Former Mets first basement Carlos Delgado may not have gotten much love in regards to the MLB Hall of Fame, but he will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Here’s more from the Toronto Sports Report:
Delgado, a native of Puerto Rico, played 17 seasons in the big leagues, 12 of those with the Blue Jays. He is the Blue Jays franchise leader in home runs (336), RBI (1058), runs scored (889), doubles (343), walks (827), slugging percentage (.556) and second all-time in games played (1423). He was inducted into the Blue Jays Level of Excellence in 2013. In 2035 career games he slugged 473 home runs, drove in 1512 runs, collected 2038 hits and batted .280 with a .546 slugging percentage. He is also a two-time All-Star and three-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
On Nov. 24, 2005, Delgado was traded by the then Florida Marlins to the Mets in exchange for Mike Jacobs, Yusmiero Petit and Grant Psomas.
In four years with the club, he hit .267 with 104 homers and 339 RBI.He hit the 38-homer plateau in both 2006 and 2008.
Delgado will join Matt Stairs and Corey Koskie, along with former Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou and distinguished Baseball writer Bob Elliott when he’s inducted on June 13th in St. Marys, Ontario.
“I’m very honoured and humbled to be selected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Delgado in a statement. “This is unbelievable news! I always say that you do not play the game for the awards, but if at the end of the day, you get that recognition from your fans and peers, it means a lot. And this is extra special to me because of the relationship that I have with the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans all across Canada.”
Congratulations Carlos!
