Jarrod Saltalamacchia

• Catcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Wears #39
• Hit a career-high 16 home runs in 2011
• Switch hitter who bats both righty and lefty
• Usually is the first player to show up for a game (more than 7 hours ahead of time)
• Won Good Guy Award at 2012 Boston Baseball Writers Dinner
• Previously played for the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers
• Has the longest last name (14 letters) in the history of Major League Baseball
• Nicknamed "Salty"
• Great grandmother was a horse racing jockey back in Italy
• Father is a firefighter and paramedic, mother is a nurse
• Grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida