Born In:. Died On:. Died In:. Georgia Institute of Technology. Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign June 3, He won the Rookie of the Year award a year after Jeter nabbed the same hardware at the same position , but was that his finest season during this epic run?
Next 1 of 5 Prev post. Next: Rookie of the Year. More NFL Rumors ». View all NFL Sites. More NBA News ». More NBA Rumors ». View all NBA Sites. More MLB News ». More MLB Rumors ». Most of us who watched Garciaparra associate him with that peak. For a seven-year stretch from through , he was not only one of the best shortstops in the game, he was one of the best players in the game. His inability to sustain this peak due to injuries are what cost him entry to Cooperstown and ultimately degraded his relationship with the team, leading to his eventual trade.
From the beginning, Garciaparra was a phenom. He was drafted twice, once in the fifth round by the Brewers and later 12th overall by the Red Sox. Rather than signing out of high school, Garciaparra decided to join future Red Sox teammate Jason Varitek at Georgia Tech and had a remarkable college career.
When he finally reached the minor leagues he spent only games honing his skills before getting the call up to the big leagues for good in He won the starting shortstop job out of spring training in and took off like a seasoned pro.
He would go on to win the American League Rookie of the Year Award by a unanimous vote, his first and only Silver Slugger award, and make his first of six All-Star teams. He would also post several career bests including a game hit streak and his only season compiling over hits, finishing with Offensively, Garciaparra was unique, rarely striking out and seemingly barreling everything.
During that rookie season he struck out just He continued to improve on this skill and by he struck out just 6. This was rare. Aside from Garciaparra, there have been just sixteen other players in all of baseball to accomplish this since Of those players, only Garciaparra and four others are not in the Hall of Fame. His total of Ranked among league leaders in eight categories: first in average and intentional walks 20 , second in doubles 51 , and multi-hit games 65 , fifth in hits and on-base percentage.
Legged out 16 infield hits Hit his th career homer June 3 at Philadelphia off Randy Wolf Had a season-high game hitting streak Sept. Was named to his second All-Star team and made his first start in the game Was among American League leaders with a career high. Earned his first AL Player of the month honor in May while hitting. Also earned his third career AL player of the Week selection from Sept.
Became the 11th player in Major League history to hit two grand slams in one game, doing so on May 10 vs. Was recognized as an Associated Press and Sporting News all-star following the season. Recorded 37 doubles and 8 triples, ranking among league leaders in several categories: triples fourth , hits fifth, , total bases sixth, , batting average sixth , RBI seventh , extra-base hits seventh, 80 , slugging percentage seventh , runs ninth, , and home runs 10th Received the Thomas A.
Had a season-high game hitting streak from June 7-July 3, going for with six home runs and 20 RBI Hit Boston's first inside-the-park home run since on July 26 vs. Hit his first career grand slam Sept. Hit his first game-winning walk-off home run against Kansas City on Aug. Set an AL rookie record by hitting safely in a career-high 30 straight games July August Hit a league-high and franchise-record 11 triples Set a big-league rookie record for homers by a shortstop besting Ron Hansen's 22 in
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