Shane Patrick Victorino...Engaged to Melissa Smith; one daughter, Kali'a Makenna (3/30/07)...1999 graduate of St. Anthony's High School (HI)...Played football, soccer and baseball and ran track; was an all-star in all four sports... Played Little League and Pony League ball...Is a member of the Philadelphia Action Team, a national youth volunteer initiative administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America...Hobbies: Spending time with family, fishing and diving.

Won his 1st NL Rawlings Gold Glove after finishing 4th among NL center fielders in fielding % (.994; 2 errors in 323 TC) and T-4th in assists (7)...Finished 3rd in the NL in infield hits (34), 5th in triples (8), 6th in SB (36), T-6th in bunt hits (9) and T-8th in multi-hit games (50)...Set career highs in avg (.293), hits (167), at-bats (570), runs (102), doubles (30), HR (14), RBI (58), walks (45), total bases (255) and multi-hit games...Made 134 starts in CF and 4 in RF...Placed on the 15-day DL, 4/13 (right calf strain); played in 5 rehab games before being activated on 4/29...His 7 HR in July were a career best for one month; previous high was 5 HR in June 2007...Had 8 HR and 17 RBI over an 18-game span, 7/12-8/5...Had a career-high 4 RBI, 7/1 at ATL & 7/27 vs ATL...Scored a career-high 4 runs, 5/26 vs COL...Had a career-high 2 triples, 6/6 at ATL...Tied his career high with a 14-game hitting streak, 5/19-6/2 (.400, 24-60, HR, 7 RBI)...Had his 1st career multi-HR game, 7/12/08 vs ARI...Batted .359 (42-117) leading off an inning...Hit .462 (24-52), 5 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI over his final 13 games of the season...Set a Phillies record with 13 RBI in the postseason; T-2nd among all major leaguers in 2008 playoffs (TB's B.J. Upton - 16)...Clubbed the 1st grand slam in Phillies playoff history in Game 2 of the NLDS (CC Sabathia)...Became the 3rd player in team history to collect 4 RBI in an LCS game, 10/10 vs LAD...Hit a game-tying HR in the 8th inning of Game 4 of the NLCS (Cory Wade).