"On this day in 2010, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed then-free agent Juan Uribe to a three-year, $21 million contract with the intention of having him play second base. Uribe, who had spent the 2010 season as a member of the San Francisco Giants, put up a noteworthy career year, including a .256 batting average and new highs in home runs (24) and RBI (85). With the Giants' World Series victory that year, it was Uribe's second championship."
"In the final year of his contract, Uribe captured his most memorable moment with the Dodgers by hitting a go-ahead home run against the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series. That propelled L.A. to a 4-3 win and series victory. Although the Dodgers would lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series, Uribe's go-ahead hit will forever be remarked as one of the top moments of that year's playoff run and his legacy within the organization."
Juan Uribe signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010 to a three-year, $21 million contract to play second base. He produced a career year in 2010 with a .256 batting average, 24 home runs and 85 RBI, earned his second World Series championship, and collected his 1,000th career hit. Injuries limited him to 143 games in his first two Dodgers seasons, but he rebounded in 2013, hitting .278/.331/.438 with 12 home runs. In 2013 he hit a go-ahead eighth-inning home run in Game 4 of the NLDS to beat the Braves and clinch the series. The Dodgers re-signed him before 2014 for two years and $15 million and traded him to the Braves in May 2015 to make room for Justin Turner. Uribe completed a 15-year MLB career with a .255 batting average, 199 home runs, and 816 RBI and won two World Series titles.
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