Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (pronounced /ˈnoʊmɑr ɡɑrˌsiːəˈpɑrə/; born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a ...
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Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (pronounced /ˈnoʊmɑr ɡɑrˌsiːəˈpɑrə/; born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a single game, and the only player to achieve the feat at home.
Garciaparra is a six-time All-Star (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006). In five postseason series he has batted .323 with a slugging percentage of .625. In 2001, he suffered a wrist injury, and his career went downhill from there.
His name has an interesting origin. His first name is his father's name, Ramon, spelled backwards. His last name is a combination of both his mother's and father's last names. Garciaparra attended St. Mary's of the Assumption School, for high school he...
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