Edgar Enrique Rentería (Spanish pronunciation: [renteˈɾia]) (born August 7, 1975 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants. He is also the first Colombian to play in the World Series.
Signed by the Florida Marlins as a non-amateur free agent in 1992, Rentería made his debut in the 1996 season. He finished second behind Dodgers outfielder Todd Hollandsworth in National League Rookie of the Year ba...
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Edgar Enrique Rentería (Spanish pronunciation: [renteˈɾia]) (born August 7, 1975 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants. He is also the first Colombian to play in the World Series.
Signed by the Florida Marlins as a non-amateur free agent in 1992, Rentería made his debut in the 1996 season. He finished second behind Dodgers outfielder Todd Hollandsworth in National League Rookie of the Year balloting, after batting .309 with 68 runs scored and 16 stolen bases in 106 games played.
Rentería is well remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3-2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1999 season.
While with the Cardinals, Renteria ended the Curse of the Bambino, grounding into the last out of the 2004 World Series. Fox Sports commentator Joe Buck called Renteria's grounder saying:
Rentería signed a four year $40 million...
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