Giancarlo Stanton’s father is Mike Stanton.
Mike Stanton worked for the United States Postal Service.
He contributed to the success of his son Giancarlo’s baseball career. Giancarlo Stanton is a professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
Stanton and his son Giancarlo would pull up to the parking lot outside a Mormon church in Sunland, California, to take batting practice on its Little League-sized field.
“He’d throw buckets and buckets to me, and he’d use it as his workout,” Stanton recalled inside the Marlins clubhouse. “He wouldn’t let me pick up the balls. So he’d pick up every ball, and he’d use it as his workout holding the heavy bucket, pick up the balls, switch arms or whatever. He’d have me sit there and think about where I want to hit the ball or what to do different in the next round.
“Having that schedule every single day, I didn’t realize how hard it is to go sit in traffic, go to work, sit in traffic again, come home and then take me to go throw to me and then do all of that then come back, put me to bed”, Giancarlo added.
Every summer, Mike and his friends would hike across glaciers in the North Cascades of Washington. He would train on flat lands and hills at 2 a.m. with his backpack.
Mike Stanton was married to Jacinta Garay. Jacinta Garay also worked for the US Postal Service.
Stanton and his ex-wife Jacinta had three children; Egidio Carlos Moacir Garay, Giancarlo Stanton and Kyrice Valivia Stanton.
Mike, who has been retired since 2009 after 35 years working for the United States Postal Service, spends his time taking and picking up his two granddaughters from school.