Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

Carlos Baerga

Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player. Baerga was known for his superb hitting abilities during his first stint with the Cleveland Indians in the early-to-mid-1990s, accumulating impressive batting statistics, earning three All-Star appearances, two Silver Slugger Awards, and making key contributions to the Indians' 1995 postseason run. He was considered one of Major League Baseball's hardest-hitting middle infielders by 1995 with his superb bat speed and switch-hitting power. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career.

Born

1968

November 4

Died

Living

Era

1960s

Country

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Carlos, in brief

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Key dates

1968 Born

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The world in 1968

When Carlos arrived

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Alfred Lee Loomis 1887– American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975) Bernard Francis Law 1931– Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017) Dustin Brown 1984– American ice hockey player Hu Zongxian 1512–1565 Chinese general (born 1512) Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu 1900–1954 Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (born 1900) Nikolaos Plastiras 1883–1953 Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883) Roger Wilbraham 1553–1616 Solicitor-General for Ireland (born 1553) Shakuntala Devi 1929–2013 Indian mathematician and astrologer (born 1929) Wayne Static 1965–2014 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1968

Alejandra Ávalos 1968– Mexican artist Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Barry Kooser 1968– American painter and animator Brandi Chastain 1968– American soccer player and sportscaster Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Dwayne Schintzius 1968–2012 American basketball player (born 1968) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968)

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