Craig Biggio

Craig Biggio is one of those players who makes you rethink what "greatness" looks like — no flash, no drama, just two decades of relentless, gritty baseball for one team. Twenty seasons as a Houston Astro, which is almost unheard of in the modern era, and he reinvented himself multiple times along the way: started as a catcher, moved to second base, even played the outfield when the team needed it. Seven All-Star selections, a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger, and over 3,000 hits — the kind of career résumé that writes itself into Cooperstown, which it did in 2015. I love that he wore one uniform his whole career and still accumulated numbers that dwarf players who chased rings and paychecks everywhere. Pure Houston, pure Astros. The guy got hit by pitches 285 times over his career — which tells you everything about how hard he played the game.

Name (English)

Craig Biggio

Name (Japanese)

クレイグ・ビジオ

Reading

くれいぐ・びじお

Born

December 14, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Smithtown, New York, United States

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Kings Park High School

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA

Tags

• New York
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.