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Nolan James Arenado (; born April 16, 1991) is an American
professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Modern professiona ...
third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system u ...
for the
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of
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(MLB). Arenado is widely recognized as an elite third baseman, both offensively and defensively. He is the only
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to win the
Rawlings Gold Glove Award The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in bo ...
in each of his first ten MLB seasons. He made his MLB debut with the
Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fi ...
in 2013 and was traded to the Cardinals before the 2021 season. A native of
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, Arenado attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest before becoming the Rockies' second-round selection in the 2009 MLB draft. A six-time
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, his defensive accolades (in addition to his ten Gold Gloves) include four total (and three consecutive)
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s and three consecutive
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s, as well as six consecutive Rawlings Platinum Gloves. Offensively, he is a five-time
Silver Slugger Award The Silver Slugger Award has been awarded annually since 1980 to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball. These voters ...
winner and has twice led the league in both
home runs In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
and runs batted in (RBI), and currently leads all major leaguers in RBIs since the start of the 2015 season. During his
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career, Arenado was a two-time
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selection, and led the minor leagues in RBI in 2011 with 155 over 163 total games. In 2016, Arenado became the youngest player in Rockies franchise history to reach 100 home runs. He played for the United States national team in the
2017 World Baseball Classic The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to March 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts ...
(WBC), winning Team USA's first
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in a WBC tournament. He has
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twice: once on June 18, 2017, and again on July 1, 2022. He became the sixth player in history to finish off such a performance with a
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. In 2017, he became the 11th major leaguer and first third baseman in history to drive in 130 or more runs in three successive seasons.


Early life and amateur career

Nolan James Arenado was born in
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, and raised in nearby Lake Forest, an Orange County city sandwiched between Irvine,
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and Laguna Hills. His father, Fernando, is of
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ancestry, and his mother, Millie, a native of
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, is of Cuban and Puerto Rican ancestry. He has an older brother, Fernando Jr., and his younger brother,
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, was a corner
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in the
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organization. A first cousin,
Josh Fuentes Joshua Luis Fuentes (born February 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies. He made his MLB debut in 2019. Amateur ...
, is an infielder who has played for the Rockies. Arenado grew up a
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fan. He attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, and played
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on the school's baseball team with fellow future major leaguers
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and
Matt Chapman Matthew James Chapman (born April 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Oakland Athletics. Chapman made his MLB debut with Oakland in ...
. In 2008, Arenado's junior year, El Toro won the
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Southern Section championship. He was named to the ''
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'' All-Star team after leading his division with a .456 batting average, 32
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(RBI), and 33
runs scored In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted bal ...
. As a
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, Arenado batted .517, .615
on-base percentage In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA), as it is rarely presented as a ...
(OBP), five
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s (HR), 14
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, and a triple, and was again named to the ''Los Angeles Times'' All-Star team. He committed to attend
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(ASU) on a
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.


Professional career


Draft and minor leagues (2009–12)

The
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selected Arenado in the second round with the 59th overall selection of the 2009 MLB draft. Rather than attend ASU, he signed with the Rockies, and made his
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debut with the
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of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he batted .300. In 2010, Arenado played for the
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of the Class A
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, where he posted a .308 batting average and 41 doubles. Before the 2011 season, ''
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'' ranked Arenado as the Rockies' third-best prospect and 80th overall. He was highly acclaimed as a
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, less so as a defender. While playing for the
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of the Class A-Advanced
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, he began working harder on his defense. While he had previously demonstrated exceptional arm strength and soft hands, they were neutralized by his inept footwork. Arenado later recalled that he “had really bad feet,” and “was too lazy,” for which Modesto
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Jerry Weinstein relentlessly scolded him. He tasked Arenado to take ground balls earlier than the other players and to move rapidly and precisely and maintain readiness at third base. In addition, Arenado began lifting weights in earnest while pushing himself to improve. The work ultimately gave him a combination of explosive vigor, ingenuity, and finesse that allowed him to cover large areas and make good long and short throws from postures ranging from upright to nearly laying down. Along with
Wilin Rosario Wilin Arismendy Rosario Hernández (born February 23, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher and first baseman for the Mariachis de Guadalajara of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rock ...
, Arenado represented the Rockies at the 2011
All-Star Futures Game The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) in conjunction with the mid-summer MLB All-Star Game. A team of American League-affiliated prospects competes against a team of National Leag ...
. His first-half totals included a .283 batting average with six home runs and 42 RBI. He finished the season with a .298 batting average and 20 home runs, leading the minor leagues with 122 RBI. Later in the year, he was named the
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(MVP) of the
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(AFL) after hitting .388 with six home runs and 33 RBI. In 163 games combined in the California League and AFL in 2011, Arenado batted .315 with 201 base hits, 155 RBI, 26 home runs and 44 doubles. Playing for the
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of the Class AA
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in 2012, he was again named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game. He finished the year with a .285 batting average, 12 home runs, and 56 RBI.


Colorado Rockies (2013–2020)


2013−14

Despite a strong
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showing in
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, the Rockies optioned Arenado to the
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of the
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(PCL) to start the season. Through April 28, he batted .364, 1.059
on-base plus slugging percentage On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, ar ...
(OPS), three home runs, and 21 RBI with Colorado Springs. At that point, Colorado promoted him to the major league club, and designated Chris Nelson for assignment to make room on the roster. Arenado went 0-for-3 in his MLB debut against the
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at Chase Field. He recorded his first three MLB hits in his second game—including his first MLB home run off of pitcher Josh Wall—in a 12–2 win versus the
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. In his sixth game, he hit his first major league grand slam and second career home run off
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pitcher David Price. Arenado's defensive dominance translated smoothly to the major leagues, as
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published on September 7 that he would have ranked second for a hypothetical
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(NL) Defensive MVP Award. He trailed only
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for the league lead in Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), 38–30. He appeared in 133 major league games and slashed .267/.301/.405 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI. Defensively, he led NL third basemen in range factor both per game (3.08) and per nine innings (3.24), and was second in
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s (91), assists (309) and
double play In baseball and softball, a double play (denoted as DP in baseball statistics) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs. In Major Lea ...
s turned (tied with two others with 27). On October 29, 2013, Arenado became the first NL rookie to win a
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at
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, and the first in both major leagues since Frank Malzone won in the
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in
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. Arenado tied for seventh place with Evan Gattis in the NL
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voting which was won by José Fernández with Arenado receiving the most votes as a third baseman. The first multi-home run game of Arenado's career occurred on April 5,
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, against Brandon McCarthy of the
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in a 9–4 Rockies win. On May 8, Arenado hit safely in his 28th consecutive game to break the Rockies' franchise hit streak record, which Michael Cuddyer set the previous season. On May 23, Arenado suffered a mallet fracture of his left middle finger on a headfirst slide into second base in a game against the
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, and was subsequently placed on the 15-day
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(DL). Arenado missed 37 games due to the fracture and returned on June 28. He earned his first career NL Player of the Week Award for the week ending August 24. He batted .545 with a 1.645 OPS and 12 hits, three doubles, one triple, two home runs, three RBI, and six runs scored. Due to a chest
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and early onset
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, Arenado missed additional time at the end of the season. On the year, he batted .287/.328/.500, hitting 18 home runs and driving in 61 runs. He won his second Gold Glove Award despite playing in just 111 games.


2015

In
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, Arenado earned his second NL Player of the Week Award on June 28, hitting a major league-leading three multi-home runs games in six games, seven home runs and 14 RBI. He also scored 10 times, second-highest in the major leagues. He became an MLB All-Star for the first time as a National League reserve at Great American Ball Park in
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. At the time his selection was announced, he was fifth in the majors in home runs with 24 and led in RBI with 68. He had hit more home runs in road games than at Coors Field (15 to nine), more RBI (37 to 31) and posted higher on-base (.318 to .309) and slugging (.615 to .580) percentages. Playing against the
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on September 5, Arenado homered in his sixth consecutive game, breaking the Rockies' team record of five which
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and Larry Walker shared. He won his first NL Player of the Month award in September, batting .339 and leading the major leagues with 11 home runs, 32 RBI, and 79
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. He collected an NL-leading 38 hits and was second in the league with .705 SLG. For the 2015 season, Arenado tied Bryce Harper for the NL home run title with 42, and led the National League with 130 RBI and 354 total bases. In addition, he batted .287 with a .323 OBP, .575 SLG, .898 OPS, 43 doubles, and 11 sacrifice flies (leading the majors) on his way to winning his first
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for
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. He was the first Rockies player to lead the NL in home runs since Walker hit 49 in
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and the first to lead the majors in RBI since Andrés Galarraga with 150 in
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. Additionally, Arenado set a major league record for
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s by a third baseman in one season with 89, surpassing
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' total of 87 in
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. On defense, Arenado won his third consecutive Gold Glove, and, for the first time, was the major league-wide winner among third basemen for both the Fielding Bible and the
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s. He became the second Rockies player to win the Fielding Bible at any position, following shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame named Arenado the winner of their Professional Athlete of the Year Award for 2015. He received official consideration for the NL MVP Award for the first time, ranking eighth in voting behind Harper,
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,
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, Anthony Rizzo,
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, Jake Arrieta, and Zack Greinke.


2016

Arenado and the Rockies avoided salary
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on January 15,
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, agreeing to a one-year, $5 million contract, a raise from $512,000 in 2015. He was named NL co-Player of the Week with Harper for April 18 after leading the NL with four home runs and 12 RBI. He also carried an .852 SLG, led the NL with 23 total bases, and tied for second with seven runs scored. Arenado made his second
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, played at
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in
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. He hit his 100th career home run on August 8, making him the youngest player in franchise history to do so, at just under age 25 years and four months. In September Arenado became the second player aged 25 and younger within the previous 75 seasons to drive in 125 runs in successive seasons. Overall, in 160 games, Arenado finished the year tied with Chris Carter for the National League at a batting average of .294, 182 hits, 35 doubles, 116 runs scored, an MLB-leading 133 RBI, 82 extra base hits, 68 walks (double the number from 2015), a .362 OBP, a .570 SLG and a .932 OPS. Arenado won his fourth consecutive Gold Glove at the third base position, becoming the first third baseman in MLB history to win four Gold Gloves in his first four seasons, as well as his second Silver Slugger, Fielding Bible and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards. He also became the first player in Rockies history to lead the Majors in RBIs in two separate seasons. Arenado finished in fifth place in the NL MVP Award voting behind Kris Bryant, Daniel Murphy, Corey Seager and Rizzo, receiving almost double the number of vote points as he had gotten the year before (199 points in 2016 vs. 102 in 2015).


2017

Before spring training, on January 13,
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, Arenado and the Rockies avoided arbitration for the second straight year by agreeing to a two-year, $29.5 million contract. He received $11,750,000 for 2017 followed by $17,750,000 during the 2018 season. On June 18, he
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against the
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. The home run was a walk-off hit off closer Mark Melancon, finishing off a 7−5 Rockies win. It was just the sixth time in MLB history that a hitter completed the cycle with a walk-off home run; Arenado's teammate Carlos González was the previous to do so, on July 31,
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. The 288th cycle in MLB history, Arenado's was the eighth by a Rockies player, and the 17th overall at Coors Field. During the June 28 game against the Giants, he knocked down a line drive batted by pitcher Ty Blach as he was facing third base, spun on his stomach, and, without getting up on his feet, threw out Blach at first base. For the first time in his career, Arenado was selected to start in the MLB All-Star Game, played at
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in
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, after receiving the most fan votes of all National League third baseman. His third overall selection, Arenado batted sixth and collected two singles in two at bats. Arenado set career-highs with three home runs and five hits, while tying a career-high seven RBI in an 18–4 rout of the
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on July 19. He tied the franchise record held by
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and
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for the number of total bases in a single game with 14, and became the first player in Rockies history to reach both three home runs and five hits in a single game. He also became the first player in the majors to reach 80 RBI. Named Player of the Week for the fourth time of his career on July 23, Arenado hit .458/.480/1.000 with four home runs and 13 RBI in five games. He later won the Player of the Month Award for July, his second monthly award, after hitting .389/.423/.744 with eight home runs, 35 hits, 15 extra base hits, 30 RBIs and 18 runs scored in 22 games. With a two-run home run versus José Ureña of the
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on August 11, Arenado became the first major leaguer of 2017 to reach 100 RBI for the third year in a row, doing so in 112 games. He had batted .441 and 77 RBI with runners in scoring position (RISP) in those 112 games. He was ejected by
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Pat Hoberg from the August 12 game in the seventh inning versus Miami for throwing his bat. Arenado's batting turn was up in the ninth inning, before Miami prevailed, 4–3. A pitch from Vance Worley on August 14 hit him on the left hand. An
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revealed no fractures, and he was ruled to miss the DL, but swelling resulted. On September 16 versus the Padres, Arenado drove in his 125th run of the season, becoming the first third baseman and first Rockies player to do so in three consecutive seasons. Later that September, he became the 11th player and 1st third baseman in major league history to drive in 130 or more runs in three consecutive seasons. Writing for ''The
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,'' Joe Rivera noted, that per Fangraphs, Arenado was the fourth player in history to net at least 100 defensive runs saved within his first five seasons (103). Through September 28, he had batted .365 and 1.297 OPS in situations of two outs and runners in scoring position for the season. Making his first
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appearance in the NL Wild Card Game, Arenado went 1-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored as the Rockies lost to the Diamondbacks 11–8 at Chase Field, ending their season. Arenado finished the season with a .309 batting average, 187 hits, 43 doubles, seven triples, 37 home runs (tied for third most in the league with teammate
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and Miami's Marcell Ozuna), and 130 RBI. The RBI total was second to
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for the major league lead by two, resulting in Arenado just missing leading the majors for a third consecutive season. He also scored 100 runs, produced 87 extra base hits, 355 total bases, 62 walks, nine intentional walks, three stolen bases, .373 OBP, .586 SLG and .959 OPS over 159 games. He established or tied career highs in batting average, hits, doubles, triples, total bases, stolen bases, OBP, SLG and OPS. End of campaign awards for Arenado included a selection as the third baseman of ''Baseball Americas All-MLB Team and third successive Silver Slugger Award. He was the Players Choice for the Majestic Athletic Always Game Award, identifying "the player who constantly exhibits grit, tenacity, perseverance and hustle on and off the field, all for the benefit of his teammates and fans." An amplitude of defensive accolades eventualized including a fifth straight Gold Glove Award, making him the first infielder to arrogate this in each of his first five seasons in the major leagues. Only
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, as a
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, won more Gold Gloves to start his career (10). Arenado won his first
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as the finest defensive member of all the National League, and a third succedent promotion of both the Fielding Bible and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards for third base. He clinched fourth place in the NL MVP voting—the highest ranking of his career—behind Stanton, Votto and Goldschmidt, and ahead of fifth-place Blackmon.


2018

Prior to the
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season, ''Sports Illustrated'' ranked Arenado as the eighth top overall player, and the "best defensive infielder in baseball. Third base is the deepest position in baseball today, but none can quite do what Arenado can." The Rockies and he agreed to defer contract extension negotiations until after the season. On April 11,
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pitcher Luis Perdomo threw a pitch behind Arenado, who charged the mound and incited a
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. Two days later, the league suspended Arenado and Perdomo for five games. In his first game back, Arenado hit his 150th career home run versus
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in a 16−5 loss to the
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. After homering and collecting at least two hits in each of four consecutive games, Arenado was named NL Player of the Week on June 25. His aggregate included .379/.419/.955 with five home runs, two doubles, seven runs scored, and 13 RBI. After producing a first half batting .305, 22 home runs and 63 RBI, Arenado was voted to start the 2018 MLB All-Star Game for the second year in a row, and fourth selection overall. He finished his 2018 campaign slashing .297/.374/.561 with 38 home runs and 110 RBIs in 156 games, while also scoring 104 runs and notching 175 hits, 38 doubles, a career-high 73 walks, 331 total bases, 78 extra base hits, a .935 OPS, and a career-high 133 OPS+. After the season, he won his sixth consecutive Gold Glove and fourth consecutive Silver Slugger. He also won his second consecutive Rawlings Platinum Glove Award with his former high school teammate
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. He also finished third in MVP voting behind the Cubs’
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and the Brewers’ Christian Yelich.


2019

On February 26, 2019, Arenado agreed to an eight-year, $260 million contract extension with the Rockies. On May 25, he hit his 200th career home run, a three-run go-ahead shot, against the
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. He was selected by fan vote to start in the MLB All-Star Game at third base for the National League, hosted in
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. Arenado finished the 2019 season hitting .315/.379/.583 in 154 games and making just nine errors, setting new career-highs in batting average, OBP, fielding percentage (.980), fWAR (5.9), bWAR (6.7), and on-base plus slugging (.962). He also ranked third in the National League in hits (185) and total bases (343), fourth in RBIs (118), and fifth in home runs (41), runs scored (104), batting average, slugging percentage and OPS. He also won his seventh straight Gold Glove Award and his third straight Platinum Glove Award and finished sixth in the MVP voting.


2020

During the offseason, it was reported that Arenado was unhappy in Colorado and had requested a trade, stating "there’s a lot of disrespect from people there that I don’t want to be a part of." General manager
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claimed that "we have listened to teams regarding Nolan and really nothing has come of it" and Arenado remained with Colorado for the 2020 season. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Arenado batted .253/.303/.434 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs in 48 games. He won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove Award at third base, tying Scott Rolen for the third-most Gold Gloves at the position.


St. Louis Cardinals (2021–present)


2021

On February 1, 2021, the
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acquired Arenado from the Rockies along with $51 million in exchange for
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,
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, Tony Locey, Elehuris Montero and Jake Sommers. Arenado hit his first home run as a Cardinal on March 29 at Great American Ball Park in a 9–6 loss to the
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. He hit his first home run at Busch Stadium as a Cardinal in the team's home opener on April 8, a go-ahead two-run homer in a game in which the Cardinals won 3–1 over the
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. Arenado was named the National League's starting third baseman at the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in
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. Arenado finished the 2021 season batting .255/.312/.494 with 34 home runs and 105 RBIs. Defensively, he led National League third basemen in putouts (125), double plays (38), and range factor per game (2.66). He won the
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at third base, one of five Cardinals to win that year, an MLB record. His ninth consecutive Gold Glove tied him with
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for the most consecutive awards by a National League third baseman. After the season, Arenado could have opted out of his contract with the Cardinals and become a free agent, but chose to remain with the club.


2022

On April 27,
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, Arenado was ejected for inciting a bench-clearing brawl against the
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after yelling at Yoan López for throwing near his head, assuming the throw was retaliation for the Cardinals having hit three Mets batters the night before. Arenado received a two-game suspension for the incident, but the suspension was reduced to one game after an appeal. He was named April Player of the Month for the National League after having batted .375 with five home runs, 17 RBIs, 12 extra-base hits and a league-leading 1.125 OPS. He was the first Cardinals third baseman to win the award since
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in May of
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. Arenado struggled mightily in May, batting a .196 average during the month. He was able to turn it around in the following months of June and July, batting .309 with 10 home runs and 28 runs batted in. On July 1, 2022, Arenado hit for his second career cycle in a 5–3 loss to the
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at
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. He hit an RBI triple in the first inning, a two-run homer in the third inning, doubled in the sixth, and in the ninth, singled on a hard-hit grounder that caromed off third baseman Matt Vierling's glove. It was the 17th cycle in Cardinals history. The following game, Arenado hit the first of four consecutive home runs on July 2, 2022, the 11th such occurrence in major league history. Teammates Nolan Gorman,
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and Dylan Carlson each followed suit off starter Kyle Gibson with two outs in the first inning. It was the first time that the Cardinals had accomplished the feat, and the first time that it occurred in the first inning. Arenado later won the game for St. Louis in the ninth inning with his second home run of the game, 7–6, which was also the 5,000th at bat of his career. Arenado was selected to represent the Cardinals at the
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in
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. On July 24, it was announced that Arenado, along with teammate
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, would not be allowed to travel with the Cardinals to Toronto for a scheduled series against the Blue Jays, due to his lack of a
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. Arenado was named NL Player of the Month for August. During the month, he batted a .364 average with 9 home runs and 29 runs batted in. His performance lead St. Louis to a 22-7 record in August. Arenado finished the 2022 season batting .293/.358/.533 with 30 home runs and 103 RBIs, making it seven seasons with 30+ home runs and 100+ runs batted in in his 10-year career. He had the lowest ground ball percentage of all major leaguers (29.7%). Defensively, Arenado led all third basemen with an
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of 13. He was awarded his tenth consecutive Gold Glove Award, tying with
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for the most consecutive Gold Gloves to start a career. He was named a finalist for the
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alongside teammate
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and
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. Arenado was awarded the Rawling Platinum Glove for the 6th consecutive year, as well as his 5th Silver Slugger.


2023

On October 29, 2022, Arenado informed the Cardinals that he would again not opt out of his contract, ensuring he will remain in St. Louis through the 2027 season.


International career

Arenado played for the
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in the
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(WBC). On March 22, 2017, Team USA won 8–0 over the previously undefeated
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, the first time that the United States won the WBC.


Player profile

Arenado is exceptionally skilled in range, catching, and throwing, including arm strength and accuracy, even while throwing off-balance. Remarked ''
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'' beat writer Patrick Saunders, "In every city I travel, writers, broadcasters, and fans rave about Arenado’s magic at the hot corner." Arenado is known to practice intensely and often. When Rockies manager Bud Black visited him at the campus of
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, in January 2017, Arenado asked to take ground balls at third base. Black marveled, “Very few big leaguers take grounders in January, because here comes February and March, and you’re gonna take thousands of them.” He wears an oversized glove to give him more margin for error.


Awards and accomplishments

;Records and distinctions *
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' franchise hit streak record of 28 games (May 28, 2014) * Colorado Rockies' franchise record of home runs in six consecutive games (Sep. 1–5, 2015) * Colorado Rockies' franchise record of youngest player to reach 100 home runs (at 25 years, 3 months, 23 days on August 8, 2016) *
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's first rookie to win Gold Glove at third base (2013) since 1957 * First third baseman in Major League Baseball history to win Gold Glove in each of his first five seasons * Major League Baseball record of 89 extra-base hits in one season by a third baseman (2015) ;Statistical achievements


Personal life

Arenado married his high school sweetheart, Laura Kwan, in December 2019. Their first child, a daughter, was born in August 2022. Arenado's favorite players are fellow third basemen Adrián Beltré of the Texas Rangers and Rockies teammate and outfielder
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. Arenado apprised that he attempts to mimic Holliday's swing "because he stayed through the ball so much." Longtime Dodgers play-by-play
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Vin Scully Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster. He was best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located ...
autographed the bat with which Arenado hit his 40th home run of 2016, during Scully's last season of broadcasting, and his final series of calling Dodgers' home games.
Josh Fuentes Joshua Luis Fuentes (born February 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Atlanta Braves organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies. He made his MLB debut in 2019. Amateur ...
, Arenado's cousin, has played as a third baseman for the
Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fi ...
. Formerly, Arenado's
agent Agent may refer to: Espionage, investigation, and law *, spies or intelligence officers * Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another ** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuranc ...
was Scott Boras. As of November 2015, it was reported as Joel Wolfe of
Wasserman Media Group Wasserman (formerly Wasserman Media Group) is a sports marketing and talent management company based in Los Angeles. Casey Wasserman, grandson of media mogul Lew Wasserman, founded the company in 1998 and acts as its chief executive. History I ...
.


See also

* Colorado Rockies individual awards * List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders *
List of Major League Baseball career assists as a third baseman leaders In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been ...
* List of Major League Baseball career games played as a third baseman leaders * List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders *
List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.Sewww.baseballprospectus.como. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two import ...
* List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders * List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle * List of people from Newport Beach, California *
St. Louis Cardinals award winners and league leaders The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri, compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Before joining the NL in 1892, they were also a charter member of the American Association ...


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