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Career HigHligHt s

• 30-year-old outfielder/first baseman enters his sixth season with the Dodgers, posting a .249/.331/.424 slashline with 27 home runs and 92 RBI in 326 career games

• Has posted a .286/.386/.457 slashline as a pinch-hitter during the course of his career, going 20-for-70 with three doubles, three homers and 16 RBI…ranks among active players (min. 50 AB) in batting average (11th), on-base percentage (9th) and slugging percentage (14th) in that role

• Has a .981 career fielding percentage at first base (58 games, 25 starts, .986 fielding pct.), left field (147 games, 91 starts, .966), center field (25 games, 18 starts, 1.000) and right field (70 games, 38 starts, .988)

• Made his Major League debut on May 9, 2012 as a pinch-hitter and picked up his first MLB hit in his first at-bat with a single off San Francisco’s Travis Blackley

• Picked up his first big league homer on May 20, 2012 with a pinch-hit three-run shot off St. Louis’ Mark Rzepczynski to help propel the Dodgers to a 6-5 win

• Had a .294 batting average with 100 home runs and 483 RBI in 11 minor league seasons from 2005-2013, ’15-16…named the 2011 Dodgers’ Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year after winning the Double-A Southern League’s batting title with a .348 average to go along with 45 doubles, 20 home runs and 92 RBI in 130 games with Chattanooga

• Selected in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of J. Burroughs High School in Missouri

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2016• Appeared in 52 games with Los Angeles in an injury-shortened season, batting .225 with 10 runs, six doubles,

a home run and seven RBI • Placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 10-June 3 with low back irritation…placed on the DL with right

wrist irritation on August 8 and underwent season-ending surgery on the right wrist in late August• Posted a .976 combined fielding percentage, appearing in 19 games (nine starts) at left field, 10 games (eight

starts) at right field, one start at center field and seven games (four starts) at first base• Played in a combined eight games with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and Triple-A Oklahoma City, batting

.226 (7-for-31) with a home run and five RBI

201 5• Appeared in 96 games in his fourth big league season, batting .239 with 14 doubles, six homers and 30 RBI• Had a 10-game hitting streak from April 15-May 2, tying for the longest run of his career (also: Aug. 12-Sept. 5,

2014)…batted .433 (13-for-30) with four doubles, a homer and nine RBI during the run• Established a career high with four hits and tied a career-best mark with four RBI on Sept. 7 against the

Angels in Anaheim, going 4-for-5 with two doubles• Placed on the DL from June 2-17 with left mid-back inflammation…saw limited action in September due to

right wrist inflammation

2014• Spent the entire season on the big league roster and posted a .298/.386/.524 slashline in a career-high 98

games…among National Leaguers with 200 or more at-bats, ranked 10th in OBP and eighth in SLG• Thrived against left-handed pitching, posting the NL’s 10th-highest batting average against lefties with a

.315 mark (34-for-108) and tying Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton for the highest slugging percentage at .630• Posted a .478 slugging percentage as a pinch-hitter, tied for the ninth-best mark in the Majors, going 6-for-23

(.261) with two doubles and a homer• Selected to his first Opening Day roster and made his first start in a season-opener on March 22 against the

D-backs in Australia, going 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and two RBI at the Sydney Cricket Ground

201 3• Batted.240 with seven homers and 19 RBI in 53 games in five stints with Los Angeles in his second

MLB season

sCott van slYke // Infielder/Outfielder@ s c o t t Va n s l i c k 33BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 220OpEnInG DAy AGE: 30 M.L. SERvIcE: 3.151BORn: July 24, 1986 in Chesterfield, MO RESIDEncE: St. Louis, MO AcquIRED: Selected in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player DraftMLB DEBuT: May 9, 2012

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• Placed on the disabled list from June 11-28 with left shoulder bursitis• Selected to the Dodgers’ postseason roster for both the NLDS and NLCS, appearing in two postseason games

without a plate appearance• In 61 games at Triple-A Albuquerque, posted a .348 batting average (71-for-204) with 12 homers and 48 RBI

2012• Saw his first big league action, appearing in 27 games in two stints with Los Angeles and 95 games at

Triple-A Albuquerque• Made his Major League debut with a pinch-hit RBI single on May 9 against San Francisco• Hit a game-winning pinch-hit three-run homer on May 20 off Cardinals reliever Mark Rzepcynski, the first

home run of his big league career• Batted .327 with 34 doubles, a triple, 18 homers and 67 RBI in 95 games with Triple-A Albuquerque…posted a

.404 on-base percentage

201 1• Named the Dodgers’ Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year after batting .348 with 45 doubles, 20

home runs and 92 RBI in 130 games with Double-A Chattanooga• Won the Southern League’s batting title and posted the sixth-highest average among all full-season minor

leaguers…also finished in the SL’s top five in doubles (1st), home runs (T-5th), RBI (3rd) and slugging percentage (.595, 2nd)...batted .300 or better in every month during the season

• Named to the Southern League All-Star Team and won MVP honors in the game...after the season, tabbed as a Southern League postseason All-Star and was named to Baseball America’s Double-A All-Star Team

2010• Batted a combined .270 with 14 home runs and 69 RBI in 125 games with Single-A Inland Empire, Double-A

Chattanooga and Triple-A Albuquerque

2009• Began the season with Single-A Inland Empire and was promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque on Sept. 5 for the

season’s final three games after batting .294 with 42 doubles, 23 home runs and 100 RBI with the 66ers• Named a California League post-season All-Star and became the first player in San Bernardino professional

baseball history to have at least 40 doubles, 20 home runs and 100 RBI in a single season

2008• Appeared in 70 games with Single-A Inland Empire and Single-A Great Lakes

2007• Spent the entire season with Single-A Great Lakes where he batted .254 with 18 doubles, one triple, two home

runs and 35 RBI

2006• Hit .256 with five doubles, two triples, two home runs and 17 RBI in 45 games with the Rookie-advanced

Ogden Raptors

2005• Began his professional career with the Gulf Coast League Dodgers…hit .282 with four doubles, a triple, two

home runs and 15 RBI in 24 games

Personal

Scott T. Van Slyke…resides in St. Louis with his wife, Audrey, and sons, Jackson and Elijah…son of former Major League outfielder Andy Van Slyke…selected by Louisville Slugger and the National High School Baseball Coaches Association as the 2005 Player of the Year for the state of Missouri…participated in the Dodgers’ 2014 Community Caravan and FanFest...attended the Dodgers’ 2011 Winter Development Program…originally selected in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft and signed by scout Mitch Webster.

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sCot t van slYke’s Career Bat t ing reCord

year Team aVg g aB r H 2B 3B Hr rBI sH sF HBP BB so sB Cs oBP slg e2005 GCL Dodgers .282 24 85 15 24 4 1 2 15 1 2 3 4 19 4 3 .330 .424 02006 Ogden .256 45 156 18 40 5 2 2 17 0 1 1 14 41 5 3 .320 .353 12007 Great Lakes .254 104 351 38 89 18 1 2 35 3 5 4 27 68 4 4 .310 .328 42008 Great Lakes .148 22 61 4 9 4 0 0 7 1 2 0 12 11 0 0 .280 .213 2 Inland Empire .261 48 176 29 46 9 2 5 26 1 2 2 11 35 7 4 .309 .420 12009 Inland Empire .294 132 496 75 146 42 4 23 100 0 3 3 61 128 10 7 .373 .534 8 Albuquerque .167 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .375 .167 12010 Inland Empire .307 48 189 34 58 12 2 9 35 0 1 2 17 39 3 1 .368 .534 0 Chattanooga .235 65 217 28 51 7 3 4 29 1 2 3 18 37 4 2 .300 .350 3 Albuquerque .289 12 38 5 11 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 .289 .474 02011 Chattanooga .348 130 457 81 159 45 4 20 92 0 5 2 65 100 6 5 .427 .595 122012 LOS ANGELES .167 27 54 4 9 2 0 2 7 1 0 0 2 14 1 0 .196 .315 0 Albuquerque .327 95 358 68 117 34 1 18 67 0 4 3 46 64 5 3 .404 .578 122013 LOS ANGELES .240 53 129 13 31 8 0 7 19 0 2 1 20 37 1 1 .342 .465 2 Albuquerque .348 61 204 55 71 17 2 12 48 0 4 5 50 61 8 2 .479 .627 5 Rancho Cucamonga .429 2 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .556 .429 0 2014 LOS ANGELES .297 98 212 32 63 13 1 11 29 0 2 4 28 71 4 2 .386 .524 42015 LOS ANGELES .239 96 222 19 53 14 0 6 30 1 3 4 23 62 3 1 .317 .383 3 Rancho Cucamonga .364 3 11 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .417 .727 02016 LOS ANGELES .225 52 102 10 23 6 0 1 7 0 1 5 5 24 1 2 .292 .314 3 Oklahoma City .207 7 29 5 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 .258 .345 1 Rancho Cucamonga .500 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .667 .500 0Major League-5 years .249 326 719 78 179 43 1 27 92 2 8 14 78 208 10 6 .331 .424 11Dodger Totals-5 years .249 326 719 78 179 43 1 27 92 2 8 14 78 208 10 6 .331 .424 11Minor League-11 years .294 802 2843 463 836 203 22 100 483 7 31 28 333 619 57 34 .370 .486 50

sCot t van slYke’s Career Po st se ason Bat t ing reCord

year Team aVg g aB r H 2B 3B Hr rBI sH sF HP BB so sB Cs oBP slg2013 NLDS: LA vs. ATL --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- NLCS: LA vs. STL --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- 2014 NLDS: LA vs. STL .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Postseason Totals .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000LDS Totas .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000LCS Totals --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- ---

sCot t van slYke’s Career single-gaMe Best s

Most Hits: 4, Sept. 7, 2015 at LAA Most Stolen Bases: 2, Sept. 27, 2014 vs. COLMost RBI: 4 (2x), last: Sept. 7, 2015 at LAA Most Walks: 3, Sept. 17, 2013 at ARIMost Home Runs: 2, (2x), last: June 9, 2014 at CIN Longest Hitting Streak: 10 games (2x), last: April 15-May 2, 2015Most Runs Scored: 3, June 9, 2014 at CIN Grand Slams: None

sCot t van slYke’s Career Fielding reCord

Position PCT g Po a e TC DPFirst Base .986 58 252 21 4 277 26Outfield .977 225 281 11 7 299 2

• Selected by Los Angeles in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft

• June 11-28, 2013 (left shoulder bursitis)

• May 31-June 17, 2015 (left mid-back inflammation)

• April 12-June 3, 2016 (lower back irritation)

• Aug. 9-Nov. 11, 2016 (right wrist irritation)

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