Michael Cuddyer
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Michael Brent Cuddyer (born March 27, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, and the New York Mets in Major League Baseball (MLB).
He batted and threw right-handed.
Cuddyer was a two-time MLB All-Star and received a Silver Slugger Award in 2013, when he led the National League in batting average.
Cuddyer announced his retirement after the 2015 season.
On August 19, 2017, he was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame.
Early life
Cuddyer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and is a 1997 graduate of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he was a standout athlete in baseball, basketball, and football, as well as a student body president and National Honor Society member. By the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings, he was selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings in 1997 to the All-America First Team. In 1997, Cuddyer was named Virginia's Player of the Year and Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year. In 1997, he was also a member of USA Today's All-Star and the USA Junior National Team.
He played American Legion Baseball in high school and was named the 2014 American Legion Graduate of the Year.
During his time, Cuddyer has often referred to his hometown and high school.
Personal life
Michael is the son of Henry Cuddyer and Marcia Harris. Katie is his younger sister. Claudia Rente, an English teacher, married him on November 11, 2006. Their son was born on June 20, 2008, and fraternal twin daughters were born on December 6, 2011. They live in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Cuddyer has been deaf in his left ear since he was 11 years old, thanks to a childhood virus. However, he denies that his partial deafness has never hindered his ability to hear teammates on the field, and he does not consider himself hearing impaired.
Professional career
In the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft, Cuddyer was drafted by the Minnesota Twins, but he didn't commit until August. Cuddyer decided to play college baseball at Florida State, but waited for the Twins' signing bonus offer to rise from $700,000 to $1.3 million before deciding to go pro. He did not make his professional debut until 1998 when he was drafted to the Fort Wayne Wizards in the single-A Midwest League, thus far out of nowhere. Cuddyer, who was named as a first-round draft pick and regularly ranked to the best minor league prospects in baseball, made steady progress through the Twins' minor league system and made his Major League debut on September 23, 2001, after hitting.301 with 30 home runs and 87 RBI in 141 games at AA New Britain, smashing.301 with 30 home runs and 87 RBI. Cuddyer will be called back to the Twins for the 2002 season after hitting.309 against the Oakland A's and the Anaheim Angels, hitting.309 with 20 home runs in 86 games. Cuddyer spent most of his playing time in the outfield as a spot fill-in during his 676 minor league games at third base and another 166 games at second during the 2004 season. Cuddyer began to play second and third base in the majors in 2004, and was gaining more time in the majors. Cuddyer became the Twins' starting third baseman after the trade of veteran Twins third baseman Corey Koskie to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. However, he struggled at third base and was recalled to a reserve role for the remainder of 2005, although he did reach.263 with 12 home runs for the second season in a row.
In October 2005, Cuddyer underwent surgery to fix a tear in his right lateral meniscus. On January 21, 2006, the Twins extended his contract, earning him a one-year contract worth $1.3 million. Cuddyer came as a regular in right field and in the Twins' cleanup spot after starting the 2006 season on the bench. In 2006, he came in second second, second to Justin Morneau in RBI for the Twins.
Cuddyer re-signed with the Twins in a three-year $24 million deal prior to the 2008 season, with a $10.5 million team pick for 2011.
Cuddyer dislocated his right index finger after sliding headfirst into third base on April 4, 2008. After being stepped on by Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon, he developed a laceration on his knuckle. He was put on the 15-day disabled list and was activated against the Texas Rangers on April 25. Cuddyer's first game after being activated, he delivered a three-run home run off Rangers' Scott Feldman, his first game of the 2008 season.
Cuddyer scored for the second time in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 22, 2009. Cuddyer scored two home runs in the same inning, the seventh inning of the Twins' match against the Kansas City Royals, becoming the 53rd player in Major League Baseball to accomplish this feat. He is the only player in major league history to have played both offensive and defensive rareties in the same baseball season. Cuddyer came back to the infield playing first base filling in for Justin Morneau between September and October 2009. Cuddyer returned to the outfield for the 2010 season, but he also found time at first and third base.
For the first time as a manager's pick, Cuddyer was named an All-Star. Cuddyer was the first Twins position player to pitch in a game in 21 years when he was inserted in the eighth inning of a Twins loss to the Texas Rangers, losing 20–6. Mike Napoli, a bloop single to Mitch Moreland, was left with a double, and Ian Kinsler led the bases with a single out. Cuddyer retired Elvis Andrus on a fly ball and David Murphy on a pop-up for a scoreless inning. John Moses, the last Twins position player to pitch against the California Angels on July 31, 1990.
Cuddyer signed a three-year, $31.5 million contract with the Colorado Rockies on December 16, 2011. Harmon Killebrew, with whom he had been working close to the Twins team prior to his death, chose number 3 in order to honor the Hall of Famer.
Cuddyer set a personal record with a 27-game hitting streak in 2013, the longest in Rockies history to that point. For the second time in his career, Cuddyer was also named an All-Star. Cuddyer won the batting championship by ten points over Atlanta's Chris Johnson after finishing the 2013 regular season with a.331 batting average. It was the 34-year-old outfielder's first batting title and the highest Cuddyer had seen in a season before 2013. 285.
Cuddyer hit the cycle for the 30th time and became the third player to reach for the cycle in both the American and National Leagues after John Olerud and Bob Watson to reach for the cycle. Cuddyer was the only player to reach for the cycle during the 2014 season.
Cuddyer signed a two-year contract with the New York Mets on November 10, 2014, worth $21 million. Cuddyer was put on the 15-day disabled list on July 24, 2015, due to a bone bruise in his left leg. Cuddyer appeared in his first World Series of his career with the Mets in 2015, but the team would lose the series four games to one to the Kansas City Royals.
Cuddyer announced his resignation on December 11, 2015, "Play Hard and Dream Big," in a column on The Players' Tribune titled "Play Hard and Dream Big."
Cuddyer's average was.277 in 1536 games over 15 years, with 809 runs, 42 triples, 794 home runs, 794 bases on balls,.314 on-base percentage, and.461 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a.986 fielding percentage in all three outfield positions and third base. He made.306 (26-for-85) in 28 games in the playoffs, with five runs, two home runs, and eight RBI.