My Take
Evan Longoria is one of those players who made you fall in love with a franchise — for a decade-plus, he was the Tampa Bay Rays, a cornerstone who made the impossible feel routine at third base. Winning the AL Rookie of the Year in 2008 and then locking down a Gold Glove the very next season, "Longo" proved early that he was the real deal on both sides of the ball. Three World Series appearances with Tampa, a late-career chapter in San Francisco, and a swan song with Arizona — 16 seasons of quiet, reliable excellence from a guy out of Downey, California who never really got the national spotlight he deserved. The kind of player serious baseball fans always appreciated more than the casual crowd did.
Overview
Evan Michael Longoria (born October 7, 1985), nicknamed "Longo", is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Longoria played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags, winning the CSN Bay Area 2005 Cape Cod League MVP and 2006 Big West Conference Co-Player of the Year.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Evan Longoria
- Name (Japanese)
- エバン・ロンゴリア
- Reading
- えばん・ろんごりあ
- Born
- October 7, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
- Origin
- Downey, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- St. John Bosco High School
- University
- Rio Hondo College
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
- 2009 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 2010 Fielding Bible Award
- 2013 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.