Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is one of the premier shortstops within major league baseball. He presently plays shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, after existence traded from either a Boston Red Sox at the 2004 trading deadline. Through the 2004 year, inside 1009 games he has hit (.322/.370/.549/.919) (BA/OBP/SLG/OPS), with 182 HRs and 710 RBI.

Nomar, whose title is the reverse of his father's title "Ramon", was the foremost circular pick of the Red Sox inside 1994 as punishment the successful career at Georgia Tech. At a period, Boston experienced a gifted shortstop patrolling the position around John Valentin, who finished Ninth withwithin MVP vote in 1995. Nomar's talent was upright as well practiced for the Sox to pass higher, & Valentin was moved to second base, then third base to make room for Nomar, world health organization showed serious power inside his foremost tryout by owning a club, touching a prevent of 1996. It was a tune higher for an spectacular cub season inside 1997, around which he hit Thirty HRs, drove inside 98 diarrhea, led the league within hits & was 2nd in more base hits. He was known as Rookie of the Year within a unanimous vote, & finished Eighth in MVP vote. He likewise won a quick admiration of Red Sox fans. By having his tough operate & attitude, does'nt to mention his catchy title, his popularity has swell stretched well beyond "Red Sox Nation."

To the astonishment of several, Nomar improved around his wow cub month in his charted trey seasons, furthering his status as a fan preferred. He hit 35 HRs & 122 Run batted withwithin in 1998 & finished 2nd in MVP vote. Around 1999 & 2000 Nomar led a American League in batting average, batting .357 & .372, finishing within the top 10 in MVP voting two days. He is one of a pack right batters to win sequentially batting titles.

Regrettably, within 2001, Nomar suffered the bad carpus injury, which au fond aborted his year. He recovered swell plenty inside 2002 & drove within Great hundred diarrhethe when hitting a league high 56 doubles.

Garciaparrthe has a super distinctive & unusual handgun throwing motion whenever making defensive plays. This motion is typically coupled by owning the seemingly off-balance running off stride, which looks ineffective & potentially injury-prone, however which produces the throw by using surprising accuracy & high speed.

Nomar is a share of the and so-supposed "Holy Trinity" of shortstops that debuted in the mid '90s, which includes star Alex Rodriguez (now the Tertiary baseman) & Derek Jeter, who come considered a better shortstops inside baseball.

Nomar holds a unofficial record for virtually all home runs and highest batting average on a streaming video player's birthday. Alex Rodriguez has the 2nd virtually all home runs on his birthday.

Nomar wears a total Phoebe. In November 22, 2003, he married soccer legend Mia Hamm.

In July 31, 2004, at a MLB swing trading deadline, he was traded from either the Red Sox (inside which numbers of projected he would spend his entire career) to the Chicago Cubs in a quaternion way treat, where the Red Sox acquired Orlando Cabrera and Doug Mientkiewicz. He expressed his infinite appreciation to "Red Sox Nation" in a speech to media & left for the Windy City.

Inside 2005, he received the World Series ring from a Boston Red Sox, potentially though he was swimming for the Cubs. the Red Sox felt that any streaming video player world health organization played at least a single game in the 2004 year deserved a ring.

In the 2005 season, a torn left groin forced him onto a disabled list for more than triad months. Nomar resumed play in August Five, 2005. Because Cubs regular third baseman Aramis Ramirez was on the disabled list for the endure couple of weeks of the 2005 year, he temporarily played third base, an unprecendented move: except for his foremost major league game, in which he played second base, he only ever played shortstop. There has been a select few speculatiin on him moving to the outfield for the 2006 season; he has said he intends to do whatever he may to help his team.

In October 8, 2005 Nomar & his uncle Victor Garciaparra were alerted to the screams of two women world health organization experienced fallen into Boston Harbor outside his condominium. One of a women sustained injuries to her head when hitting a pier around her way in. Nomar quickly skipped into a harbour & economised two women world health organization were late taken to the hospital. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9668965/][http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=106608&format=&page=1]