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b. August 7, 1976 · Florida Marlins 1996–1998, St. Louis Cardinals 1999–2004, Boston Red Sox 2005, Atlanta Braves 2006–2007, Detroit Tigers 2008, San Francisco Giants 2009–2010, Cincinnati Reds 2011

In the eleventh inning of the seventh game of the 1997 World Series he hit the single that scored the winning run for Florida. He was twenty-one. Thirteen years later, in the fifth game of the 2010 World Series, he hit a three-run home run that won it for San Francisco, and was the most valuable player of that Series.

Sixteen seasons gave him 2,327 hits, 436 doubles, 294 stolen bases, 140 home runs and a .286 average, with five All-Star selections, three Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves at shortstop. He had 171 hits as a twenty-year-old rookie and finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting.

He is Colombian, from Barranquilla, the most accomplished player that country has produced, and three of his brothers played professionally. He drove in the winning run of the deciding game of two World Series, thirteen years and two clubs apart. The 2017 ballot gave him two votes of 442.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	5	1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
The Sporting News All-Star	4	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Player of the Week	3	1998, 2003, 2005
Silver Slugger	3	2000, 2002, 2003
Gold Glove	2	2002, 2003
World Series MVP	1	2010

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1996	FLA	106	431	68	133	18	3	5	31	33	68	16	.309
1997	FLA	154	617	90	171	21	3	4	52	45	108	32	.277
1998	FLA	133	517	79	146	18	2	3	31	48	78	41	.282
1999	STL	154	585	92	161	36	2	11	63	53	82	37	.275
2000	STL	150	562	94	156	32	1	16	76	63	77	21	.278
2001	STL	141	493	54	128	19	3	10	57	39	73	17	.260
2002	STL	152	544	77	166	36	2	11	83	49	57	22	.305
2003	STL	157	587	96	194	47	1	13	100	65	54	34	.330
2004	STL	149	586	84	168	37	0	10	72	39	78	17	.287
2005	BOS	153	623	100	172	36	4	8	70	55	100	9	.276
2006	ATL	149	598	100	175	40	2	14	70	62	89	17	.293
2007	ATL	124	494	87	164	30	1	12	57	46	77	11	.332
2008	DET	138	503	69	136	22	2	10	55	37	64	6	.270
2009	SFG	124	460	50	115	19	1	5	48	39	69	7	.250
2010	SFG	72	243	26	67	11	2	3	22	21	43	3	.276
2011	CIN	96	299	34	75	14	0	5	36	24	65	4	.251
Career	—	2152	8142	1200	2327	436	29	140	923	718	1182	294	.286

On this day & linked events

1976

Born August 7, 1976

Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

1996

Major-league debut: Édgar Rentería

Édgar Rentería made a major-league debut on May 10, 1996.

2011

Final major-league game: Édgar Rentería

Édgar Rentería played a final major-league game on September 28, 2011.

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