The San Francisco Giants signed Juan Uribe to a one-year, $1 million contract prior to the 2009 season.
After incumbent shortstop Omar Vizquel departed in free agency, the Giants went out and added low-cost veterans Edgar Renteria and Uribe in an effort to fill the infield void.
Uribe wound up filling a super-utility role during his first year with the team, splitting his time between second base (38 games), shortstop (41 games) and third base (44 games).
He hit .289/.329/.495 with 26 doubles, 16 home runs and 55 RBI in 432 plate appearances and played terrific defense all over the diamond, with all of that adding up to 3.