Paul Goldschmidt
Paul Edward Goldschmidt (born September 10, 1987) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also represents the United States in international competition.
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Goldschmidt with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First baseman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born: September 10, 1987 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
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| August 1, 2011, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .293 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,909 | |||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 340 | |||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,122 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 158 | |||||||||||||||||
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Lightly recruited out of The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas, Goldschmidt played for the Texas State Bobcats, and was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with them in 2011, and they traded him to the Cardinals during the 2018–19 offseason.
A seven-time MLB All-Star, Goldschmidt won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 2022. He has also won two Hank Aaron Awards, four Gold Gloves and five Silver Slugger Awards, the latter of which is the most among first baseman. While leading the NL in home runs and runs batted in (RBI) in 2013, Goldschmidt won each of an All-Star selection, Hank Aaron, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards for the first time. He also has twice finished runner-up for the NL MVP Award, in 2013 and 2015.