Nomar Garciaparra Trades and Transactions

The Nomar Garciaparra trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Nomar Garciaparra has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He's as good a young player as anyone I've ever seen come into the big leagues. He's tremendous. One of the very best young hitters I ever saw. He's a smart kid and he knows all about hitting." - Ted Williams in Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse (Mike Vaccaro, Anchor Publishing, 05/09/2006, Page 173)

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Nomar Garciaparra

Nomar Garciaparra Autograph on a 1994 Signature Rookies (#12)

Nomar Garciaparra Autograph on a 1994 Signature Rookies (#12)
 

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Birth Name:   Anthony Nomar Garciaparra
Nickname:   Nomah or Nomey
Born On:   07-23-1973  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Whittier, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower, CA)
College:   Georgia Institute of Technology
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   08-31-1996 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-04-2009
Draft:   1994 : 1st Round (12th)
Nomar Garciaparra

Trades & Transactions

06-03-1991: Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-02-1994: Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (12th pick overall) — free-agent draft.
07-31-2004: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Matt Murton) to Chicago Cubs for Orlando Cabrera and Doug Mientkiewicz.
10-29-2004: Granted free agency.
12-07-2004: Signed by Chicago Cubs.
10-28-2005: Granted free agency.
12-19-2005: Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Nomar Garciaparra trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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