Carlos Baerga
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Baerga in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Second baseman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born: November 4, 1968 Santurce, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MLB: April 14, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||||||||||
| KBO: July 28, 2001, for the Samsung Lions | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MLB: September 30, 2005, for the Washington Nationals | ||||||||||||||||||
| KBO: October 28, 2001, for the Samsung Lions | ||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .291 | |||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 134 | |||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 774 | |||||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .275 | |||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga (/baɪˈɛərɡə/; Spanish: [baˈeɾɣa]; born November 4, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player. Baerga was known for his superb hitting abilities during his first stint with the Cleveland Indians in the early-to-mid-1990s, accumulating impressive batting statistics, earning three All-Star appearances (1992, 1993, 1995), two Silver Slugger Awards (1993, 1994), and making key contributions to the Indians' 1995 postseason run. He was considered one of Major League Baseball's hardest-hitting middle infielders by 1995 with his superb bat speed and switch-hitting power. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career. Baerga was elected into the Indians Hall of Fame in 2013.