Carlos Correa (baseball)
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Correa in 2015
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| Houston Astros – No. 1 | |||||||||||||
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Born: September 22, 1994 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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| Batting average | .276 | ||||||||||||
| Home runs | 43 | ||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 167 | ||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 27 | ||||||||||||
| On-base plus slugging | .824 | ||||||||||||
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Carlos Javier Correa Jr. (born September 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Correa made his MLB debut in 2015, and won the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
Correa was drafted first overall by the Astros in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft. An honor roll graduate of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School, he is the highest selection to come directly from a Puerto Rican high school. Correa is also the third Latino to be the first overall selection in the MLB Draft, after Alex Rodriguez and Adrian González, as well as the first Puerto Rican and Latin American-born player to do so.
Correa was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Carlos, Sr. and Sandybel Oppenheimer. The family had a low income but built a small house in Barrio Velázquez, a fishing village where he was raised. From an early age, Correa often played catch in an alley adjacent to his home, which prompted a neighbor to suggest enrolling him in a youth league, the parent-pitch category, when he was five years old. Correa was assigned to play first base due to his hitting ability, while his father continued training him every day during their free time. In 1998, Hurricane Georges caused heavy damage to the family's house. This forced his father to take several odd jobs, but he continued training Correa Jr. on a daily basis.
Three years after the hurricane, he was performing solidly in Santa Isabel's Playita Cortada American Baseball Congress affiliate, hitting up to 150 home runs. When the team was eliminated, the league's champion, Rio Grande, recruited Correa to play in the championship series held in Atlanta. However, this move was difficult for the family due to the distance between Santa Isabel and the municipality of Rio Grande. His mother worked as well, but when this was not enough, she began selling food. The citizens of Santa Isabel began helping them organize charity games and his original team donated their sales income to help pay for the travel. Correa was Rio Grande's pitcher and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after striking out eight batters in a team comeback. By the time that he was 11 years old, the family was traveling to the municipality of Caguas to have him practice with higher-level teams. Correa was also an honor student and received a scholarship to attend Raham Baptist Academy.
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