 Guzmán with the Nationals in 2008 Photo by Chris Nelson |
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| Selected MLB statistics (through June 24, 2007) |
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Cristian Antonio Guzmán (born March 21, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a baseball player who has played shortstop in the major leagues for the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The Washington Nationals is an American professional baseball team based in Washington D 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Santo Domingo de Guzmán (known as Santo Domingo population 2084852 (Metro (2003 estimated 2253437 (Metro in 2006 is the Capital and largest city in the The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Washington Nationals is an American professional baseball team based in Washington D Guzmán was acquired by Minnesota in 1998 from the New York Yankees organization as part of the Chuck Knoblauch trade. Edward Charles "Chuck" Knoblauch (ˈnɔbˌlɑk born July 7 1968 in Houston Texas) is a retired Major League Baseball player who played
Guzmán's best year was in 2001. He was named to the All-Star team and posted career bests with 10 home runs and a . 302 batting average. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively He was a key part of the Twins teams that won three consecutive American League Central titles from 2002-2004. While a Twin, he led the American League in triples in 2000 (20), 2001 (14) and 2003 (14). His total of 20 in 2000 was only the tenth time a player had reached that number in the prior 70 years. [1]
He signed a $16. 8 million, four-year contract with the Nationals for the 2005 season but then proceeded to have the worst year of his career. As the full-time shortstop, he was batting . 192 at the end of August, but rallied in September, hitting . 325, which helped bring his average up to . 219. [2]
Guzman was sidelined the entire 2006 campaign due to a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery, but returned in 2007 as the Nationals starting shortstop following the trade of second baseman José Vidro to the Seattle Mariners and the move of Felipe López to second base. José Angel Vidro (born August 27, 1974 in Mayagüez Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball player who is currently a Free agent The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Felipe López may refer to Felipe López (archer (born 1977 Felipe López (basketball (born 1974 Felipe López (baseball However, he injured his hamstring on the first day of the regular season. In Human anatomy, a hamstring refers to one of the Tendons that make up the borders of the space behind the knee He was on the disabled list until May 7, 2007. In Major League Baseball, the disabled list (DL is a method for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players When he returned he began what looked like could be his best season ever. Batting leadoff, he was hitting . 329 (second on the team), and despite missing almost half of the sesason through late June, was third in the league with six triples. But on June 24 Guzman was injured while tagging out a would-be base-stealer, and had surgery the next day to repair a torn thumb ligament, sidelining him for the rest of the 2007 season. [3]
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Trivia
On March 30, 2008, Guzman got the first hit in the history of Nationals Park, a broken bat single to right off Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson. Nationals Park is the current ballpark for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Timothy Adam Hudson (born July 14, 1975 in Columbus Georgia) is a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the He followed with the first run in the history of the park, after an RBI double by Nick Johnson. Nicholas Robert Johnson (born September 19, 1978 in Sacramento California) is a First baseman in Major League Baseball, currently
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference
- Sportsnet player stats
References
- ^ Joseph A. Major League Baseball recognizes triples champions in the American League and National League each season The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Washington Nationals franchise relocated to Washington D Reaves. "Triple's always something special", The Arizona Republic, June 23, 2007.
- ^ Thomas Boswell. "Hot Hand Felled By a Bum Thumb", June 27, 2007, p. E01.
- ^ Barry Svrluga. "Guzman's Injury Likely Ends Season", Washington Post, June 26, 2007, p. E01.
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