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My Take
Vladimir Guerrero remains my favorite argument against baseball orthodoxy. Hitters are taught discipline; Vlad swung at everything, pitches in the dirt, pitches at his eyes, and still hit them hard for sixteen big-league seasons, winning the 2004 MVP and a shelf of Silver Sluggers. No batting gloves, a pine-tar-stained helmet, a cannon arm in right field: he played like the game was still a sandlot in Don Gregorio, and that joy was contagious. Analytics can explain almost everything in modern baseball, but it never fully explained him. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame nod for his Expos years feels right; Montreal saw the wild genius first.
Overview
Vladimir Guerrero Alvino (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (1996–2003), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2009), Texas Rangers (2010), and Baltimore Orioles (2011).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vladimir Guerrero
- Name (Japanese)
- ブラディミール・ゲレーロ
- Reading
- ぶらでぃみーる・げれーろ
- Born
- February 9, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Don Gregorio, Peravia Province, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- 2004 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- Major League Baseball All-Star
- Silver Slugger Award
- Montreal Expos Player of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.