resulting from being hit in the face by a pitch during an at-bat for Triple-A Fresno. Frandsen hit his first major league home run on August 17, 2006 against the Padres at PETCO Park. [1]

Frandsen graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California and later attended San José State University, playing for the Spartans. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round (370th overall) of the 2004 amateur entry draft and made his major league debut with the Giants on April 28, 2006, replacing utilityman Jose Vizcaino (now with the St. Louis Cardinals).

However, his older brother, David Frandsen Jr. ("D.J."), died in 2004 from a 19-year battle with Wilms' Tumor, a mere three months after Frandsen was drafted. As a token of affection and remembrance, Giants pitching coach and long-time family friend Dave Righetti offered Frandsen his jersey number 19 knowing that D.J.'s favorite number was also 19, and that he was an admirer of Righetti as a child.