Evan Longoria
Baseball Player
1985 –
Who is Evan Longoria?
Evan Michael Longoria is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays. Formerly, Longoria was a star infielder for the Long Beach State University baseball team, the 2005 Cape Cod League MVP, and the 2006 Big West Co-Player of the Year.
He made his major league debut for the Rays in 2008, and was named to the American League team for the 2008 MLB All Star Game. Longoria was also named the 2008 American League Rookie of the Year on November 10. Longoria had one of the biggest hits in Rays history when he hit a walk-off home run in extra innings of the last game of the 2011 season, snapping a tie with the Red Sox in the race for the American League wildcard spot and sending his team into the post season. This home run won a GIBBY award for the best walk off home run of the 2011 season.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1985
Downey - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Rio Hondo College
- St. John Bosco High School
- California State University, Long Beach
- Lived in
- Los Angeles County
- Downey
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on July 23, 2013
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