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Magglio Ordóñez

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b. January 28, 1974 · Chicago White Sox 1997–2004, Detroit Tigers 2005–2011

Fifteen seasons gave him 2,156 hits, 294 home runs, 1,236 runs batted in and a .309 average, with six All-Star selections and three Silver Sluggers. His best year was 2007, when he had 216 hits, 54 doubles to lead the American League, and 139 runs batted in.

He hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning of the fourth game of the 2006 Championship Series to send Detroit to the World Series, which is the swing his name is attached to in that city. He had signed there after eight seasons with the White Sox, and a knee injury in 2004 had made the contract look reckless at the time.

He was Venezuelan and one of the better right-handed hitters of his era in a period that produced a great many of them. The writers gave him three votes of 442 in 2017 and he came off the ballot after one appearance.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 6 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007
Player of the Week 6 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
Silver Slugger 3 2000, 2002, 2007
The Sporting News All-Star 3 2000, 2003, 2007
Player of the Month 2 2003, 2007

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1997 CHW 21691222 604 11281 .319
1998 CHW 14553570151 25214 6528539 .282
1999 CHW 157624100188 34330 117476413 .301
2000 CHW 153588102185 34332 126606418 .315
2001 CHW 16059397181 40131 113707025 .305
2002 CHW 153590116189 47138 13553777 .320
2003 CHW 16060695192 46329 9957739 .317
2004 CHW 522023259 829 3716220 .292
2005 DET 823053892 1708 4630350 .302
2006 DET 15559382177 32124 10445871 .298
2007 DET 157595117216 54028 13976794 .363
2008 DET 14656172178 32221 10353761 .317
2009 DET 13146554144 2429 5051653 .310
2010 DET 843235698 17112 5940381 .303
2011 DET 923293384 1005 3223412 .255
Career 1848697810762156 42621294 123665185294 .309

On this day & linked events

1974

Born January 28, 1974

Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela

1997

Major-league debut: Magglio Ordóñez

Magglio Ordóñez made a major-league debut on August 29, 1997.

2011

Final major-league game: Magglio Ordóñez

Magglio Ordóñez played a final major-league game on September 27, 2011.

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