Édgar Rentería
Colombian baseball player (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ renteˈɾi.a]; born August 7, 1975), nicknamed "the Barranquilla Baby",[1] is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He threw and batted right-handed. He played for the Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, and Cincinnati Reds.
Édgar Rentería | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: (1975-08-07) August 7, 1975 (age 48) Barranquilla, Colombia | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 10, 1996, for the Florida Marlins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 2011, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .286 |
Hits | 2,327 |
Home runs | 140 |
Runs batted in | 923 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Rentería was signed by the Florida Marlins in 1992. He debuted with them in 1996, and he finished second to Todd Hollandsworth in Rookie of the Year Award balloting. In 1997, his RBI single off Charles Nagy in the eleventh inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series won the first World Series in Marlins' history over the Cleveland Indians. In the 2010 World Series against the Texas Rangers, Rentería won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award with the San Francisco Giants after he hit game-winning home runs in Game 2 and Game 5.