Édgar Rentería

Édgar Rentería
Édgar Rentería
	Rentería with the Cincinnati Reds in 2011
	Shortstop
	Born: August 7, 1975; Barranquilla, Colombia
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 10, 1996, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
	September 28, 2011, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average	.286
Hits	2,327
Home runs	140
Runs batted in	923
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	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);
Career highlights and awards
	5× All-Star (1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006); 2× World Series champion (1997, 2010); World Series MVP (2010); 2× Gold Glove Award (2002, 2003); 3× Silver Slugger Award (2000, 2002, 2003); St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame;

Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ renteˈɾi.a]; born August 7, 1975), nicknamed "the Barranquilla Baby", is a Colombian former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop from 1996 to 2011 for the Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, and Cincinnati Reds. Rentería finished second to Todd Hollandsworth in the 1996 Rookie of the Year Award balloting. In 1997, his RBI single off Charles Nagy in the eleventh inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series won the first World Series in Marlins' history over the Cleveland Indians. In the 2010 World Series against the Texas Rangers, Rentería won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award with the San Francisco Giants after he hit game-winning home runs in Game 2 and Game 5. Rentería was inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2025.