Carlos Beltrán

Who is Carlos Beltrán?

Carlos Iván Beltrán is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He has also played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Beltrán was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1999 while with the Royals. He has been named to eight MLB All-Star Games, and has won three Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards. Beltrán is a member of the 30–30 club, as he has hit 30 home runs and stolen 30 bases in the same season.

Beltrán is among the best all-time statistical hitters in postseason games, which has earned him nicknames such as "the new Mr. October", "Mr. October, Jr.", "Señor Octubre" and "the real Mr. October" from the media. He leads several offensive categories during the postseason, including slugging percentage, runs scored in a single postseason, and at bats per home run-ratio. Beltrán is MLB's all-time leader in on-base plus slugging during the postseason, surpassing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig among players with at least a hundred at-bats. He has broken the 1.000 OPS mark in four different playoff series.