Dustin Pedroia

Dustin Pedroia is one of those players who makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about what a baseball player is supposed to look like. Standing 5'9" in a sport that loves its towering sluggers, he walked into Fenway Park and basically dared everyone to underestimate him — and they did, repeatedly, until he won AL Rookie of the Year in 2007 and then the MVP in 2008 and four Gold Gloves at second base. The guy played with this relentless, almost combative energy that Red Sox fans absolutely devoured. His career got cut brutally short by knee injuries, which honestly makes his peak years feel even more precious in hindsight — you wonder what the full arc could have been. But what he gave Boston from 2006 to 2019, that gritty, never-quit heart-on-sleeve style, is exactly the kind of baseball that sticks with you.

Name (English)

Dustin Pedroia

Name (Japanese)

ダスティン・ペドロイア

Reading

だすてぃん・ぺどろいあ

Born

August 17, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

Origin

Woodland, California, United States

Height

175 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Woodland High School

University

Arizona State University

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 2008 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2

Tags

• California
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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