Ángel Manuel Pagán (born July 2, 1981) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Pagán's original contract in Major League Baseball was with the New York Mets, but he was transferred to the Chicago Cubs when they bought his contract. Pagán was subsequently traded back to the Mets prior to the 2008 season. Pagán was given the nickname "El Caballo Loco" or "Crazy Horse" by his Mets tea...
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Ángel Manuel Pagán (born July 2, 1981) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Pagán's original contract in Major League Baseball was with the New York Mets, but he was transferred to the Chicago Cubs when they bought his contract. Pagán was subsequently traded back to the Mets prior to the 2008 season. Pagán was given the nickname "El Caballo Loco" or "Crazy Horse" by his Mets teammates.
On January 25, 2006, the Cubs purchased Pagán's contract from the Mets. Pagán made his major league debut with the Cubs on April 3, 2006, but was injured early in the season and missed two and a half months. On July 2, 2006, his 25th birthday, Pagán hit his first and second career home runs in a game against the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox. Pagán is the first person in Major League history to hit his first two career home runs on his birthday.
Pagán returned in May 2007, being recalled in place of Matt Murton, who had struggled...
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