38 Facts About Carlos Delgado

Carlos Juan Delgado Hernandez was born on June 25,1972 and is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and coach.

Carlos Delgado played in Major League Baseball 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, and was the 2003 American League RBI champion.

Carlos Delgado was a two-time American League All-Star player and a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner during his tenure with the Blue Jays.

Carlos Delgado 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.

Carlos Delgado has said that this made him feel "protected", but that it demanded that he had to behave properly.

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Carlos Delgado attended Agustin Stahl Middle School and Jose de Diego High School, from which he graduated in 1989.

Carlos Delgado has expressed his strong feelings of pride in being an Aguadillano, noting everything he holds dear is found in the municipality, and his off-season house is located there.

Carlos Delgado is friends with many people who live there, many of whom he played little league baseball with.

Carlos Delgado signed with the Blue Jays in 1988, after being discovered by team scout Epy Guerrero.

Originally a catcher, Carlos Delgado played in left field for the Blue Jays in 1994 and 1995, before switching to first base, where he became one of the most productive sluggers in the major leagues.

Carlos Delgado won the Hank Aaron and The Sporting News Player of the Year Awards in 2000, and the Silver Slugger Award in 1999,2000, and 2003.

Carlos Delgado finished fourth in the 2000 American League MVP voting.

On September 25,2003, in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Carlos Delgado became the 15th major league player to hit four home runs in one game.

Carlos Delgado hit a three-run home run in the first inning off Jorge Sosa, then again off Sosa while leading off the fourth off, then off Joe Kennedy while leading off in the sixth and then off Lance Carter leading off the eighth inning.

Carlos Delgado is the only player to hit four home runs with only 4 at-bats in a game.

Carlos Delgado was named AL Player of the Week on September 30,2003 and again on September 7,2004.

On January 25,2005 Carlos Delgado chose to sign with the Marlins, signing a four-year contract worth a reported $52 million.

Carlos Delgado responded well as the feared cleanup hitter for the Mets, hitting 38 home runs and driving in 114 runs throughout 2006.

At season's end, with 407, Carlos Delgado was tied with Duke Snider for 41st place for career home runs.

Carlos Delgado had early struggles in the 2007 season, with his batting average falling below.

On June 15,2008, Carlos Delgado broke Juan Gonzalez's record for most runs batted in by a Puerto Rican player.

Carlos Delgado notched his 2,000th career hit on September 21,2008 against the Atlanta Braves.

Carlos Delgado was ninth in the voting for the 2008 National League MVP Award, behind Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, Ryan Braun, Manny Ramirez, Lance Berkman, CC Sabathia, David Wright and Brad Lidge.

Carlos Delgado was the first Major League player to hit a home run into the Pepsi Porch at Citi Field on April 8,2009.

Carlos Delgado played his last major league game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 10,2009.

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The Mets reported the next day that the surgery was successful and Carlos Delgado would be out for approximately ten weeks, which would delay his quest for 500 home runs.

In February 2010, Carlos Delgado underwent another hip operation, this time to reconstruct the labrum on his right hip; he underwent a micro-fracture procedure on his hip socket.

On December 7,2012, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Carlos Delgado would become the 10th person inducted to the club's Level of Excellence.

Carlos Delgado threw the ceremonial first pitch for that day's game, with the Toronto Blue Jays playing against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Carlos Delgado appeared in the first edition of the World Baseball Classic in 2006.

Carlos Delgado reprised his role as hitting coach for Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Carlos Delgado reprised his role as hitting coach for Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Carlos Delgado is married to Betzaida Garcia, who is from Aguadilla.

Carlos Delgado had explained that the playing of "God Bless America" had come to be equated with a war in which he didn't believe.

Carlos Delgado started his own non-profit organization, "Extra Bases" to assist island youth.

In 2007, Carlos Delgado donated video conference equipment to allow his hometown's Buen Samaritano Hospital to establish a regular link with a hospital in Boston in order to allow for remote diagnoses through telemedicine.

Carlos Delgado has contributed to improving Puerto Rico's public education system.

Carlos Delgado taught a class on Athletic Mental Training and Health at the Ramon Power y Giralt School in the Luis Llorens Torres public housing complex.