Carlos Delgado
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball primarily as a first baseman, from 1993 to 2009, most prominently as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, where he was a member of the 1993 World Series-winning team, won the 2000 American League (AL) Hank Aaron Award, and was the 2003 AL RBI leader. He was also a two-time AL All-Star player and a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner during his tenure with the Blue Jays.
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First baseman | ||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1972-06-25) June 25, 1972 (age 51) Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
MLB debut | ||||||||||||||||||
October 1, 1993, for the Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
May 10, 2009, for the New York Mets | ||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .280 | |||||||||||||||||
Hits | 2,038 | |||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 473 | |||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 1,512 | |||||||||||||||||
Teams | ||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||
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Member of the Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||
Baseball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||
Induction | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Delgado holds the Major League Baseball record for career home runs by a Puerto Rican player with 473. He is one of only six players in Major League history to hit 30 home runs in ten consecutive seasons, becoming the fourth player to do so. During his twelve years with the Toronto Blue Jays, Delgado set many team records, including home runs (336), RBI (1,058), walks (827), slugging percentage (.556), on-base plus slugging (.949), runs (889), total bases (2,786), doubles (343), runs created (1,077), extra base hits (690), times on base (2,362), hit by pitch (122), intentional walks (128) and at bats per home run (14.9).
Delgado also played for the Florida Marlins and New York Mets. In 2006, he was named the recipient of the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award. On February 4, 2015, Delgado was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.[1]