Carlos Quentin
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Quentin with the Padres in 2012
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 91 | |||
| Outfielder/Designated Hitter | |||
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Born: August 28, 1982 Bellflower, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 20, 2006, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2014 season) |
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| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 154 | ||
| Runs batted in | 491 | ||
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Carlos José Quentin (born August 28, 1982) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres. In 2008 and 2011, Quentin was selected as an All-Star.
Quentin attended Saint Pius X Elementary School (Chula Vista, California). At University of San Diego High School, he was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, football, and basketball. He led his baseball team to two Western League Championships, while setting a record at the school with 28 home runs and 119 RBIs. In football his senior year, he was selected First Team All-County, All-CIF, and All-Western League, and was named Western League Defensive Player of the Year as an outside linebacker. He also captured two league and two section titles. In addition, he participated on the 1997 high school state championship team in basketball. He was named the San Diego Male Athlete of the Year in 2000. Aside from sports, he was on his school honor roll.
Quentin attended Stanford University, where he was named All Pac-10 the three seasons he played (freshman, sophomore and junior). He was honored by Baseball America magazine all three seasons as well. He was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2001. In his junior season (2003), he was named Third Team All-American by the NCBWA and was one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award. He played alongside future major leaguers Oakland Athletics outfielder Sam Fuld and Oakland Athletics middle infielder Jed Lowrie. In a game against the Florida State Seminoles baseball team on February 9, 2002, Quentin was hit by a pitch five times, a college baseball record.
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