Carlos Delgado

Full Name: Carlos Juan (Hernandez) Delgado	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6'3"/265	First Game: October 1, 1993
Birthdate: June 25, 1972	MLB Experience: 15 years
Birthplace: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972) is a first baseman for the New York Mets. Delgado was born in in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He debuted with the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 season. Originally a catcher, he switched to first base and rapidly became one of the most dangerous sluggers in the major leagues. A two-time All Star (2000 and 2003), Delgado holds a wide variety of Blue Jays single season and career records. He also won the Hank Aaron Award and the Sporting News Player of the Year awards in 2000, and the Silver Slugger Award in 1999, 2000 and 2003.

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On September 25, 2003, in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Delgado became only the fifth American League player and 15th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game. He hit a three-run homer in the first inning, then led off the fourth, sixth and eighth innings with solo shots.

Delgado became a free agent following the 2004 season and was pursued by the Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Texas Rangers. On January 25, 2005, he finally chose the Marlins, signing a four-year contract worth a reported $52 million. His transition to the National League was very successful, hitting for a .301 batting average, .399 on base percentage, with 33 home runs and 115 runs batted in.

On November 23, 2005, the Mets, one of the teams which had pursued Delgado the previous off-season, struck a trade with Florida to send Mike Jacobs and two minor leaguers to the Marlins for Delgado and $7 million. The deal was part of a Marlins "market correction".

Through the 2005 season, in 13 years of major league service, Delgado had a career .284 batting average, and a .393 on-base percentage with 369 home runs and 1,173 runs batted in in 1,567 games.

Carlos Delgado was one of the first Puerto Rican players to agree to play for Puerto Rico in the MLB World Baseball Classic, representing the island. In addition to Delgado, the team features fellow Puerto Ricans Ivan Rodriguez, Sandy Alomar, Jr. as catchers, Carlos Beltran, Bernie Williams, Jose Cruz Jr. and Luis Matos as outfielders, Mike Lowell, Jose Vidro, Felipe Lopez, Alex Cintron and Carlos Baerga as infielders, and pitchers Javier Vazquez, Joel Pineiro, J.C. Romero and Kiko Calero amongst others, in a team managed by St. Louis Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	TOR	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994	TOR	A	43	130	17	28	9	24	.215	.352	.438	2	0	25	46	3	1	4	5
1995	TOR	A	37	91	7	15	3	11	.165	.212	.297	3	0	6	26	0	0	0	1
1996	TOR	A	138	488	68	132	25	92	.270	.353	.490	28	2	58	139	9	0	2	13
1997	TOR	A	153	519	79	136	30	91	.262	.350	.528	42	3	64	133	8	0	9	6
1998	TOR	A	142	530	94	155	38	115	.292	.385	.592	43	1	73	139	11	3	13	8
1999	TOR	A	152	573	113	156	44	134	.272	.377	.571	39	0	86	141	15	1	7	11
2000	TOR	A	162	569	115	196	41	137	.344	.470	.664	57	1	123	104	15	0	18	12
2001	TOR	A	162	574	102	160	39	102	.279	.408	.540	31	1	111	136	16	3	22	9
2002	TOR	A	143	505	103	140	33	108	.277	.406	.549	34	2	102	126	13	1	18	8
2003	TOR	A	161	570	117	172	42	145	.302	.426	.593	38	1	109	137	19	0	23	9
2004	TOR	A	128	458	74	123	32	99	.269	.372	.535	26	0	69	115	13	0	12	11
2005	FLA	N	144	521	81	157	33	115	.301	.399	.582	41	3	72	121	17	0	20	16
2006	NY	N	144	524	89	139	38	114	.265	.361	.548	30	2	74	120	10	0	11	12
2007	NY	N	139	538	71	139	24	87	.258	.333	.448	30	0	52	118	11	4	8	12
Total	NL		427	1583	241	435	95	316	.274	?	?	101	5	198	359	38	4	39	40
Total	AL		1423	5008	889	1413	336	1058	.282	.392	.556	343	11	827	1242	122	9	128	93
Total			1850	6591	1130	1848	431	1374	.280	.386	.549	444	16	1025	1601	160	13	167	133

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1993	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	TOR	A	C	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1994	TOR	A	C	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1994	TOR	A	OF	41	39	329.2	55	2	2	0	.966
1994	TOR	A	LF	41	39	329.2	56	2	2	0	.967
1995	TOR	A	DH	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	TOR	A	OF	17	15	125	34	1	0	0	1.000
1995	TOR	A	1B	4	2	21	20	1	0	3	1.000
1995	TOR	A	LF	17	15	125	34	1	0	0	1.000
1996	TOR	A	1B	27	25	226.2	221	13	4	21	.983
1996	TOR	A	DH	108	100	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	TOR	A	DH	33	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	TOR	A	1B	119	116	1035.2	962	67	12	98	.988
1998	TOR	A	1B	141	141	1256.2	1165	87	10	110	.992
1998	TOR	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	TOR	A	1B	147	147	1305	1306	84	14	134	.990
1999	TOR	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	TOR	A	1B	162	162	1429.1	1417	81	13	157	.991
2001	TOR	A	1B	161	161	1438.2	1520	103	9	167	.994
2002	TOR	A	1B	140	140	1229	1231	95	12	121	.991
2002	TOR	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TOR	A	1B	147	147	1278	1355	102	10	137	.993
2003	TOR	A	DH	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TOR	A	DH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TOR	A	1B	120	120	1038.2	1041	88	5	98	.996
2005	FLA	N	1B	141	140	1206	1147	83	14	134	.989
2005	FLA	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	NY	N	1B	141	141	1246.1	1199	71	8	95	.994
2006	NY	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	2	0	5	3	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	58	54	454.2	89	3	2	0	.979
Total			DH	182	159	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1450	1442	12711	12584	875	111	1275	.992
Total			LF	58	54	454.2	90	3	2	0	.979

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Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto Blue Jays (October 9, 1988).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
Signed by Florida Marlins on January 26, 2005 to a four year, $52 million contract with an option in the fifth year.
Traded by Florida Marlins with $7 million in cash to New York Mets in exchange for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit and Grant Psomas (November 24, 2005).

Current Contract Status[]

Delgado is in the final year of a four year deal, originally agreed to with the Marlins. Delgado is due $16 million in 2008 and has an a $12 million mutual option with a $4 million buy out for 2009. (The 2009 year could have become guaranteed if Delgado hit a certain benchmark in MVP voting, but that is no onger reachable.)

Delgado is represented by agent David Sloan.

Trivia[]

Delgado is well known for his generous visits to hospitals in his hometown where, on Three Kings Day, he brings toys to hospitalized children. In 2006, he joined Puerto Rico's Senate President in co-sponsoring a massive Three Kings gift-giving effort in the town of Loiza. Delgado started his own non-profit organization, "Extra Bases" to assist island youth; this eventually earned him the 2006 Roberto Clemente Award.
On May 9, 2007, Delgado hit a home run into McCovey Cove during a game against the San Francisco Giants, becoming the only visiting player to have hit three splash home runs at AT&T Park