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Lenny Dykstra
Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Dykstra played for the New York Mets during the late 1980s before playing for the Philadelphia Phillies during the early 1990s. He threw and batted left-handed and played primarily as a leadoff hitter.
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Adam Lind
Adam Alan Lind (born July 17, 1983 in Muncie, Indiana) is an American designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League of Major League Baseball. He was drafted in the third round (83rd overall) of the Major League Baseball amateur draft and was signed on June 30, 2004. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the eighth round (242nd overall) of the amateur draft. Lind attended Highland High School in Anderson, Indiana. Lind was named Eastern League MVP, playing for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
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Adrian Gonzalez
Adrian Gonzalez (born May 8, 1982, in San Diego, California) is a Mexican American Major League Baseball first baseman for the San Diego Padres. He was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins.
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Adrián Beltré
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Al Oliver
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Alan Trammell
Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958) is a retired American baseball shortstop of the Detroit Tigers from to . Trammell, nicknamed "Tram", played his entire career with the Tigers, highlighted by a World Series championship in and an American League East division championship in . An excellent all-around shortstop of the 1980s, Trammell excelled at both offense and defense. He had good range, soft hands and was smooth turning the double play. Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws. Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou Whitaker. The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major league history, playing 19 seasons together. At the plate, Trammell was one of the best-hitting shortstops of his era and won three Silver Slugger awards. Trammell would later serve as the team's manager from 2003 through 2005. He currently is the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs.
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Albert Belle
Albert Jojuan Belle (born August 25, 1966) is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles. Standing at 6'2 and weighing in at 225 lbs, Albert was one of the leading sluggers of his time, and in 1995 he became the first player to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season.
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Albert Pujols
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Alex Avila
Alexander Thomas Avila (born January 29, 1987, in ) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers.
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Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975) is an American Major League Baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees. He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.
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Alexei Ramírez
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Andre Dawson
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Andre Ethier
Andre Everett Ethier () (born April 10, 1982, in Phoenix, Arizona), is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jones (born April 23, 1977, in , Netherlands Antilles) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox.
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Andrés Galarraga
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Andy Van Slyke
Andrew James Van Slyke (born December 21, 1960, in Utica, New York) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder and former first base coach for the Detroit Tigers.
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Aramis Ramírez
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Asdrúbal Cabrera
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Aubrey Huff
Aubrey Lewis Huff III (born December 20, 1976, in Marion, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently playing for the San Francisco Giants. Over the span of his career, he has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, and the Detroit Tigers.
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Barry Bonds
Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007.
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Ben Oglivie
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Benito Santiago
Benito Santiago Rivera (born March 9, 1965 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Bernie Williams
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Bill Mueller
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Bob Forsch
Robert Herbert (Bob) Forsch (born January 13, 1950 in ) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (-88) and Houston Astros (-89). He batted and threw right-handed. He is also the author of ''Bob Forsch's Tales from the Cardinals Dugout'', which was co-written by Tom Wheatley. He is currently the pitching coach for the Billings Mustangs in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
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Bobby Bonilla
Roberto Martin Antonio "Bobby" Bonilla (, born February 23, 1963 in The Bronx, New York) is a former player in Major League Baseball who played from 1986 to 2001. Known in his playing days as "Bobby Bo," Bonilla is of Puerto Rican descent.
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Bobby Grich
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Brandon Phillips
Brandon Emil Phillips (born June 28, 1981) is a second baseman for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds.
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Bret Boone
Bret Robert Boone (born April 6, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman.
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Buddy Bell
David Gus "Buddy" Bell (born August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each. He is the son of outfielder Gus Bell and the father of third basemen David and Mike. He is currently the Director of Operations for the White Sox Minor League system
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Carl Crawford
Carl lindeman Crawford (born August 5, 1981, in ) is the starting left fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws left-handed.
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Carlos Baerga
Carlos Obed Baerga Ortiz (, ; born November 4, 1968 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career.
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Carlos Beltrán
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Carlos Delgado
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Carlos Lee
Carlos Noriel Lee (born June 20, 1976, in Aguadulce, Panama) is a left fielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Houston Astros. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Carlos Peña
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Carlos Quentin
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Carlton Fisk
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Carney Lansford
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Cecil Cooper
Cecil Celester Cooper (born December 20, 1949 in Brenham, Texas), nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros. From through , Cooper played for the Boston Red Sox (1971–76) and Milwaukee Brewers (1977–87). He batted and threw left-handed.
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Chipper Jones
Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones, Jr. (born April 24, 1972, in DeLand, Florida) is a Major League baseball player for the National League's Atlanta Braves. Although initially a shortstop, he has spent most of his career as the starting third baseman for the Braves. In and , Jones primarily played left field, before returning to third base in 2004.
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Craig Biggio
Craig Alan Biggio (born December 14, 1965 in Smithtown, New York) is a former Major League Baseball player who played his entire career with the Houston Astros. He ranks 20th all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. He is now the head varsity baseball coach for St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas.
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Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson (born March 16, 1981, in Blue Island, Illinois) is an American Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees.
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Dale Murphy
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Damion Easley
Jacinto Damion Easley (born November 11, 1969 in New York City, New York) is a former Major League Baseball player who is currently Executive Director of Warrior Baseball Academy.
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Dan Uggla
Daniel Cooley Uggla (born March 11, 1980) is a Major League Baseball All-Star second baseman for the Florida Marlins. Uggla finished third in the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year voting behind teammate and winner Hanley Ramirez, and Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals, but won the Players Choice and Sporting News NL ROY awards. Dan also has his own fan club at Sun Life Stadium who call themselves "Uggla's Ugglies." Uggla is the all-time leader in home runs for the Marlins, and is the only second baseman in MLB history to hit at least thirty home runs in four consecutive seasons.
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Daniel Hudson
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Dante Bichette
Alphonse Dante Bichette (, born November 18, 1963 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a former American Major League Baseball player.
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Darren Daulton
Darren Arthur Daulton (born January 3, 1962 in Arkansas City, Kansas), nicknamed Dutch, is a former catcher in Major League Baseball best remembered for his years with the Philadelphia Phillies. He has been called the "Greatest Clubhouse Leader the Phillies ever had." He earned a World Series ring with the Florida Marlins in 1997.
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Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962) is a former American baseball player who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off of it. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the game, known for his prodigious home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box with his 6-foot-6 frame and his long, looping swing that elicited comparisons to Ted Williams. During his 17-year career, he helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship in and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships in , and .
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Dave Parker
David Gene "The Cobra" Parker (born June 9, 1951 in Calhoun, Mississippi) is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion.
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Dave Winfield
David Mark Winfield (born October 3, 1951) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He is currently Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor of the San Diego Padres and an analyst for the ESPN program Baseball Tonight. Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams: the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians. In 2004, ESPN named him the third-best all-around athlete of all time in any sport. He is a member of both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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David Justice
David Christopher Justice (born April 14, 1966) is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1989–96), Cleveland Indians (1997–2000), New York Yankees (2000–01), and Oakland Athletics (2002).
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David Ortiz
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Dean Palmer
Dean William Palmer (born December 27, 1968 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1989 to 2003. He played for the Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, all of the American League.
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Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter (; born June 26, 1974) is an American professional baseball player. He is a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who has played his entire career for the New York Yankees. He has served as the Yankees' team captain since 2003. Jeter's presence in the Yankees' lineup, highlighted by his hitting prowess, played an instrumental role in the team's late 1990s dynasty.
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Dickie Thon
Richard William "Dickie" Thon (born June 20, 1958 in South Bend, Indiana) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball.
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Don Mattingly
Donald Arthur Mattingly (nicknamed "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man") (born April 20, 1961) is a former first baseman who played for the New York Yankees of the American League from 1982-1995. He is currently the Los Angeles Dodgers manager. He also served as a hitting coach for the Yankees and Dodgers prior to taking on his current position.
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Doug DeCinces
Douglas Vernon "Doug" DeCinces (born August 29, 1950 in Burbank, California) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the California Angels in 1982 to make room for Cal Ripken Jr. after having begun his career as the successor to Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson. He played for fifteen seasons ( - ) in the major leagues for three different teams, including nine years with the Orioles and six years with the California Angels. He retired after playing in four games for the St. Louis Cardinals at the end of the 1987 season.
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Dustin Pedroia
Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983, in Woodland, California) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Boston Red Sox. During his brief career in the majors, Pedroia has won several awards, including the 2007 AL Rookie of the Year and the 2008 AL MVP award. He also won a Silver Slugger as a second baseman, and a Gold Glove in 2008. He was also second overall in the AL in batting average in 2008.
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Dwight Evans
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Dwight Gooden
Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), also known as Doc Gooden or Dr. K, is a former major league baseball player. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s, but his career declined because of injury, as well as drug and alcohol abuse.
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Dámaso García
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Eddie Murray
Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who was known as one of the most reliable and productive hitters of his era, earning the nickname "Steady Eddie". Murray is regarded as one of the best switch hitters ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .
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Edgar Rentería
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Edgardo Alfonzo
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Ellis Burks
Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed.
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Eric Chavez
Eric Cesar Chavez (born on December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American third baseman in the Major League Baseball who has played for the Oakland Athletics since .
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Eric Karros
Eric Peter Karros (born November 4, 1967 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a former American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball from 1991–2004. Karros attended UCLA, where he received a degree in economics.
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Evan Longoria
Evan Michael Longoria (born October 7, 1985, in Downey, California) is a Mexican-American Major League Baseball third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays. His backround is hispanic and his parents came from Colombia. Formerly, Longoria was a star infielder for the Long Beach State college baseball team, the Cape Cod League MVP, and the Big West Co-Player of the Year.
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Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (; born November 1, 1960) is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher who pitched for six different teams during his Major League Baseball career, most notably the Los Angeles Dodgers, with whom he pitched for ten seasons, from 1980 to 1990. Thanks in part to his "Ruthian physique," a devastating screwball that helped him win his first eight straight decisions in 1981, and a connection with Los Angeles' large Latino community, Valenzuela touched off an early '80s craze dubbed "Fernandomania". That year, Valenzuela became the only player in Major League history to win the Rookie of the Year award, the Cy Young Award, and the Silver Slugger Award in the same season.
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Fred McGriff
Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963 in Tampa, Florida) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball player who starred for several teams from the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. A power-hitting first baseman with a tall, lanky build, the five-time All-Star became, in , the first player since the dead-ball era to lead both leagues in home runs. Although he never hit more than 37 homers in a single season, he finished his career only seven homers away from joining the exclusive 500 home run club. He won a World Series title as a first baseman with the Atlanta Braves in 1995. He currently works in the Rays' front office as an advisor. He also currently works for Bright House Sports Network as a co-host for "The Baysball Show".
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Garret Anderson
Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972, in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder, who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and played the 2009 season as a member of the Atlanta Braves and, prior to that, his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is the Angels' franchise leader in games played, at bats, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, grand slams, extra-base hits, career RBIs, single-game RBIs, and consecutive games (12) with an RBI.
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Garry Templeton
Garry Lewis Templeton, nicknamed "Jumpsteady", (born March 24, 1956 in Lockney, Texas) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets from 1976 to 1991. Templeton had good batting numbers in an era when shortstops did not provide much offense.
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Gary Carter
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Gary Gaetti
Gary Joseph Gaetti (; born August 19, 1958 in Centralia, Illinois), nicknamed "G-Man", "Rat", or "Zorn" is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins (1981-90), California Angels (1991-93), Kansas City Royals (1993-95), St. Louis Cardinals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1998-99) and Boston Red Sox (2000).
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Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968, in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played for eight major league ball clubs, primarily as an outfielder and designated hitter.
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Grady Sizemore
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Hal McRae
Harold Abraham McRae (; born July 10, 1945 in Avon Park, Florida) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1968, 1970–72) and Kansas City Royals (1973–87). Utilized as a designated hitter for most of his career, McRae batted and threw right-handed. He was formerly the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the father of former major league outfielder Brian McRae, and his son Cullen McRae is the Florida Marlins video coordinator.
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Hanley Ramírez
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Harold Baines
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Ichiro Suzuki
, often known simply as , nicknamed "Ichi" & "The Hits Man", (born October 22, 1973, in Kasugai, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for base hits with 262. He has had ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player, surpassing Wee Willie Keeler's streak of eight. Pete Rose, who had ten non-consecutive 200-hit seasons, is the only player with the same amount as Ichiro.
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Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (first name (Juh-coh-bee); born September 11, 1983 in Madras, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox. Ellsbury was first drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB Draft but did not sign. He was then drafted by Boston in 2005, 23rd overall, after three years at Oregon State University.
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Jason Bay
Jason Raymond Bay (born September 20, 1978, in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional baseball player. An outfielder, he currently plays for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Bay has previously played for the San Diego Padres, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Boston Red Sox.
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Jason Giambi
Jason Gilbert Giambi (; born January 8, 1971, in West Covina, California) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies.
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Jason Marquis
Jason Scott Marquis () (born August 21, 1978, in Manhasset, New York) is an American Major League Baseball All Star starting pitcher who is currently playing for the Washington Nationals. He previously pitched for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies.
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Javy López
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Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who spent his entire major league career with the Houston Astros in the National League. He is currently the hitting coach for the Houston Astros. Bagwell was named the 1991 National League Rookie of the Year and the 1994 National League Most Valuable Player. Baseball statistician Bill James, in his 2001 edition of the New Historical Baseball Abstract, listed Bagwell as the fourth best first baseman of all time.
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Jeff Kent
Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. Kent won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 2000 with the San Francisco Giants, and is the all-time leader in home runs among second basemen. He drove in 90 or more runs from 1997 to 2005, a streak of run production unprecedented for a second baseman, a position typically known for its defense. Kent is a five-time All-Star and his 560 career doubles put him tied for 21st on the all-time doubles list.
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Jermaine Dye
Jermaine Trevell Dye (born January 28, 1974 in Oakland, California) is a free agent right fielder and designated hitter. Dye has played with the Atlanta Braves (1996), Kansas City Royals (1997-2001), Oakland Athletics (2001-04), and the Chicago White Sox (2005-2009). Dye won the World Series MVP with the White Sox in 2005. Dye bats and throws right-handed and, in his prime, was known for his ability to hit for power and his powerful throwing arm.
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Jesse Barfield
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Jim Edmonds
James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970) is an American Major League Baseball player, currently playing center field for the Cincinnati Reds. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Diego Padres, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Chicago Cubs. He was affectionately known by Cardinal fans as "Jimmy Baseball," "Jimmy Ballgame," "Lassie," and "Hollywood."
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Jim Rice
James Edward Rice (born March 8, 1953) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball.
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Jim Thome
James Howard "Jim" Thome (; born August 27, 1970 in ) is an American Major League Baseball designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins.
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Jimmy Rollins
James Calvin "Jimmy" Rollins (born November 27, 1978 in Oakland, California), nicknamed "J-Roll", is an All-Star and former MVP shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball's National League.
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Joe Carter
Joseph Christopher Carter (born March 7, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from to . Carter is likely most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Joe Crede
Joseph Taylor Crede (pronounced CREE-DEE, born April 26, 1978, in Jefferson City, Missouri) is an American Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently a Free Agent.
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Joe Mauer
Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins. Mauer is regarded as one of the best defensive and offensive catchers in baseball. He is the only catcher in Major League history to win three batting titles. He has also won two Gold Glove awards, plus the 2009 AL MVP award.
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Joe Morgan
Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Morgan is currently a commentator for ESPN television and radio and a member of the Cincinnati Reds front office.
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John Smoltz
Johnathan "John" Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967 in ) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best known for his prolific career of more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, in which he garnered eight All-Star selections and received the Cy Young Award in 1996. Though predominantly known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz was converted to a reliever in 2001, following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and spent four years as the team's closer before returning to a starting role. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season (the other being Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley). He is the only pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves. He became the 16th member of the 3,000 strikeout club on April 22, 2008 when he fanned Felipe Lopez of the Washington Nationals in the third inning in Atlanta.
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John Valentin
John William Valentin (; born February 18, 1967 in Mineola, New York) is a former shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played most of his major league career with the Boston Red Sox, with his final season being for the New York Mets. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the hitting coach of the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Class-AA Southern League.
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Johnny Estrada
Johnny Pulado Estrada III (born June 27, 1976 in Hayward, California) was a Major League Baseball catcher.
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Johnny Ray
John Cornelius Ray (born March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, Oklahoma, USA) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career from 1981 to 1990. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League and the California Angels of the American League. He also played two seasons for the Yakult Swallows in Japan in 1991 and 1992.
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Jorge Posada
Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta (born August 17, 1971 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the New York Yankees. He is a switch hitter, and has been on five All-Star teams over his 15-year career.
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Josh Hamilton
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José Bautista
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José Cruz
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Juan Samuel
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Julio Franco
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Justin Upton
Justin Irvin Upton (born August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American Major League Baseball right fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was selected first overall by the Diamondbacks in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Keith Hernandez
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Kelly Gruber
Kelly Wayne Gruber (born February 26, 1962 in Houston, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman.
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Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University. He died of a drug overdose on October 10, 2004.
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Ken Griffey, Jr.
George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Griffey was both one of the most prolific home run hitters and best defensive players in baseball history, fifth on the list of most career home runs, and is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run. Griffey, playing for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox, won 10 Gold Glove awards and appeared in 13 All-Star games. In the early part of his baseball career, he seemed poised to break Hank Aaron's career home run record, but later seasons shortened by injuries made that feat impossible. Upon his retirement, AP noted: "In his prime, Ken Griffey Jr. was considered the best player in baseball."
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Kirby Puckett
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Lance Parrish
Lance Michael Parrish, aka "Big Wheel",(born June 15, 1956, in Clairton, Pennsylvania) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1977-1986), Philadelphia Phillies (1987-1988), California Angels (1989-1992), Seattle Mariners (1992), Cleveland Indians (1993), Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1995). He was regarded as one of the best catchers in the 1980s, for both his offensive and defensive play.
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Larry Walker
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Lenny Dykstra
Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra (; born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Dykstra played for the New York Mets during the late 1980s before playing for the Philadelphia Phillies during the early 1990s. He threw and batted left-handed and played primarily as a leadoff hitter.
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Liván Hernández
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Lloyd Moseby
Lloyd Anthony Moseby (born November 5, 1959 in Portland, Arkansas) was a Major League Baseball player. A center fielder, and good all-around athlete, Moseby's nickname Shaker was said to stem from his ability to get away from or "shake" players who attempted to defend him on the basketball court.
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Lou Whitaker
Louis Rodman Whitaker, Jr. (born May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) nicknamed Sweet Lou, is a former Major League Baseball player. Whitaker was a second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1977 to 1995. Along with teammate Alan Trammell, Whitaker is perhaps best known as half of the longest running "double play" combination in major league history.
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Manny Ramirez
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Mark Loretta
Mark David Loretta (born August 14, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Loretta played for the Milwaukee Brewers (-), Houston Astros (, -), San Diego Padres (-), Boston Red Sox () and Los Angeles Dodgers (). He batted and threw right-handed.
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Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is a former Major League Baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He replaced Hal McRae as the for the St. Louis Cardinals for 2010.
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Mark Portugal
Mark Steven Portugal (born October 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from to . On December 4, 1988, Mark was traded from Minnesota to Houston for P Todd McClure.
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Matt Holliday
Matthew Thomas Holliday (born January 15, 1980, in ), is a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Holliday was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Matt Nokes
Matthew Dodge Nokes (born October 31, 1963, in San Diego, California) is a retired American Major League Baseball catcher and designated hitter who played eleven seasons for the San Francisco Giants (1985), the Detroit Tigers (1986-1990), New York Yankees (1990-1994), the Baltimore Orioles, and the Colorado Rockies (1995). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He also had experience at first base, third base, and left and right fields.
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Melvin Mora
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Micah Owings
Micah Burton Owings (born September 28, 1982 in Cumming, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher currently a free agent.
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Miguel Cabrera
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Miguel Tejada
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Mike Greenwell
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Mike Hampton
Michael William Hampton (born September 9, 1972 in Brooksville, Florida) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats right-handed and throws left-handed. Hampton is well-known for being one of the best active hitting pitchers, as well as for his large contract and frequent injuries.
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Mike Lowell
Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. He is a right-handed batter, and previously played with the Florida Marlins (–).
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Mike Schmidt
Michael Jack Schmidt (; born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Mike Stanley
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Mo Vaughn
'''Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn''' (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut), nicknamed "Hit Dog", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1991 to 2003. Vaughn was a three-time All-Star selection and won the American League MVP award in .
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Moisés Alou
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Nomar Garciaparra
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (; born July 23, 1973, in ) is a former Major League Baseball player. After playing a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, he played third base, first base, and designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics, first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs. He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a single game, and the only player to achieve the feat at home.
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Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, New York) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for [http://www.pokerstars.net/team-pokerstars/friends/ PokerStars]. In 1988, he won the Gold Glove, Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP with the Dodgers.
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Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith (born December 26, 1954) is a retired American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. Nicknamed "The Wizard," Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball, winning the National League Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons. A 15-time All-Star, Smith accumulated 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases during his career, and won the National League Silver Slugger Award as the best hitter at shortstop in 1987.
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Paul Molitor
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Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose (born April 14, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989.
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Plácido Polanco
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Prince Fielder
Prince Semien Fielder (born May 9, 1984) is a Major League Baseball player of who plays first base for the Milwaukee Brewers. He is currently listed at 5' 10" and 285 lbs. He was selected by the Brewers in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida.
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Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning 20 years, 1986 to 2005. Though he never officially retired, Palmeiro has not played since .
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Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder who played for four different teams (twice for Oakland / Kansas City) from 1967 to 1987 and currently serves as a special advisor to the New York Yankees. Jackson helped win three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also helped win two consecutive titles with the New York Yankees. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Rich Aurilia
Richard Santo Aurilia (; born September 2, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former Major League Baseball player, mainly as a shortstop. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Rick Burleson
Richard Paul Burleson (born April 29, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. "Rooster," as he was nicknamed was a famously intense ballplayer. Former Boston Red Sox teammate Bill Lee once said of Burleson, "Some guys didn't like to lose, but Rick got angry if the score was even tied."
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Rick Rhoden
Richard Alan Rhoden (born May 16, 1953) is a professional golfer and was a Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 16 year baseball career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1974-1978), Pittsburgh Pirates (1979-1986) and Houston Astros (1989) of the National League; and the New York Yankees (1987-1988) of the American League.
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Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henley Henderson (born Rickey Nelson Henley, December 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the ten-time American League (AL) All-Star ranked among the sport's top 100 all-time home run hitters and was its all-time leader in bases on balls. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Robby Thompson
Robert Randall Thompson (born May 10, 1962 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a retired baseball infielder with an 11 year career from to . He graduated from Forest Hill Community High School in West Palm Beach and the University of Florida.
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Roberto Alomar
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Robin Yount
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Rubén Sierra
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Russell Martin
Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin Jr. (born February 15, 1983, in East York, Ontario) is a Canadian Major League Baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983, in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California), nicknamed The Hebrew Hammer, is an American right-handed Major League Baseball All-Star left fielder with the Milwaukee Brewers. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.
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Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies.Howard is 6' 4" and 260 lbs. He bats and throws left-handed.
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Ryan Ludwick
Ryan Andrew Ludwick (born July 13, 1978 in Satellite Beach, Florida) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the San Diego Padres. His brother Eric played four seasons in Major League Baseball as a pitcher.
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Ryne Sandberg
Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18, 1959 in Spokane, Washington), nicknamed "Ryno," is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He was named after relief pitcher Ryne Duren, and is recognized as one of the best second basemen of all time. Sandberg was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2005; he was formally inducted in ceremonies on July 31, 2005. He is the current manager of the Iowa Cubs.
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Sammy Sosa
Samuel Peralta "Sammy" Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a retired Major League Baseball right fielder.
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Scott Rolen
Scott Bruce Rolen (born April 4, 1975 in Jasper, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. He is a seven-time Gold Glove winner. Rolen was a multi-sport athlete at Jasper High School Wildcats; participating in basketball and baseball.
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Shawn Green
Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972 in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player.
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Steve Sax
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Terry Kennedy
Terrence Edward Kennedy (on June 4, 1956 in Euclid, Ohio) is a former All-Star Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978-80), San Diego Padres (1981-86), Baltimore Orioles (1987-88) and San Francisco Giants (1989-91). Kennedy batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He is the son of former major league player and manager Bob Kennedy. He is currently the manager of the Portland Beavers.
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Tim Leary (baseball)
Timothy James Leary (born December 23, 1958, in Santa Monica, California) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Santa Monica High School and the University of California, Los Angeles where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.
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Tim Raines
Timothy Raines (born September 16, 1959 in Sanford, Florida), nicknamed "Rock",
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Tino Martinez
Constantino "Tino" Martinez (born December 7, 1967 in Tampa, Florida) is a retired first baseman in Major League Baseball.
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Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Helton (born August 20, 1973 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies.
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Tom Glavine
Thomas Michael Glavine (born March 25, 1966) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith Gwynn (born May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball, statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year career (1982–2001) for the San Diego Padres. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 9, 2007 and was inducted on July 29. He is the first National League player born during the 1960s to earn the honor (Kirby Puckett was the first American Leaguer). He batted and threw left-handed.
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Torii Hunter
Torii Kedar Hunter (; born July 18, 1975, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Los Angeles Angels.
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Travis Fryman
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Troy Glaus
Troy Edward Glaus () (born August 3, 1976 in Tarzana, California) is a Major League Baseball First Baseman and Third Baseman for the Atlanta Braves. Previously, Glaus played with the Anaheim Angels (-), Arizona Diamondbacks (), Toronto Blue Jays (-), and St. Louis Cardinals (-). Glaus lettered in baseball while attending UCLA. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Troy Tulowitzki
Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (born October 10, 1984, in Santa Clara, California), is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Colorado Rockies.
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Vernon Wells
Vernon Wells III (born December 8, 1978) is a Major League Baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays. Wells has appeared on three All-Star teams in his career, been awarded three Gold Glove Awards, and one Silver Slugger Award. He is among the league's highest paid players, having in 2007 signed a $126 million contract extension that ends in 2014.
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Vinny Castilla
Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria (; born July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves. Previously, he played with the Atlanta Braves (1991–1992, 2002–2003), Colorado Rockies (1993–1999, 2004, 2006), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000–2001), Houston Astros (2001), Washington Nationals (2005), and San Diego Padres (2006).
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Vladimir Guerrero
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Wade Boggs
Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles, in much the same way as his National League contemporary Tony Gwynn. Boggs was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. With 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman. His finest season was 1987, when he set career highs in home runs (24), RBI (89), and slugging percentage (.588). He also batted .363 and had a .461 on-base percentage that year, leading the league in both statistics. In 1999, he ranked number 95 on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
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Wil Cordero
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Will Clark
William Nuschler Clark, Jr. (born March 13, 1964 in ) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants from to . He was recognized by his peers as being one of the best clutch players of his time and possessed a fiery intensity.
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Willie Randolph
Willie Larry Randolph (born July 6, 1954, in Holly Hill, South Carolina) is a former second baseman and former manager in Major League Baseball, best known for his 13 seasons playing for the New York Yankees. He is currently the Milwaukee Brewers bench coach.
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Silver Slugger Awards today
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- Duration: 1:59
- Published: 03 Nov 2011
- Updated: 03 Nov 2011
Baseball hands out their Silver Slugger awards for the 2011 season.
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Joe Mauer presented with 2009 MVP & Silver Slugger awards
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- Duration: 2:38
- Published: 18 Apr 2010
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
Tony Oliva, Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew and Justin Morneau present Joe Mauer with the 2009 Silver Slugger and MVP awards at Target Field Saturday April 17, 2010.
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How to Pronounce Silver Slugger Award Trophy MLB Baseball American National League Offensive Player
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- Duration: 0:06
- Published: 11 Apr 2012
- Updated: 04 Jun 2012
Learn the proper way to say and pronounce the name Silver Slugger Award Trophy in English. Silver Slugger Award Trophy MLB Baseball American National League Offensive Player. Pronounce and say English words correctly. English and American pronunciation. Make a video suggestion on the runforthecube Channel Page: www.youtube.com
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Mike Rizzo presents the Silver Slugger award to Ryan Zimmerman
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- Duration: 0:49
- Published: 31 Mar 2011
- Updated: 31 Mar 2011
Caputo Complex Wiffle Ball- Silver Slugger Award
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- Duration: 3:29
- Published: 14 Aug 2009
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
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Chase Utley 2008 Silver Slugger Award
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- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 10 May 2009
- Updated: 06 Mar 2012
4/18/09
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Carson's Silver Slugger Award
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- Duration: 0:44
- Published: 28 Jun 2009
- Updated: 29 Jun 2009
At Carson's end of the year baseball bbq, he was awarded the Silver Slugger Award for the only homerun all season........and he's only 8!!! (Playing with 10 year olds.) Thanks for a great season!
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2008 NL Silver Sluggers
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- Duration: 1:41
- Published: 28 Jan 2009
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
Winners of the 2008 Silver Slugger award C=Brian McCann Braves 2nd 1B=Albert Pujols Cardinals 4th 2B=Chase Utley Philles 3rd 3B=David Wright Mets 2nd SS=Hanley Ramirez Marlins 1st OF=Matt Holliday Rockies 3rd OF=Ryan Braun Brewers 1st OF=Ryan Ludwick Cardinals 1st P=Carlos Zambrano Cubs 2nd
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silver slugger award goes to jarrad
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- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 27 Nov 2009
- Updated: 27 Nov 2009
funny video of my friends and i
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Ryan Zimmerman Silver Slugger & Golden Glove Award Ceremony Nationals Park HD - April 5th 2010
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- Duration: 2:36
- Published: 06 Apr 2010
- Updated: 17 May 2012
Ryan Zimmerman receives the Silver Slugger and Golden Glove awards.
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The Silver Slugger: The Life and Times of "Lefty" Lober
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- Duration: 7:33
- Published: 07 Jul 2009
- Updated: 28 Nov 2011
This is the Young Adults entry into the 48 Hour Film Project: Asheville 2009. It has been slightly modified from its original format. We were given 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit a 4-7 min film. After drawing comedy as our genre, we were instructed to include a character named Lefty or Leann Lober-a ball player, the use of glue as a prop, and the line, "I wish I had an answer for you." The Young Adults were winners of 4 awards, including Best Actor (Matt Shepard), Best Use of Character, Best Graphics, and Best Editing.
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RYAN ZIMMERMAN's GOLD GLOVE and SILVER SLUGGER
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- Duration: 2:27
- Published: 07 Apr 2010
- Updated: 07 Nov 2011
RYAN ZIMMERMAN GOLD GLOVE and SILVER SLUGGER
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DC Awards Jackson Silver Slugger
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- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 14 Jul 2012
- Updated: 14 Jul 2012
Adrian Gonzalez: My Road to The Show
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- Duration: 4:40
- Published: 02 Mar 2012
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
4 All Star appearances, 3 Golden Glove awards, 1 Silver Slugger award, and a 7 year $154 million contract with the Boston Red Sox do not come easy. Neither does a come from behind Game 7 victory. MLB 12 The Show - Available March 6th. us.playstation.comMajor League Baseball and Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., and MLB Advanced Media, LP, as applicable. Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com. © MLBPA-Official Licensee, Major League Baseball Players Association. Visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com, the Players Choice on the web. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., as applicable. Visit the official website of the Hall of Fame at BaseballHall.org. © 2012 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
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Great Barry Larkin
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- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 17 Oct 2007
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
Thanks For The Memories, Barry Larkin 12 Time All-Star, 1995 National League MVP, First 30-30 Shortstop in the history of MLB, 9 Silver Slugger Award, 3 Gold Gloves, 1990 World Champion, 1993 Roberto Clemente Award, 4 Times Reds MVP (1990 Included)
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Jose Bautista: My Road to The Show
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- Duration: 4:02
- Published: 28 Mar 2012
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Getting to The Show isn't always easy. The road can be long and difficult, but persistence pays. Just ask Jose Bautista where his 2 All-Star appearances, 2 MLB Home Run Champion titles, 2 Hank Aaron Awards, and 2 Silver Slugger Awards came from. MLB 12 The Show - Available Now! us.playstation.comMajor League Baseball and Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., and MLB Advanced Media, LP, as applicable. Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com. © MLBPA-Official Licensee, Major League Baseball Players Association. Visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com, the Players Choice on the web. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., as applicable. Visit the official website of the Hall of Fame at BaseballHall.org. © 2012 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
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Josh Hamilton - My Road to The Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:14
- Published: 21 Jun 2012
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Josh Hamilton's career highlights read like a book. 2010 AL MVP, Four time All-Star, 2 time Silver Slugger Award winner, 2 time AL Championship Series MVP, 2010 AL Players Choice Award winner... the list goes on. However, like in all good books, there were also dark times in Josh's story. With a monster start to the 2012 season, Josh looks like he will add to his list of achievements this year. Join Josh Hamilton as he talks about his Road to The Show. MLB 12 The Show - Available Now! www.facebook.com/mlbtheshowMajor League Baseball and Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., and MLB Advanced Media, LP, as applicable. Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com. © MLBPA-Official Licensee, Major League Baseball Players Association. Visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com, the Players Choice on the web. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., as applicable. Visit the official website of the Hall of Fame at BaseballHall.org. © 2012 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
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Great Barry Larkin (Part 2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Published: 18 Oct 2007
- Updated: 13 Sep 2012
Thanks For The Memories, Barry Larkin 12 Time All-Star, 1995 National League MVP, First 30-30 Shortstop in the history of MLB, 9 Silver Slugger Award, 3 Gold Gloves, 1990 World Champion, 1993 Roberto Clemente Award, 4 Times Reds MVP (1990 season included)
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2008 AL Silver Sluggers
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 26 Jan 2009
- Updated: 06 Apr 2012
The Recipients of the 2008 Silver Slugger Award C - Joe Mauer Twins 2nd 1B - Justin Mouneu Twins 2nd 2B - Dustin Pedroia Red Sox 1st 3B - Alex Rodriguez Yankees 10th SS - Derek Jeter Yankees 3rd OF - Grady Seizmore Indians 1st OF - Josh Hamilton Rangers 1st OF - Carlos Quentin White Sox 1st DH - Aubrey Huff Orioles 1st
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ROBERTO ALOMAR
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- Duration: 5:21
- Published: 29 Jan 2011
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Roberto Velázquez Alomar born February 5, 1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico)[1] is a former Major League Baseball player (1988--2004) Teams * San Diego Padres (1988--1990) * Toronto Blue Jays (1991--1995) * Baltimore Orioles (1996--1998) * Cleveland Indians (1999--2001) * New York Mets (2002--2003) * Chicago White Sox (2003) * Arizona Diamondbacks (2004) * Chicago White Sox (2004) Career highlights and awards * 12× All-Star selection (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) * 2× World Series champion (1992, 1993) * 10× Gold Glove Award winner (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) * 4× Silver Slugger Award winner (1992, 1996, 1999, 2000) * 1992 ALCS MVP * 1998 All-Star Game MVP * Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence
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Jose Bautista Tribute
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 03 Apr 2011
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
Tribute to Jose Bautista at the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays home opener in which he received his silver slugger award from the 2010 season
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My Tribute To Ken Griffey Jr.
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- Duration: 2:32
- Published: 18 May 2009
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Ken Griffey Jr. My favorite player......and argubly the greatest player ever 11 Consecutive golden gloves He and his father the only father son duo to ever hit back to back homeruns The only player to have his own game 13 time all*star '97 mvp still holds record for most all*star votes with 1.6 Million 7 silver slugger awards 7 seasons with 40 or more HRs. lead the majors 4 times. holds record for most consecutive games with HR . 8 games in a row. Curently sit 5th amog the all time HR leaders Behind Willie Mays with 613 HRs Never Used Steroids Much more interesting stats just ask i know alot
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Catching Skills You Will Acquire at the SlumpBuster Baseball Tournament
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- Duration: 2:05
- Published: 17 Mar 2012
- Updated: 04 Apr 2012
collegebaseballrecruiting.org Matt Nokes, former major league all-star catcher & Silver Slugger Award winner talks about the knowledge he received from his mentors as he was playing professional baseball and his passion to share his knowledge with all the MVP Baseball participants at the tournament.He also addresses how to project yourself as a player that coaches and scouts will take notice of. www.youtube.com
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Gargoyles Performance Eyewear is pleased to announce that Boston Red Sox first baseman and Gargoyles ambassador, Adrian Gonzalez, won his third Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and first Louisville Slugger® Silver Slugger™ award for his performances this season. This is the first...(size: 5.7Kb)
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Newsday
Robinson Cano and Curtis Grnaderson, who figure to collect their share of votes in the American League MVP voting, both were honored with Silver Slugger awards last night. It was Cano's third award and Granderson's first. Click here to see more key dates this offseason. Here is the full list of the...(size: 11.4Kb)
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Robinson Cano and Curtis Grnaderson, who figure to collect their share of votes in the American League MVP voting, both were honored with Silver Slugger awards last night. It was Cano's third award and Granderson's first. Click here to see more key dates this offseason. Here is the full list of the...(size: 11.4Kb)
Dodgers' Matt Kemp wins Silver Slugger Award
03 Nov 2011
The Los Angeles Times
A day after being named the National League's top defensive player at his position, Matt Kemp earned a Silver Slugger Award as one of the league's top three offensive outfielders. This marks the second time Kemp earned the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards in the same season. The first time was...(size: 33.4Kb)
Brandon Phillips wins Silver Slugger award
03 Nov 2011
Cincinnati
For a player currently negotiating a new contract, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips has had two very good days. He won his first Silver Slugger award Wednesday after winning his third Gold Glove in four years on Tuesday. • Photos: The Silver Slugger is given to top hitter in each league at...(size: 3.5Kb)
Three Red Sox players win Silver Slugger Awards
03 Nov 2011
The Examiner
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Detroit Free Press
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02 Nov 2011
MLB
The postseason honor roll expanded Wednesday, when the American League and National League distributed the Silver Slugger Award to the best offensive players at each position. Nine players received the award for the first time, and only six players were repeat winners from last year. The Silver...(size: 13.1Kb)
Ellsbury, Adrian, Papi win Silver Slugger Awards
02 Nov 2011
MLB
BOSTON -- Awards season continues to be far kinder to the Red Sox than the pennant race was. Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz, three cornerstones of Boston's offense in 2011, were all named American League Silver Slugger Award winners on Wednesday. The recognition came just one day...(size: 2.0Kb)
The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball (MLB). These voters consider several offensive categories in selecting the winners, including batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage, in addition to "coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value".[1] Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team.[1] The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats.[2] The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league[1] and plated with sterling silver.[3]
As with the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the prize is presented to outfielders irrespective of their specific position.[4][5] This means that it is possible for three left fielders, or any other combination of outfielders, to win the award in the same year, rather than one left fielder, one center fielder, and one right fielder. In addition, only National League pitchers receive a Silver Slugger Award;[5] lineups in the American League include the designated hitter, who replaces the pitcher in the batting order,[6] so the designated hitter receives the award instead.[4]
Embattled home run record-holder Barry Bonds[7] has won 12 Silver Slugger Awards in his career as an outfielder, the most of any player.[5][8] He also won the award in five consecutive seasons twice in his career: from 1990 to 1994, and again from 2000 to 2004. Retired catcher Mike Piazza and current New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez are tied for second, with ten wins each.[4][5] Rodriguez' awards are split between two positions; he won seven Silver Sluggers as a shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, and three with the Yankees as a third baseman.[9] Wade Boggs leads third basemen with eight Silver Slugger Awards;[4][10] Barry Larkin leads shortstops with nine.[5][11] Other leaders include Ryne Sandberg (seven wins as a second baseman)[5][12] and Mike Hampton (five wins as a pitcher).[5][13] Todd Helton[5][14] and Albert Pujols[5][15] are tied for the most wins among first baseman with four, although Pujols has won two awards at other positions. David Ortiz has won five awards at designated hitter position, the most at that position.[16]
Contents |
Key[link]
| Year | Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season |
| 1B | First baseman (list of winners) |
| 2B | Second baseman (list of winners) |
| 3B | Third baseman (list of winners) |
| SS | Shortstop (list of winners) |
| OF | Outfielder (list of winners) |
| C | Catcher (list of winners) |
| P | Pitcher (list of winners) |
| DH | Designated hitter (list of winners) |
| * or ** | Winner of the most Silver Slugger Awards at his position (** indicates tie) |
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
American League winners[link]
| Year | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | OF | OF | C | DH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper | Randolph, WillieWillie Randolph | Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett† | Yount, RobinRobin Yount† | Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie | Oliver, AlAl Oliver | Wilson, WillieWillie Wilson | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson† |
| 1981 | Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper | Grich, BobbyBobby Grich | Lansford, CarneyCarney Lansford | Burleson, RickRick Burleson | Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson† | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† | Evans, DwightDwight Evans | Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk† | Oliver, AlAl Oliver |
| 1982 | Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper | García, DámasoDámaso García | DeCinces, DougDoug DeCinces | Yount, RobinRobin Yount† | Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson† | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† | Wilson, WillieWillie Wilson | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | McRae, HalHal McRae |
| 1983 | Murray, EddieEddie Murray† | Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Rice, JimJim Rice† | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† | Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | Baylor, DonDon Baylor |
| 1984 | Murray, EddieEddie Murray† | Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker | Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Rice, JimJim Rice† | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† | Armas, TonyTony Armas | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton |
| 1985 | Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly | Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker | Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson† | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† | Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell | Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk† | Baylor, DonDon Baylor |
| 1986 | Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly | White, FrankFrank White | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Barfield, JesseJesse Barfield | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | Baylor, DonDon Baylor |
| 1987 | Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly | Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell | Evans, DwightDwight Evans | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell | Nokes, MattMatt Nokes | Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor† |
| 1988 | Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett† | Franco, JulioJulio Franco | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell | Greenwell, MikeMike Greenwell | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Canseco, JoseJose Canseco | Fisk, CarltonCarlton Fisk† | Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor† |
| 1989 | McGriff, FredFred McGriff | Franco, JulioJulio Franco | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Sierra, RubenRubén Sierra | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Yount, RobinRobin Yount† | Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton | Baines, HaroldHarold Baines |
| 1990 | Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder | Franco, JulioJulio Franco | Gruber, KellyKelly Gruber | Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell | Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson† | Burks, EllisEllis Burks | Canseco, JoseJose Canseco | Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | Parker, DaveDave Parker |
| 1991 | Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder | Franco, JulioJulio Franco | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Carter, JoeJoe Carter | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Canseco, JoseJose Canseco | Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton | Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas |
| 1992 | McGwire, MarkMark McGwire | Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar† | Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez | Fryman, TravisTravis Fryman | Carter, JoeJoe Carter | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton | Winfield, DaveDave Winfield† |
| 1993 | Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas | Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Stanley, MikeMike Stanley | Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor† |
| 1994 | Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas | Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga | Boggs, WadeWade Boggs*† | Ripken, CalCal Ripken, Jr.† | Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett† | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Franco, JulioJulio Franco |
| 1995 | Vaughn, MoMo Vaughn | Knoblauch, ChuckChuck Knoblauch | Gaetti, GaryGary Gaetti | Valentin, JohnJohn Valentin | Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle | Salmon, TimTim Salmon | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez |
| 1996 | McGwire, MarkMark McGwire | Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar† | Thome, JimJim Thome | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor† |
| 1997 | Martinez, TinoTino Martinez | Knoblauch, ChuckChuck Knoblauch | Williams, MattMatt Williams | Garciaparra, NomarNomar Garciaparra | Justice, DavidDavid Justice | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez |
| 1998 | Palmeiro, RafaelRafael Palmeiro | Easley, DamionDamion Easley | Palmer, DeanDean Palmer | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Canseco, JoseJose Canseco |
| 1999 | Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado | Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar† | Palmer, DeanDean Palmer | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Green, ShawnShawn Green | Griffey, KenKen Griffey, Jr. | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez | Palmeiro, RafaelRafael Palmeiro |
| 2000 | Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado | Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar† | Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Erstad, DarinDarin Erstad | Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordóñez | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Posada, JorgeJorge Posada | Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas |
| 2001 | Giambi, JasonJason Giambi | Boone, BretBret Boone | Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki | Gonzalez, JuanJuan González | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Posada, JorgeJorge Posada | Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez |
| 2002 | Giambi, JasonJason Giambi | Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano | Chavez, EricEric Chavez | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson | Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordóñez | Williams, BernieBernie Williams | Posada, JorgeJorge Posada | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez |
| 2003 | Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado | Boone, BretBret Boone | Mueller, BillBill Mueller | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson | Wells, VernonVernon Wells | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Posada, JorgeJorge Posada | Martinez, EdgarEdgar Martínez |
| 2004 | Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira | Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano | Mora, MelvinMelvin Mora | Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada | Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | MartinezRodriguez !Víctor Martínez & Iván Rodríguez |
Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz* |
| 2005 | Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira | Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada | Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Varitek, JasonJason Varitek | Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz* |
| 2006 | Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau | Cano, RobinsonRobinson Canó | Crede, JoeJoe Crede | Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter | Dye, JermaineJermaine Dye | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez* | Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer | Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz* |
| 2007 | Pena, CarlosCarlos Peña | Polanco, PlacidoPlácido Polanco | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter | Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordóñez | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki | Posada, JorgeJorge Posada | Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz* |
| 2008 | Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau | Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia | Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez | Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter | Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton | Quentin, CarlosCarlos Quentin | Sizemore, GradyGrady Sizemore | Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer | Huff, AubreyAubrey Huff |
| 2009 | Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira | Hill, AaronAaron Hill | Longoria, EvanEvan Longoria | Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter | Bay, JasonJason Bay | Hunter, ToriiTorii Hunter | Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki | Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer | Lind, AdamAdam Lind |
| 2010 | Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera | Canó, RobinsonRobinson Canó | Beltré, AdriánAdrián Beltré | Ramírez, AlexeiAlexei Ramírez | Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton | Crawford, CarlCarl Crawford | Bautista, JoséJosé Bautista | Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero |
| 2011 | Gonzalez, AdrianAdrian Gonzalez | Canó, RobinsonRobinson Canó | Beltré, AdriánAdrián Beltré | Cabrera, AsdrúbalAsdrúbal Cabrera | Ellsbury, JacobyJacoby Ellsbury | Granderson, CurtisCurtis Granderson | Bautista, JoséJosé Bautista | Avila, AlexAlex Avila | Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz* |
National League winners[link]
| Year | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | OF | OF | C | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez | Trillo, MannyManny Trillo | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Templeton, GarryGarry Templeton | Baker, DustyDusty Baker | Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson | Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick | Simmons, TedTed Simmons | Forsch, BobBob Forsch |
| 1981 | Rose, PetePete Rose | Trillo, MannyManny Trillo | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Concepcion, DaveDave Concepción | Baker, DustyDusty Baker | Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson | Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster | Carter, GaryGary Carter† | Valenzuela, FernandoFernando Valenzuela |
| 1982 | Oliver, AlAl Oliver | Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan† | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Concepcion, DaveDave Concepción | Murphy, DaleDale Murphy | Guerrero, PedroPedro Guerrero | Durham, LeonLeon Durham | Carter, GaryGary Carter† | Robinson, DonDon Robinson |
| 1983 | Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick | Ray, JohnnyJohnny Ray | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Thon, DickieDickie Thon | Murphy, DaleDale Murphy | Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson | Cruz, JoseJosé Cruz | Kennedy, TerryTerry Kennedy | Valenzuela, FernandoFernando Valenzuela |
| 1984 | Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Templeton, GarryGarry Templeton | Murphy, DaleDale Murphy | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Cruz, JoseJosé Cruz | Carter, GaryGary Carter† | Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden |
| 1985 | Clark, JackJack Clark | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Wallach, TimTim Wallach | Brooks, HubieHubie Brooks | Murphy, DaleDale Murphy | McGee, WillieWillie McGee | Parker, DaveDave Parker | Carter, GaryGary Carter† | Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden |
| 1986 | Davis, GlennGlenn Davis | Sax, SteveSteve Sax | Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt*† | Brooks, HubieHubie Brooks | Raines, TimTim Raines | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Parker, DaveDave Parker | Carter, GaryGary Carter† | Rhoden, RickRick Rhoden |
| 1987 | Clark, JackJack Clark | Samuel, JuanJuan Samuel | Wallach, TimTim Wallach | Smith, OzzieOzzie Smith† | Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Davis, EricEric Davis | Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago | Forsch, BobBob Forsch |
| 1988 | Galarraga, AndrésAndrés Galarraga | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry | Gibson, KirkKirk Gibson | Van Slyke, AndyAndy Van Slyke | Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago | Leary, TimTim Leary |
| 1989 | Clark, WillWill Clark | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Mitchell, KevinKevin Mitchell | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Davis, EricEric Davis | Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio | Robinson, DonDon Robinson |
| 1990 | Murray, EddieEddie Murray† | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Williams, MattMatt Williams | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla | Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry | Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago | Robinson, DonDon Robinson |
| 1991 | Clark, WillWill Clark | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Bonilla, BobbyBobby Bonilla | Gant, RonRon Gant | Santiago, BenitoBenito Santiago | Glavine, TomTom Glavine |
| 1992 | McGriff, FredFred McGriff | Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg*† | Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Walker, LarryLarry Walker | Van Slyke, AndyAndy Van Slyke | Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton | Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden |
| 1993 | McGriff, FredFred McGriff | Thompson, RobbyRobby Thompson | Williams, MattMatt Williams | Bell, JayJay Bell | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Dykstra, LennyLenny Dykstra | Justice, DavidDavid Justice | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Hershiser, OrelOrel Hershiser |
| 1994 | Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell | Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio | Williams, MattMatt Williams | Cordero, WilWil Cordero | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Alou, MoisésMoisés Alou | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Portugal, MarkMark Portugal |
| 1995 | Karros, EricEric Karros | Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio | Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Bichette, DanteDante Bichette | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Glavine, TomTom Glavine |
| 1996 | Galarraga, AndrésAndrés Galarraga | Young, EricEric Young | Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield | Burks, EllisEllis Burks | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Glavine, TomTom Glavine |
| 1997 | Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell | Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio | Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla | Blauser, JeffJeff Blauser | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn† | Walker, LarryLarry Walker | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz |
| 1998 | McGwire, MarkMark McGwire | Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio | Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa** | Vaughn, GregGreg Vaughn | Alou, MoisésMoisés Alou | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Glavine, TomTom Glavine |
| 1999 | Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell | Alfonzo, EdgardoEdgardo Alfonzo | Jones, ChipperChipper Jones | Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin* | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa** | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Walker, LarryLarry Walker | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Hampton, MikeMike Hampton* |
| 2000 | Helton, ToddTodd Helton** | Kent, JeffJeff Kent | Jones, ChipperChipper Jones | Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Hampton, MikeMike Hampton* |
| 2001 | Helton, ToddTodd Helton** | Kent, JeffJeff Kent | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols | Aurilia, RichRich Aurilia | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Gonzalez, LuisLuis Gonzalez | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Hampton, MikeMike Hampton* |
| 2002 | Helton, ToddTodd Helton** | Kent, JeffJeff Kent | Rolen, ScottScott Rolen | Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero | Sosa, SammySammy Sosa | Piazza, MikeMike Piazza* | Hampton, MikeMike Hampton* |
| 2003 | Helton, ToddTodd Helton** | Vidro, JoseJosé Vidro | Lowell, MikeMike Lowell | Renteria, EdgarEdgar Rentería | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols | Lopez, JavyJavy López | Hampton, MikeMike Hampton* |
| 2004 | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols** | Loretta, MarkMark Loretta | Beltre, AdrianAdrián Beltré | Wilson, JackJack Wilson | Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds* | Edmonds, JimJim Edmonds | Abreu, BobbyBobby Abreu | Estrada, JohnnyJohnny Estrada | Hernandez, LivanLiván Hernández |
| 2005 | Lee, DerrekDerrek Lee | Kent, JeffJeff Kent | Ensberg, MorganMorgan Ensberg | Lopez, FelipeFelipe López | Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones | Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera | Lee, CarlosCarlos Lee | Barrett, MichaelMichael Barrett | Marquis, JasonJason Marquis |
| 2006 | Howard, RyanRyan Howard | Utley, ChaseChase Utley | Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera | Reyes, JoseJosé Reyes | Beltran, CarlosCarlos Beltrán | Holliday, MattMatt Holliday | Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano | McCann, BrianBrian McCann | Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano |
| 2007 | Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder | Utley, ChaseChase Utley | Wright, DavidDavid Wright | Rollins, JimmyJimmy Rollins | Beltran, CarlosCarlos Beltrán | Holliday, MattMatt Holliday | Lee, CarlosCarlos Lee | Martin, RussellRussell Martin | Owings, MicahMicah Owings |
| 2008 | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols** | Utley, ChaseChase Utley | Wright, DavidDavid Wright | Ramirez, HanleyHanley Ramírez | Ludwick, RyanRyan Ludwick | Holliday, MattMatt Holliday | Braun, RyanRyan Braun | McCann, BrianBrian McCann | Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano |
| 2009 | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols** | Utley, ChaseChase Utley | Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman | Ramirez, HanleyHanley Ramírez | Kemp, MattMatt Kemp | Ethier, AndreAndre Ethier | Braun, RyanRyan Braun | McCann, BrianBrian McCann | Zambrano, CarlosCarlos Zambrano |
| 2010 | Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols** | Uggla, DanDan Uggla | Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman | Tulowitzki, TroyTroy Tulowitzki | González, CarlosCarlos González | Holliday, MattMatt Holliday | Braun, RyanRyan Braun | McCann, BrianBrian McCann | Gallardo, YovaniYovani Gallardo |
| 2011 | Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder | Phillips, BrandonBrandon Phillips | Ramírez, AramisAramis Ramírez | Tulowitzki, TroyTroy Tulowitzki | Kemp, MattMatt Kemp | Upton, JustinJustin Upton | Braun, RyanRyan Braun | McCann, BrianBrian McCann | Hudson, DanielDaniel Hudson |
See also[link]
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- Hank Aaron Award (best hitter in each league)
- Edgar Martínez Award: given to the best designated hitter (American League)
- This Year in Baseball Awards (including hitter)
- Major League Baseball Triple Crown
- List of Major League Baseball awards
- Baseball awards
- Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame
References[link]
- "MLB Awards: History (Awards: Silver Slugger)". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=silver_slugger_history. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- Inline citations
- ^ a b c McCalvy, Adam (November 13, 2008). "Braun nets first Silver Slugger Award". Brewers.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=3678442&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ "Louisville Slugger — The Silver Slugger Awards". Louisville Slugger. http://www.slugger.com/silverslugger/index.html. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ "What are the Silver Bat and Silver Slugger Team Awards?". Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. http://www.sluggermuseum.org/faqs.aspx?id=31308865. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Silver Slugger Award Winners — American League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_al.shtml. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Silver Slugger Award Winners — National League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/silver_slugger_nl.shtml. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ "Official Rules: 6.00 The Batter". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/batter_6.jsp. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ^ "Embattled Bonds' urine sample tested positive, report". Google News. Agence France-Presse. February 3, 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdH28nA94iNXKnzBSIugvdyMROtg. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
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- ^ "Todd Helton Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heltoto01.shtml. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
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| Joe Mauer | |
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 Joe Mauer at bat on September 14, 2008 |
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| Minnesota Twins – No. 7 | |
| Catcher / First baseman[1] | |
| Born: (1983-04-19) April 19, 1983 (age 29) St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| April 5, 2004 for the Minnesota Twins | |
| Career statistics (through May 20, 2012) |
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| Batting average | .322 |
| Home runs | 85 |
| Runs batted in | 521 |
| On-base percentage | .403 |
| Slugging percentage | .468 |
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Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is an American baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins. He is the only catcher in MLB history to win three batting titles. He also won three consecutive Gold Glove awards (2008–2010), and the 2009 American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award.[2]
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High-school career[link]
Joe Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball for Saint Paul's Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders, the high school of Paul Molitor,[3] a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.[4] In his senior year he became the only athlete ever to be selected as the USA Today High School Player of the Year in two sports (football in 2000 as a quarterback and baseball in 2001 as a catcher).[5]
In December 2009, Sports Illustrated magazine included Mauer in its article on ten "signature" moments in U.S. high-school sports in the 2000–2009 decade, referring to his selection by the Minnesota Twins as the first pick in the 2001 amateur draft.[6]
Baseball[link]
Mauer attended the same high school as Baseball Hall of Famer and former Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor.[7] Molitor has said that Mauer "has the best swing he had ever seen".[8] Jim O'Neill, Mauer's baseball coach at Cretin-Derham Hall, said his former student "has been groomed for this job since he was a little boy. Mauer's dad, Jake, created a contraption for Joe he later named the 'Quickswing'. The device dropped balls down a tube from eye level and released them at waist level." Mauer had been asked to leave his T-ball league at the age of four, because he was hitting the ball too hard for the other players.[9] "Another guy that came from Cretin-Derham Hall, Paul Molitor, was very similar, [and] had a good short swing," O'Neill said. "And they're both able to wait on the ball so long because they don't have the big swing. Like anything, you keep simple and keep it small or short, there's not a lot of holes in it and not a lot of room for errors."[10]
A stand-out in baseball, Mauer struck out only once during his four-year high school career, and hit .605 during his senior season.[8][11] Years later, Mauer laughingly told an interviewer: "I can remember the time I did strike out. It was junior year, and it was in the state tournament. I came back to the bench and everybody thought something was wrong with me."[9] Mauer's high school batting average exceeded .500 every year.[10] He also set a Minnesota high school record and tied the national preps mark by hitting a home run in seven consecutive games.[7] Mauer caught for the Team USA Junior National team from 1998 to 2000 and hit .595 during his final year on the team. He was voted best hitter at the World Junior Baseball Championship in Canada in 2000. In 2001, Mauer was voted the United States District V Player of the year.
Basketball[link]
Mauer averaged more than 20 points a game as a point guard for Cretin-Derham Hall.[10] He was also named to the All-State team during his final two years on Cretin-Derham's basketball team.[12]
Football[link]
Mauer had an extremely accomplished high school football career. In 2000, he appeared in the Faces in the Crowd section in Sports Illustrated. During his senior season as the Raiders' quarterback, Mauer completed 178 of 288 passes (62% completion percentage), for 3,022 yards, 41 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.[13] He finished his two-year career as a starter with 5,528 yards and 73 touchdowns,[8] leading the Raiders to two consecutive Class 5A State Championship Game appearances and winning the title in 1999, the Raiders' first of all time.
Mauer was honored as the 2001 Gatorade National Player of the Year in both football and baseball, was named to the USA Today All-USA high school football team, was honored as USA Today's Player of the Year, and was a Reebok/ESPN High School All-American. Mauer was also named National High School Quarterback Of The Year in 2000 by The National Quarterback Club.[12]
Professional career[link]
Mauer ultimately turned down a football scholarship from Florida State University to enter the Major League Baseball Draft.[12] Mauer was selected by the Twins as the first overall pick of the 2001 draft, ahead of college pitcher Mark Prior, who was taken second overall by the Chicago Cubs.[14] Mauer was part of the United States' roster at the 2003 All-Star Futures Game at U.S. Cellular Field before being promoted to the Twins' roster in 2004 after his predecessor, A. J. Pierzynski, was traded to the San Francisco Giants, in the 2003 offseason.
Mauer went 2-for-3 in his Major League debut, hitting a single off Rafael Betancourt of the Cleveland Indians for his first major-league hit. A knee injury to his left medial meniscus on April 7, 2004, required surgery and sidelined Mauer for more than a month. After a rehabilitation stint with the Twins' AAA affiliate Rochester Red Wings, Mauer returned to the Twins' lineup in June. In July, pain and swelling in his knee forced an early end to Mauer's 2004 season. Following his injury-shortened 2004, Mauer signed a contract for $5.7 million with the Twins on January 24, 2005. In 2005, Mauer returned to the Twins' lineup for his first full major league season and had 144 hits in 131 games, with 9 home runs and 55 RBI. He ended the year with an average of .294.
2006[link]
In his breakout 2006 season, Mauer became the first catcher in major league history to lead the majors in batting average and the first American League catcher to win the batting title, finishing with an average of .347.[15] Mauer's performance during the months of May and June garnered attention from the national media. He recorded a .528 batting average over the first ten days of June and hit .452 over the course of the month.[16] He was also the first player since Mike Piazza in 1997 to reach base four or more times for five consecutive games.[17] On June 12, Mauer was named the American League Player of the Week by Major League Baseball for his performance the week of June 4 – 11th, during which he hit .625 (15-for-24) with 5 doubles, 4 RBI and 2 stolen bases.[18]
Mauer recorded his first five RBI game June 26, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[16] Mauer followed that up with his first career five-hit game on June 27, also against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[16] He was also named MLB Player of the Month for June after batting .452 with a .624 slugging percentage and .528 on base percentage, 11 doubles, 14 RBI and 18 runs. Along with Johan Santana (Pitcher of the Month) and Francisco Liriano (Rookie of the Month), Mauer was part of the first-ever single-team sweep of MLB's three monthly awards.[19] On July 2, Mauer was selected by the players to his first All-Star Game.[20] Mauer appeared on the cover of the August 7, 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated.[21]
Mauer finished the 2006 regular season with a .347 batting average, edging the New York Yankees' Derek Jeter and Robinson Canó to win the American League batting title and become the first-ever American League catcher to win the crown and the first catcher to claim the title since Ernie Lombardi in 1942 with the Boston Braves. His .347 average was the highest in the Major Leagues, a feat not achieved by the previous three catchers to win NL batting titles.[15][22] He was the youngest player to win a batting title since Alex Rodriguez in 1996.[22] After going 2-for-4 in the last game of the 2006 regular season, Mauer confessed to reporters, "When I told you I wasn’t thinking about the batting title? I was lying. I’ve never been that nervous in my life. I haven’t felt anything like that since Opening Day as a rookie.” Mauer won his first Silver Slugger award in 2006, along with teammate Justin Morneau.[23]
2007[link]
On February 11, Mauer agreed to a four-year, $34 million contract with the Twins to avoid arbitration. The deal ensured that Mauer would remain in Minnesota long enough to play in the Twins' Target Field in 2010.[24] In July 21, Mauer hit his first career inside-the-park home run against Angels pitcher Scot Shields. It was his fifth home run of the season, and there were two players on base when he hit the homer. It was the first inside-the-park home run by a catcher since Kelly Stinnett did it for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005.[25]
2008[link]
In 2008, he became the first American League catcher to win the batting title twice when he led the AL with an average of .328; Mauer also won his first Gold Glove Award. On July 6, Mauer was announced as the starting catcher for the American League in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.[26] At the end of the 2008 season, Mauer won the AL batting title with a .328 batting average; it was his second in three years. Mauer underwent surgery for kidney obstruction on December 22. Mauer won his first Gold Glove award in 2008, announced on November 6,[27] He finished fourth in the balloting for American League Most Valuable Player, behind Dustin Pedroia, Justin Morneau, and Kevin Youkilis.[28]
2009[link]
In 2009, he became the first catcher to lead the league in batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage in a single year, and the first player to lead the American League in all three since George Brett did so in 1980. Mauer's .365 average, which is the all-time highest mark among catchers in MLB history, and the highest by a Twin since Rod Carew's .388 in 1977, led Major League Baseball.[29][30] Mauer also won his second consecutive Gold Glove in 2009.[31] Mauer was named the American League's 2009 MVP by a near-unanimous decision (27 out of 28 first place votes).[32] On March 11, Mauer was diagnosed with inflammation in the sacroiliac joint by team doctors following a magnetic resonance arthrogram. He was unable to take part in team workouts during spring training due to the pain in his lower back, which he first began experiencing late in the 2008 season.[33] Mauer missed the start of the 2009 regular season and returned on May 1. He went 2 for 3 with an RBI and three runs scored in his first game back, hitting a home run on his first swing of the season.[34]
He returned May 1, and had the best month of his career. Mauer hit 11 home runs and drove in 32 RBI becoming the first-ever Twins player to reach that mark in a single month. During the week of May 18–24, Mauer led the major leagues in batting average at .458 (11–24), RBI with 13, and runs scored with 12, also hitting 4 HR and accumulating 25 total bases. On May 26, he was named MLB Player of the Week for his performance.[35] Through the month of May, Mauer lead the major leagues in AVG at .414, OBP at .500, and SLG at .838, in addition to his HR and RBI totals, earning him his second Player of the Month Award honors.[36] Mauer appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated for a second time on June 24. An additional 25,000 copies of the magazine were sent to Minnesota for the occasion.[37] He was selected to the 2009 MLB All Star Game as the starting catcher and participated in the Home Run Derby, losing a tiebreaker to Albert Pujols in the first round.
The Twins trailed the Detroit Tigers by seven games in the American League Central division at the start of September, but rallied, winning 17 of their last 21 games to finish the season tied atop the division. On October 6, the Twins beat the Tigers 6–5 in 12 innings to secure the division title.[38] In 2009 Mauer led the American League in batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.444), slugging percentage (.587), and OPS (1.031)[39] Mauer became the first catcher to lead the league in all four offensive categories in a single season, and the first catcher to win three batting titles.[40]
He has won as many batting championships in a span of four years as all other Major League catchers in the history of baseball combined. Two National League catchers have won a total of three batting titles: Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrave in 1926, and Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi in 1938 and 1942.[41] On October 29, Baseball America named Mauer its 2009 Major League Player of the Year.[42] On November 23 Mauer was named the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America, with 27 of 28 first place votes. This made Mauer the third catcher in 33 years to win the AL MVP.[43] Among active catchers with at least 600 games played, going into the 2010 season he was second with a .996 career fielding percentage, behind Mike Redmond (.996), and ahead of A.J. Pierzynski (.995) and Brad Ausmus (.994).[44]
2010[link]
On March 21, 2010, Mauer agreed to an eight-year contract extension with the Twins worth $184 million, which will take effect from the 2011 season to the 2018 season.[7] It is the richest contract in the history of major league baseball for a catcher.[7] On July 26, 2010, Mauer hit a home run and drove in a career-high seven runs in the Twins' 19-1 win over the rival Kansas City Royals. He hit his 1,000th career Major League hit on 9/14/10 against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.
Mauer finished third in the AL with a .327 batting average, and his 43 doubles rank second on baseball's All-Time list for doubles by a catcher (behind Ivan Rodriguez's 47 with Texas in 1996).[45] For the second straight year, Mauer was named the Twins' Most Valuable Player, as he was voted the Calvin R. Griffith Award.[45]
2011[link]
Mauer underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after the 2010 season, and missed most of spring training due to a difficult recovery from the operation.[46] After further difficulties during the first days of the season, he was placed on the disabled list immediately after the Twins' game on April 15.[47] Team doctors believed his problem, termed a "bilateral leg weakness", was due to too light a workload during spring training.[48] Mauer returned to game action as a designated hitter in extended spring training on May 25,[49] and made his first post-DL appearance as a catcher in another extended spring training game on June 2.[46] The following week, he went on a further rehabilitation assignment to the Twins' Class A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle, a team managed by his older brother Jake.[49] After Mauer caught several games with the Miracle, it was speculated he could return to the Twins as early as June 16 or 17, but Twins manager Ron Gardenhire did not commit to a return date.[50] Joe Mauer returned to play with the Minnesota Twins on June 17, 2011 and received a standing ovation from the fans.[51]
He made his first Major League start at first base on July 7, 2011 in Chicago, where he turned the first ball hit to him into an unassisted double play. In all he had 13 putouts and 2 assists and went 3-5 at the plate with 2 RBI in a 6-2 victory over the White Sox.[52] On August 18, 2011 Mauer played his first game in right field. He had 3 putouts and went 1-3 with 1 RBI in an 8 to 4 Twins loss against the New York Yankees.[53]
Mauer struggled the entire summer with various ailments, from complications due to surgery in the beginning pnemonia at the end of the season, and had undoubtedly the worst season of his career. He played in only 82 games all year (career 126 average per season, not counting the 35 games he played in 2004), batted only .287 (career .323), and caught only 52 games. [54] He expects to be able to return to form in 2012. [55]
2012[link]
At the start of spring training, Mauer expressed strong dissatisfaction with the previous season, saying "I've kind of been answering...questions [about last season] all winter, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, and mine included, but it's a new year, and as soon as we can forget about 2011, the better, and focus on not letting it happen again." [56]
Other work[link]
Mauer modeled for Perry Ellis in the 2004–05 off-season, and is featured in television commercials for Head & Shoulders, Pepsi, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, PlayStation 3, Gatorade and my29. [57]
Mauer's Quickswing Camp is held annually in the winter at a St. Paul area college. The camp teaches youth the basics of batting skills. Mauer taped an episode of Homecoming with Rick Reilly for ESPN on January 27, 2010 at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, his alma mater, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The episode aired on April 12, 2010.
Mauer appeared in a TV commercial for Explore Minnesota, the state tourism agency, in March 2011.[58]
Video games[link]
Mauer was the cover athlete for Sony Computer Entertainment's "MLB 10: The Show" and "MLB 11: The Show" game for the PlayStation platform.[59] He was also the cover athlete for the following installment.[60]
The game's tagline, "Well played, Mauer", used by actor Jerry Lambert (playing the role of fictional vice president Kevin Butler) in television commercials promoting the game (in the ad, Mauer and Butler were playing MLB 11 and Mauer hits a home run to deep right field), was mimicked by Twins announcer Dick Bremer during a game versus the visiting Kansas City Royals on June 10, 2010. Royals outfielder Mitch Maier fouled back a pitch from Twins pitcher Brian Duensing. The ball traveled over the protective net behind the home plate area. Mauer tracked the ball, reached around the screen, and caught it, leading Bremer to exclaim, "Did he catch that? Oh, well played, Mauer!" The catch is featured in MLB 11: The Show's "Joe Mauer" introductory vignette.[61]
Mauer appeared as a playable pro in Backyard Baseball 2009.[citation needed]
Personal life[link]
Mauer used to share a house with friend and Twins teammate Justin Morneau in St. Paul during the 2006 season. Mauer and Morneau no longer live together, as Morneau has married.[62][63]
Mauer is also recognized for the large sideburns that he has worn ever since joining the big leagues. On August 10, 2006, the Minnesota Twins held "Joe Mauer Sideburns Night" in honor of the catcher. The first 10,000 fans were given synthetic replica sideburns with double-sided tape to share in Mauer's trademark look.[64]
On December 11, 2011, Mauer announced his engagement to Maddie Bisanz, his girlfriend of about 18 months. Bisanz is also a graduate of Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. No wedding date has been announced, but it is planned for after the 2012 season. [65][66]
Relatives[link]
- In the 2001 draft, the Twins also selected Joe's older brother Jake as the 677th overall pick in the 23rd round. Jake played at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Some observers concluded that this was an attempt to induce Joe to sign a contract, but Mike Radcliff, the scouting director of the Twins, denied this.[67] Jake Mauer ended his playing career after the 2005 season but went on to manage the Gulf Coast League Twins (Rookie Level). After winning the GCL South with the Twins in 2009, Jake moved up and currently manages the A-Ball Fort Myers Miracle.
- The Mauers have a third brother, Billy, who signed with the Twins as an undrafted free agent in 2003, and pitched in the organization for three seasons before chronic shoulder problems forced him to retire from the game. He ended his minor league career with a 3–4 record and 3.66 earned run average in 43 games. Billy now owns Mauer Chevrolet, an auto dealership in the Twin Cities suburb Inver Grove Heights.[68]
References[link]
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- ^ "All-USA high school baseball team". USA Today. June 29, 2001. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/baseball/01allusa.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
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| Date of birth | April 19, 1983 |
| Place of birth | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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| Birth name | Michael Rizzo |
| Origin | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Club, Dance |
| Occupations | DJ, remixer |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Website | http://www.djmikerizzo.com/ |
Michael "Mike" Rizzo, is an American DJ/remixer from New York City since the early 1990s. He is well known for working with various artists such as Jennifer Green and Sun, all of whom scored hits on both Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts.
He also achieved success on both charts in 2005 with the song "Can't Go On", which featured female singer Allie (Credited as "Mike Rizzo Presents Allie"). The music video for his song, I Wanna Hold You, which he produced and co-wrote and featured recording artist Adam Barta.
From January to February 2010, Rizzo headlined pop singer-songwriter Utada's tour, Utada: In The Flesh 2010.[1]
In December 2010, he was nominated for "Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical" at the 53rd Annual Grammy awards, for the single "Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) by Latin-jazz artist Sergio Mendes.
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Discography[link]
Mixed compilations[link]
- 2002: NYC Dance Party
- 2003: Webster Hall's New York Dance, Vol. 6
- 2004: Trance Nation: America, Vol. 3
- 2005: ThriveMix 01
Selected Remixes[link]
- Akon featuring Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall - Beautiful
- Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
- Alicia Madison-Superstar
- Alyssa Rubino - Keep On Dancing
- Anjulie - Boom
- An-Ya - Candy Shop
- An-Ya - Nightlife
- Audio Playground - (A Little) Respect
- Audio Playground - Shadows
- Big Time Rush featuring New Boyz - Boyfriend
- Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift - Two is Better than One
- Brandy - Full Moon
- Brian Anthony featuring Ya Boy - Electricity
- Britney Spears - 3
- Britney Spears - Break the Ice
- Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
- Britney Spears - Womanizer
- Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
- Cheryl Cole - The Flood
- Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi - Beautiful People
- Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester - Good Girls Go Bad
- Danielle Bollinger - Kiss the Sky
- Danity Kane - Damaged
- David Archuleta - Crush
- Deborah Cox - Play Your Part
- Denine - What Happened To Love
- Erika Jayne - Roller Coaster
- Erika Jayne - Give You Everything
- Freemasons featuring Katherine Ellis - When You Touch Me
- J. Costa - Telling You Now
- Jada - American Cowboy
- Jason Derulo - In My Head
- Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
- Jewel - Serve the Ego
- Joe Zangie - You Remind Me
- Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
- Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time
- Justin Timberlake featuring Beyoncé - Until the End of Time
- Kaci Battaglia featuring Ludacris - Body Shots
- Kamaliya - Arrhythmia
- Katharine McPhee - Over It
- Kelly Osbourne - One Word
- Keri Hilson - Return the Favor
- Kristinia DeBarge - Goodbye
- Kwanza Jones - Think Again
- Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
- L2 - Boys & Girls
- L2 - Criminal In Bed
- Leah Renee - IBF (Imaginary Boyfriend)
- Lindsay Lohan - Bossy
- Lionel Richie - Just Go
- Livvi Franc - Automatik
- Livvi Franc - Now I'm That Bitch
- Lolene - Sexy People
- Luther Vandross - I'd Rather
- Marcie - Midnight
- Marina - Searching For You
- Marina Chello - Sideline
- Mask Munkeys - This Night
- Mayra Veronica-Freak Like Me
- Mayra Veronica-If You Wanna Fly
- Miranda Cosgrove - Dancing Crazy
- Miranda Cosgrove - Kissin' U
- Natasha Bedingfield - Touch (Natasha Bedingfield song)|Touch
- Nick Lachey - Patience
- Nikki Webster - Devilicious
- Raquela - Tell It to My Heart
- Ron Perkov - Miss You
- Sa-Fire - Exotique
- Sarah Atereth - Out Of My Mind
- Sergio Mendes - Orpheus (Quiet Carnival)
- Shontelle - T-Shirt
- Taylor Bright - Striped Socks
- Usher - Moving Mountains
- Utada - Come Back to Me
- Utada - Dirty Desire[2]
- Wendy-Turn It Up
- Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad
- Zayra - V.I.P.
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This article is about the Major League Baseball player. For the footballer, see Adrián González (footballer).
| Adrian Gonzalez | |
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 Gonzalez with the Red Sox on April 26, 2011 |
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| First baseman / Right fielder | |
| Born: (1982-05-08) May 8, 1982 (age 30) San Diego, California |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| April 18, 2004 for the Texas Rangers | |
| Career statistics (through May 30, 2012) |
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| Batting average | .292 |
| Home runs | 199 |
| Runs batted in | 669 |
| Hits | 1,167 |
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Adrian Gonzalez (born May 8, 1982) is a Mexican-American professional baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.
Gonzalez was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins. He was traded to the Texas Rangers, and later to the San Diego Padres, where he was an All-Star selection four times and two-time Gold Glove winner. The four-time Padres team Most Valuable Player (MVP) was traded to the Boston Red Sox before entering the final year of his contract during the 2010 offseason.
Gonzalez was born in San Diego, but played for Mexico in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic. His nicknames include Gonzo[1] and A-Gon.[2]
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Professional career[link]
Florida Marlins (2000–2003)[link]
Gonzalez was projected to be a late first-round pick out of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, California, but he advanced with his senior year performance.[3] In June 2000, Gonzalez became the first infield position player to be drafted first overall since Alex Rodriguez in 1993. He was given a $3 million signing bonus by the Florida Marlins.[4] While in the Marlins organization, Gonzalez played with the Gulf Coast League Marlins, Kane County Cougars, Utica Blue Sox, Portland Sea Dogs (2002), Albuquerque Isotopes (2003), and Carolina Mudcats (2003). With the A level Kane County Cougars in his 2nd professional season, Gonzalez hit .312 with 17 home runs and 103 RBI's in 127 games.
Texas Rangers (2004–2005)[link]
After a wrist injury, the Marlins felt Gonzalez would be hindered swinging the bat, so the Marlins included Gonzalez in a June 2003 trade with the Texas Rangers, along with Ryan Snare and minor leaguer Will Smith, to acquire a relief pitcher, Ugueth Urbina, to aid their championship drive.[5] He played in 16 games for Texas in 2004 and in 43 games in 2005.
After the season, Gonzalez was traded to the San Diego Padres along with pitcher Chris Young and outfielder Terrmel Sledge. In return, the Rangers received Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka. Originally seen as an eventual replacement for Ryan Klesko at first base, Gonzalez was given the job when Klesko underwent shoulder surgery.
San Diego Padres (2006–2010)[link]
With extended playing time at first base in 2006, Gonzalez continued to improve his hitting and defense. On July 23, 2006, he was named the NL Player of the Week.[6] In his first full season, he led the Padres in batting average (.304) and home runs (24). He was the first player in Petco Park history to have more than one multiple home run game. He was named the Padres' MVP for 2006.[7]
On March 31, 2007, Gonzalez agreed to a $9.5 million, four-year deal, with a club option for $5.5 million in 2011.[8] In the 2007 season, he led the Padres in home runs again, with 30, and had a team-high 100 RBIs. He led all Major League first basemen with 161 games and a career-high 46 doubles.[7]
In the 2008 season, Gonzalez finished with a .279 average and once again led the Padres with 36 HRs and 119 RBIs. He was elected to the 2008 MLB All-Star Game as a reserve. He went 1 for 3 with a single and a sacrifice fly, scoring Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros. He won his first Gold Glove Award in 2008 at first base. Gonzalez set career highs in games played (162), home runs (36), RBI (119), runs scored (103), walks (74) and slugging percentage (.510). He was named the Padres MVP for the second time.[7]
Gonzalez played winter ball in the Mexican Pacific League for the Venados de Mazatlán. In the 2009 Caribbean Series, he led his team past the Dominican Republic's Tigres del Licey with a record-setting 3 home runs on February 4.[9]
Gonzalez hit 23 homers and led Major League Baseball in that category at the end of May, 2009. This despite playing his home games at Petco Park, which Padres statisticians describe as an “extreme pitcher's park.”[10] On May 18, Gonzalez was described as being one of the two most underrated players in the National League according to a poll of Major League executives and managers conducted by MLB.com.[10] On April 1, Gonzalez was named the NL Co-Player of the Week for the second time in his career. During that week, Gonzalez hit four home runs, tallied 10 RBIs, and had a 1.000 slugging percentage.[11] Gonzalez was elected to the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game after voting by fellow players, managers and coaches.[12] He subsequently participated in that year's Home Run Derby where he hit two home runs in the first round. On August 1, Gonzalez finished 6-for-6 with three RBI as the Padres topped the Milwaukee Brewers 13–6. Gonzalez's six hits are the most by any Padre in a nine-inning game. Three others have accomplished the feat, but did it in extra-inning contests. Gonzalez hit five singles and a double.
He led the majors in walks in 2009, with 119,[13] while hitting 40 home runs for the first time in his career. He was named the Padres team MVP for 2009, his third time honored.[7]
Gonzalez started the 2010 season playing well. On May 24, he was named the NL Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career.[14] On June 2, Gonzalez hit a walk-off grand slam in extra innings to lead his team toward a 5–1 victory over the New York Mets.[15] In July, Gonzalez was elected to participate in his third consecutive All-Star game.
During the 2010 season, Gonzalez had 176 hits in 591 at bats, good for a .298 batting average, his highest since hitting .304 in his rookie season (2006). He had 93 walks and 114 strikeouts. His 93 walks put him in third place in the NL behind only Prince Fielder (114) and Albert Pujols (103). He finished with 31 home runs and 101 RBI, the third time in his career he had 100 RBI or more. Gonzalez played in 160 games on the year, tying him with Rickie Weeks for 5th in the NL. He scored 87 runs on the season, compiling 302 total bases, which also tied him with Weeks, for 6th in the NL. Gonzalez was named team MVP for the third consecutive year and the fourth time overall with the Padres.[16]
Gonzalez would have been in the last year of his contract in 2011, but the Padres were not going to meet Gonzalez’s open market value especially with Jeff Moorad’s purchase of the Padres from John Moores not completing until around 2013.[17][18]
Boston Red Sox (2011–present)[link]
On December 6, 2010, Gonzalez was traded to the Boston Red Sox for a package of right-handed pitcher Casey Kelly, first baseman Anthony Rizzo, outfielder Reymond Fuentes, and a player to be named later, later determined to be Eric Patterson.[19][20]
On April 15, 2011, Gonzalez and the Red Sox agreed to a seven-year contract extension worth $154 million through the 2018 season.[21]
On June 19, 2011, Gonzalez hit his 1,000 career hit: a triple off of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo.[22]
On July 3, Adrian Gonzalez was selected to represent the Red Sox at the 2011 All Star game in Arizona along with fellow teammates Josh Beckett, Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Jon Lester. Gonzalez hit a home run in the game and was responsible for the only run for the American League. Additionally, Ortiz selected Gonzalez as one of three sluggers to join him in the Home Run Derby, where he finished second to Robinson Cano. Gonzalez tied a record for most home runs in the final round of the home run derby at 11, which was then surpassed by the victor Cano.
Gonzalez was named AL Player of the Month for June 2011 with a .401 average (40 for 99) – the best in the Majors for that month.[23] After placing second in the 2011 Home Run Derby, Adrian Gonzalez faced a home-run slump until he hit five home runs in ten at-bats on August 23–25.
He appeared on the cover of baseball video game MLB 12: The Show.[24] On November 21 the AL MVP ballots came out, with Adrian in seventh place and his team mate Ellsbury in 2nd, both losing to Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander.
Personal life[link]
The son of Mexican parents, Gonzalez spent his youth in Tijuana, Mexico & Bonita, California. His brother is former Padres teammate Edgar Gonzalez. Their father was a member of the Mexican national baseball team.[25]
Gonzalez is a born-again Christian and engraved on his bats is "PS 27:1" for verse 1 from Psalm 27.[26]
Gonzalez and his wife Betsy reside in San Diego.[27] The couple created The Adrian and Betsy Gonzalez Foundation, which is focused on empowering underprivileged youth in areas of athletics, education and health.[28]
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References[link]
- ^ Charles P. Pierce (July 31, 2011). "Gonzo finds a home". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2011/07/31/adrian_gonzalez_proves_to_red_sox_he_was_worth_the_wait/. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ Cafardo, Nick (December 5, 2010). "Is A-Gon gone?". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/12/a-gon_gone.html. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ Edes, Gordon (February 10, 2011). "Gonzalez began with pocket of quarters". ESPNBoston.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wVC1gus1.
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- ^ "Gonzalez agrees to 4-year deal with Padres". Associated Press. ESPN. April 1, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2821542. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
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- ^ "Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez named National League Co-Players of the Week presented by Bank of America". MLB.com. June 1, 2009. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090601&content_id=5086868&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
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- ^ "MLB Player Batting Stats – 2009". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/year/2009/sort/walks. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
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- ^ Gonzalez 'ready to beat the Yanks' MLB.com
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- ^ "Adrian Gonzalez legs out 1,000th career hit". http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2011_0620gonzalez_legs_out_1000th_career_hit/.
- ^ Drellich, Evan (July 5, 2011). "Gonzalez named AL Player of the Month". MLB. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110705&content_id=21438030&vkey=news_bos&c_id=bos. Retrieved July 6, 2011. "The leader in two of the three legs of the American League triple crown and a true force in the middle of the Red Sox lineup, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez on Tuesday was named the Budweiser Presents American League Player of the Month for June."
- ^ Jackson, Scott. "Yo Adrian! You're on the cover of MLB the Show". http://bleacherbumsports.net/2011/11/10/yo-adrian-youre-on-the-cover-of-mlb-the-show/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
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Joshua Holt Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, Hamilton has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 2007. A member of the Texas Rangers (2008–present), he also played for the Cincinnati Reds (2007). He is a four-time MLB All Star and American League Most Valuable Player in 2010.
He was the first overall pick in the 1999 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1] He was considered a blue chip prospect until injuries and a drug addiction derailed his career, beginning in 2001. Prior to the 2007 season, Hamilton was selected by the Chicago Cubs (picking for the Cincinnati Reds) in the Rule 5 Draft.[2] He made his MLB debut in 2007 with the Reds and had a successful rookie season. During the off-season he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Edinson Volquez and Daniel Ray Herrera.[3]
After his torrid start to the 2008 season, Hamilton was named to the American League All Star team, and made the All-Star team the next three seasons as well. He also participated in the Home Run Derby, where he hit a record 28 home runs in the opening round and finished with 35 home runs, which was second-most all-time in derby history.[4][5] Hamilton won the AL batting title in 2010. On October 22, 2010, Hamilton was selected as MVP of the 2010 ALCS. On November 23, 2010, Hamilton was named the 2010 AL MVP, earning 22 of 28 first-place votes.[6] On May 8, 2012 Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game, and set an AL record for total bases in a game with 18.[7]
Hamilton is known for exemplifying Muscular Christianity through the public expression of his Christian faith.[8][9]
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Early career[link]
Hamilton attended Athens Drive High School, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and later, was the first overall selection (by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays) in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. Shortly after the draft, Hamilton signed with Tampa Bay, receiving a $3.96 million signing bonus, and joined their minor league system.[1][10] His first stop in the minors was the rookie level Princeton Devil Rays of the Appalachian League where he played 56 games. He later joined the Hudson Valley Renegades, and helped lead them to their first New York-Penn League championship. After this successful debut in professional baseball, he spent the 2000 season with the Charleston RiverDogs in the South Atlantic League.[11] At the start of his pro career, Hamilton's parents quit their jobs so they could travel with their son.[12]
Prior to the 2001 season, Hamilton was involved in an automobile accident. His mother and father were also injured in the accident, but they recuperated from their injuries. The 2001 season also marked the beginning of his drug and alcohol use, and he made his first attempt at rehab.[12] Hamilton only played 45 games in the 2001 season, split between Charleston (A-Ball) and the Orlando Rays, a AA team in the Southern League. Hamilton began the 2002 season with the Bakersfield Blaze, batting .303 with 9 home runs and 44 RBIs in 56 games before his season came to an end due to lingering toe and neck injuries.[11]
At the start of the 2003 season, Hamilton showed up late several times during spring training and was reassigned to the team's minor league camp. He left the team and resurfaced several times, but eventually took the rest of the season off for personal reasons. Hamilton was hoping to return to spring training with the Devil Rays in 2004, but he was suspended 30 days and fined for violating the drug policy put in place by MLB. Because of the length of his suspension, and the terms of the drug policy, Hamilton could have failed two or more drug tests after being put into the program. A "failed" test is one in which there is a positive result for a drug more severe than marijuana.[13] The suspension was increased several times, after repeated violations of the terms of the program.[14]
From 2004 until 2006, Hamilton did not play baseball at all. He made several attempts at rehab, and started off the 2005 season with hopes of being a star major league outfielder.[15] His return to baseball was helped along by former minor league outfielder and manager Roy Silver, who owns a baseball academy in Florida. After hearing about Hamilton's desire to return to baseball, Silver offered the use of his facility if Hamilton agreed to work there. After several months there, Hamilton attempted to play with an independent minor league team, but MLB stepped in and disallowed it.
Hamilton was allowed to work out with the Devil Rays minor league players starting on June 2, 2006. By the end of the month, he was allowed to participate in minor league games.[10][14] He played 15 games with the Hudson Valley Renegades at the end of the 2006 season.[11][16] In addition to returning to baseball, Hamilton also served as a cautionary tale for his young teammates with the Renegades.
Rule 5 Draft[link]
Left off the Rays' 40-man roster, Hamilton was selected third overall[2] in the 2006 Rule 5 Draft by the Chicago Cubs, who immediately traded him to the Cincinnati Reds for $100,000 ($50,000 for his rights, and $50,000 to cover the cost of the Rule 5 selection).[16][17] In their coverage of the draft, Chris Kline and John Manuel of Baseball America called Hamilton "the biggest name in the Rule 5 in many years."[18] Best baseball player alive
Cincinnati Reds (2007)[link]
In order to retain the rights to Hamilton, the Reds had to keep him on their Major League 25-man roster for the entire 2007 season. He was one of the Reds' best hitters in spring training, leaving camp with a .403 batting average. The Reds planned to use him as a fourth outfielder.[19] Hamilton started most of the time in center field after an injury to Ryan Freel.
Hamilton made his long-awaited Major League debut on April 2 against the Chicago Cubs in a pinch-hit appearance, receiving a 22-second standing ovation. After he lined out, Hamilton stayed in the game to play left field.[20] As he was waiting to bat, Cubs catcher Michael Barrett said, "You deserve it, Josh. Take it all in, brother. I'm happy for you."[1][21] He made his first start on April 10 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, batting lead off. In that game, he recorded his first Major League hit, a home run off Edgar Gonzalez. The next night, he hit another. Hamilton was named the National League Rookie of the Month for April.
On May 22, the Reds placed Hamilton on the 15-day disabled list with gastroenteritis; they activated him on June 5 after he batted .333 (8-for-24) with four home runs and six RBI in a six-game Minor League rehabilitation assignment.[22] Hamilton went back on the DL on July 12 with a sprained wrist.[23]
He was shut out in the voting for the Rookie of the Year, which was won by Ryan Braun.[24]
Texas Rangers (2008–present)[link]
On December 21, 2007, the Reds traded Hamilton to the Texas Rangers for Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera.[3][25]
2008[link]
In 2008, Hamilton locked up the Rangers starting center fielder job with a stellar spring training.[26] His spring training performance continued into the regular season. Hamilton, usually slotted fourth in the Texas batting order, led all major league players in RBIs for the month of April. He was named American League (AL) Player of the Month after hitting .330 with 32 RBIs during the month. Hamilton then went on to win player of the month for the second straight month in May, becoming the first AL player in baseball history to be awarded Player of the Month for the first two months of the season.[27] Hamilton was featured on the cover of the June 2, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated, in a story chronicling his comeback.[1] On July 9, 2008, Hamilton hit the first walk-off home run of his career, against Francisco Rodríguez.[28][29]
Fans selected Hamilton as one of the starting outfielders for the AL at the MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium. He finished first in voting among outfielders.[30] He was one of seven first-time starters in the game. Along with Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto, and Ryan Braun, he was one of four who had made their MLB debut in 2007 or 2008.[31] He was selected to participate in the 2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby the evening before the game. Hamilton selected 71-year-old Clay Council to throw to him during the Derby. Council[32] was a volunteer who threw batting practice for him as a child in Raleigh, North Carolina.[33] In the first round of the event Hamilton hit 28 home runs, breaking the single-round record of 24 set by Bobby Abreu in 2005.[34][5] Hamilton ended up hitting the most total home runs in the contest with 35, but lost in the final round to Justin Morneau, as the scores were reset.[35] His record-setting first round included 13 straight home runs at one point, and 7 that went further than 500 feet (150 m). His longest home run was 518 feet.[5][35] In 2006, when Hamilton was trying to get back into baseball, he had a dream in which he participated in a Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, but he could not remember how many home runs he had hit. After the Derby, Hamilton said: "This was like living the dream out, because like I've said, I didn't know the ending to that dream."[36]
On August 17, he was intentionally walked with the bases loaded against the Rays in the bottom of the ninth, with the Rays leading 7–3, to bring Marlon Byrd to the plate. The Rays went on to win the game 7–4. Hamilton thus became the sixth player in history to receive an intentional walk with the bases loaded.[37] Joe Maddon said after the game, "We didn't want Hamilton to hit a home run. He's got 28, and Marlon Byrd's got 8." Hamilton finished seventh in the balloting for AL MVP, behind Dustin Pedroia, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, Joe Mauer, Carlos Quentin, and Francisco Rodríguez.[38]
2009[link]
In spring training, Hamilton led all players in RBIs, with 27, and total bases, with 59, in 81 at bats. He hit a 460 ft (140 m) home run into the right field home run porch off Angels reliever Shane Loux in the bottom of the eighth inning on May 15 in Arlington. Then, in the same series against the Angels, on May 17 Hamilton leaped at the wall in center field and slammed into it, robbing Howie Kendrick of a possible home run.[39]
Hamilton spent a portion of 2009 on the disabled list, with a bruised rib cage and an abdominal strain. After visiting doctors in Philadelphia on June 8, 2009, they found a slight abdominal tear, and he underwent a successful surgical operation to repair it the next day. He was expected to be out 4–6 weeks.
Though injured, he was selected by fan voting to play in the 2009 All-Star game,[40][41] where he was joined by teammates Michael Young and Nelson Cruz. Hamilton finished batting .268 with 10 home runs and 54 RBIs in 2009.
2010: An MVP season[link]
In 2010, Hamilton was moved to left field to put young outfielder Julio Borbon in center field. As in his prior two seasons with the Rangers, Hamilton was again selected to start in the 2010 All-Star Game, as one of six members of the Rangers to represent the franchise at the All-Star Game. Hamilton entered the All-Star Break with a .346 batting average, second in the AL to Miguel Cabrera's .346 batting average.
On August 27, he set a Ranger record with his 24th three-hit game of the season.[42] On September 4, Hamilton bruised his rib cage after making a leaping catch into the outfield wall. He was sidelined for almost a month and returned to play with only three games left in the regular season. He hit a home run the next day.
His talent and popularity have earned him a litany of nicknames including "The Hammer"; "Hambino", referencing to the great Babe Ruth; "The Natural";[43] and "Hambone" his high school nickname tattooed on his arm.
Hamilton hit for a league-leading .359 average in 2010, winning his first batting title. This was the fourth-best batting average since the end of the 2004 season. He also finished fourth in Major League Baseball in On-Base Percentage (.411), first in Slugging Percentage (.633) and On-Base Plus Slugging (1.044), and tied for tenth in home runs (32), despite missing 29 games due to an injury. He was also one of just 25 players to have 100 RBIs.[44] His performance in 2010 made him a front-runner for the AL MVP Award. Hamilton won the AL Players Choice Award for Outstanding Player in 2010.[45]
On October 22, Hamilton and the Rangers won the 2010 ALCS. It was the first time in Rangers history they had gone to a World Series. To get there they had to beat the defending Champions the New York Yankees.[46] With four home runs, 7 RBIs, and the recipient of several intentional walks in the AL Championship Series win against the Yankees, he won the ALCS MVP Award.[47] On November 23, 2010 Hamilton was voted the AL MVP.[48]
2011[link]
Hamilton avoided arbitration by signing for 2 years and $24 million on February 10, 2011, with the Texas Rangers. On April 12, in Detroit, he suffered a fracture to his right humerus on a play at home plate. On May 18, he began a rehab assignment at the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders. He returned to the Rangers' lineup on May 23, and went 2–4 against Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks, hitting his first home run of the season on the second pitch he saw during his first at bat.[49] He was an All Star in 2011.[50]
On July 7, during a home game at Rangers Ballpark, a fan died while catching a foul ball tossed into the stands by Hamilton. The fan, Shannon Stone, leaned over the rail to catch the ball and fell 20 feet behind the scoreboard. He was transported to a hospital, but died on the way. After learning the news after the game, Hamilton was said to be distraught. It was the third incident in which a fan fell out of the stands at Rangers Ballpark.[51]. On September 30, the son of the fallen firefighter and his mother returned to Rangers Ballpark for the first time after the incident. The son, eight-year-old Cooper Stone, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Hamilton to start the American League Division Series. Hamilton proceeded to exchange multiple hugs with the family.
In 2011, Hamilton batted .298 with 25 home runs.[50] He was 3rd in the American League in sacrifice flies (10), 6th in intentional walks (13), and 8th in slugging percentage (.536).[50]
2012[link]
Hamilton hit .395 with 9 home runs and 25 RBI during the month of April and was named the league's AL Player of the Month.[52] His home run total for the month tied a franchise record for April with four other Rangers. Hamilton is out with a break out season batting for the triple crown and mvp.[53] On May 8, 2012, Hamilton went 5-for-5 with four home runs and a double for a total of 8 RBI against the Baltimore Orioles. In doing this, he not only became just the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in one game and first since Carlos Delgado in 2003, but also now holds the AL record for most total bases in a game at 18.[7][54]
Personal life[link]
Family[link]
Hamilton is of Scottish descent and is married to Katie (née Chadwick), the daughter of one of the men (Michael Chadwick) who helped him in his quest to get clean. They started dating in 2002 when Hamilton returned to Raleigh, and married in 2004.[55][56] Katie has a daughter, Julia, from a previous relationship, and together she and Hamilton have three daughters, Sierra, Michaela Grace, and Stella Faith.[57]
Drug addiction and alcoholism[link]
Hamilton's struggles with drugs and alcohol are well documented. He finally got clean after being confronted by his grandmother, Mary Holt.[58] In May 2008 Hamilton said he had not used drugs or alcohol since October 6, 2005.[1]
When giving a brief summary of his recovery, Hamilton says simply: "It's a God thing."[21] He does not shy away from telling his story, speaking to community groups and fans at many functions.[59] He frequently publicly tells stories of how Jesus brought him back from the brink and that faith is what keeps him going. Hamilton also wrote an autobiography called Beyond Belief which explains how he quit drugs and alcohol and found a relationship with God.[56] His wife Katie sometimes accompanies him, offering her perspective on his struggles as well.[25]
To comply with the provisions of MLB's drug policy, Hamilton provides urine samples for drug testing at least three times per week.[60] Rangers' coach Johnny Narron says of the frequent testing: "I think he looks forward to the tests. He knows he's an addict. He knows he has to be accountable. He looks at those tests as a way to reassure people around him who had faith."[56]
In late 2008 Hamilton, among other celebrities such as Brian Welch and Greg Ellis, appeared in testimonial videos called "I Am Second", in which he shares his story of recovering from drug use with the help of his faith.[61][62]
A portion of his return to sobriety was shown on The Learning Channel's reality show "The Real Deal". “A Home Run for Trademark” aired March 31, 2007, and chronicled the renovation of Shoeless Joe Jackson's house during 2006. Richard C. Davis, the owner of Trademark Properties hired Hamilton as the construction foreman. Davis was negotiating the purchase of a minor league baseball team and entertaining the idea of giving him a chance to join the team.[63]
Hamilton's teammates – mindful of his past struggles – have chosen to celebrate major events (such as the Rangers wins over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of the 2010 American League Division Series, and again when they beat the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the 2010 American League Championship Series) with ginger ale instead of champagne.[64] The Rangers repeated the celebrations with ginger ale the following postseason when they won their second consecutive pennant and reached the 2011 World Series.
Nightclub incidents[link]
Hamilton confirmed he suffered a slip in early 2009 after photos were released in August 2009. Sports blog Deadspin.com posted photos of Hamilton shirtless in a bar in Tempe, Arizona, with several women. According to reports, witnesses saw Hamilton drinking, heard him asking where he could obtain cocaine, and heard him reveal his plans to go to a strip club later that evening. The photos do not show Hamilton drinking or taking any illegal drugs.[65]
Prior to Hamilton's public admission Johnny Narron, a Rangers special assignment coach and Hamilton's mentor, said he doubted the validity of the photos, telling Deadspin.com, "I'm sure, in the depths of his drug addiction, he was in a lot of bars. He was in and out of bars, "crackhouses", everything. There are probably photographs of him in all kinds of places."[66] When responding, Narron had not seen the photos and was told they were taken during March 2009, not two months prior when the incident took place.[67]
Although this news did not break until August 2009, Hamilton revealed that he had informed his wife, the Texas Rangers, and Major League Baseball the day after the incident occurred. Hamilton called a press conference on August 8 to discuss the photos.[68] Regarding the incident Hamilton said
"Obviously it was one those things that reinforce that I can't have alcohol. I got away from the one thing that kept me on the straight and narrow and that was my relationship with the Lord. That should always come first. Hopefully some good will come out of this. It just crossed my mind that night, 'Can I have a drink?' Obviously I can't and this reinforces that. Since that night, I have not had another thought like that. I know it's something I shouldn't do because it leads to other things."
Hamilton also admitted he had very little memory of the night after getting drunk, and did not know about the contents of the photos. Hamilton did not see the photos after their release, but listened on the phone as his wife described them to him. After the press conference Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said "My first reaction in January was one of concern. Since then I've talked to a lot of people and they say it was significant that he came forward immediately and was honest about it." Major League Baseball tested Hamilton for illegal drugs two days after the incident and he passed that test.[69]
On February 2, 2012 it was reported that Hamilton had suffered a second slip with alcohol. He claims to have had 2 or 3 drinks before inviting his friend and teammate, Ian Kinsler, to talk at the bar. [70] Hamilton held a press conference on February 3, 2012, to apologize for his actions.[71]
See also[link]
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball Most Valuable Players
References[link]
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American League RBI Champion 2008 |
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Batters with 4 home runs in one game May 8, 2012 |
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| Name | Hamilton, Josh |
| Alternative names | Hamilton, Joshua Holt; Hamilton, Joshua H. |
| Short description | American professional baseball player, outfielder |
| Date of birth | May 21, 1981 |
| Place of birth | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
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