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Francisco Lindor

March 14, 2023

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lindor and the second or maternal family name is Serrano.

Francisco Miguel Lindor Serrano (born November 14, 1993), nicknamed "Paquito"[1] and "Mr. Smile", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Cleveland Indians. A right-handed thrower and switch hitter, Lindor stands 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg).

Francisco Lindor
Lindor with the New York Mets in 2021
New York Mets – No. 12
Shortstop
Born: (1993-11-14) November 14, 1993 (age 29)
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 14, 2015, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
(through 2022)
Batting average.277
Hits1,170
Home runs184
Runs batted in581
Stolen bases125
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals

Lindor batted over .300 in both his first two major league seasons and provided elite defense. In 2016, he earned his first All-Star selection and Gold Glove Award, becoming the first Puerto Rican shortstop to win the Gold Glove Award.[2] He won his first Silver Slugger Award in 2017. He placed second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2015 and was a selection to the 2017 All-WBC Team.

Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Lindor began playing baseball at an early age, and he moved with his family to Florida when he was 12. He became the Indians' first round selection, and eighth overall, in the 2011 MLB draft. In the minor leagues, he participated in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game, and by 2013, was rated by Baseball America as the Indians' top overall prospect.

Early life

Lindor was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on November 14, 1993, the third of four children of Miguel Angel Lindor and Maria Serrano.[3][4][5] He began playing baseball at a young age, assisted by his father, who would hit him ground balls from the top of a hill while the younger Lindor stood partway down the slope, attempting to field them.[6] Lindor's favorite baseball players as a child were all middle infielders: Robbie Alomar, Omar Vizquel, Derek Jeter, Jimmy Rollins and Barry Larkin.[7] Lindor moved to Central Florida at the age of 12, with his father, stepmother and youngest sibling, and was enrolled at the Montverde Academy prep school.[4] After he signed with the Cleveland Indians in August 2011, his mother and two older siblings joined him in Florida.[3]

Professional career

Draft and early career

Lindor attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida.[8] The school's baseball facility was named after him in 2013.[9] He was named to the USA Today All-USA high school baseball team. The Indians drafted Lindor in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2011 MLB draft. He had a full-ride scholarship offer in place with the Florida State Seminoles baseball team, but chose to sign with the Indians for $2.9 million in August.[10][11] In September, Lindor was drafted by the Indios de Mayagüez in the second round of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente's (LBPRC) first year draft.[12] However, he has been unable to play there due to Cleveland's intervention. On May 7, 2014, the Indios de Mayagüez traded Lindor's LBPRC player rights to the Gigantes de Carolina in exchange for Carlos Correa.[13] However, only two weeks later the Cangrejeros de Santurce signed him by exploiting a legal loophole declaring that any player that has not been officially contracted within three years after being drafted is considered a free agent.[14]

Minor leagues (2011–2015)

Lindor began his professional career with the Short-Season A New York-Penn League Mahoning Valley Scrappers during the 2011 season and appeared in four games.[15] MLB.com rated Lindor as the 32nd best prospect in baseball before the 2012 season.[16] He was assigned to the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League, and named to appear in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game.[17] In 122 games for Lake County, Lindor had a .257 batting average with six home runs, 42 RBIs, 33 extra-base hits and 27 stolen bases.[18]

Prior to the 2012 season, Baseball America ranked him as the Indians top prospect.[19] Lindor started the 2013 season with the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. He was promoted to the Akron Aeros of the Class AA Eastern League on July 15, 2013.[20] Between the two levels, Lindor batted .303 with two home runs, 34 RBIs, 31 extra-base hits, and 25 stolen bases in 104 games.[18]

Lindor began the 2014 season with Akron. The Indians promoted Lindor to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League on July 21, 2014.[18] In 126 games between the two clubs, he batted .276 with 11 home runs, 62 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases.[21] Lindor began the 2015 season with Columbus.[22]

Cleveland Indians (2015–2020)

2015

The Indians purchased Lindor's contract from Columbus on June 14, 2015 and added him to the active roster.[23] In 59 games for Columbus prior to his promotion, he was batting .284 with two home runs and 22 RBIs. He made his debut with the Indians that day as a pinch hitter. He stayed in the game and recorded his first major league hit.[24][25] Lindor won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Month Award for September, during which he batted .362.[26] He finished the 2015 season with a .313 batting average, 12 home runs, 51 RBIs, 12 stolen bases and 22 doubles in 99 games for the Indians.[27] He placed second in the AL Rookie of the Year Award voting.[28]

2016: World Series

 
Lindor during the 2016 World Series

In 2016, Lindor finished season with a .301 batting average, 15 home runs, 78 RBIs, 19 stolen bases, 15 sacrifice flies (leading the majors), and 30 doubles in 158 games for the Indians.[29][30] He was named a Gold Glove Award Finalist in the AL Shortstop position along with José Iglesias and Andrelton Simmons.[31] In the 2016 MLB postseason, Lindor's seven multi-hit games broke the record for most ever for a player less than 23 years old. His 16 postseason hits are also the most hits by a batter since 1997, and he's the youngest Cleveland batter to have six World Series hits.[32] Following the 2016 season, Lindor was presented with his first Gold Glove Award and first Platinum Glove Award.[33][34] Lindor was the 2016 Esurance MLB/This Year in Baseball Award winner for Best Defensive Player.[35] He finished ninth in the AL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) voting.[36]

2017

 
Lindor during the 2017 season

On April 5, 2017, Lindor hit his first career grand slam, doing so against the Texas Rangers, as the Indians won 9−6 and swept the season-opening series.[37] On July 22, 2017 Lindor hit his first career walk-off home run in the 10th inning versus the Toronto Blue Jays for a 2−1 victory.[38]

In Game 2 of the 2017 ALDS versus the New York Yankees, Lindor became the third shortstop in major league history to hit a grand slam in the postseason.[39]

In 159 games for Cleveland, Lindor batted .273 with 33 home runs and 89 RBIs. End of season awards for Lindor in 2017 included selection as shortstop on Baseball America's All-MLB Team,[40] and his first career Silver Slugger Award at shortstop.[41] He finished fifth in the AL MVP voting,[42] and was selected as the cover athlete of the video game R.B.I. Baseball 18.[43]

2018

Lindor won the first two AL Player of the Week Awards of his career in consecutive weeks of May 6 and 13, 2018. For the week of May 6, he led MLB with 17 hits, 11 runs scored and 33 total bases over eight games. He also batted .426, four doubles, and four home runs. However, he committed critical errors on consecutive dates that led to losses versus the Yankees in both games.[44] The following week, he hit four home runs and five RBI.[45] In the May 12 game versus Kansas City, Lindor both homered and doubled twice. On June 1, he again homered twice and doubled twice versus Minnesota, including hitting the game-winning home run in the eighth inning. He became the fourth major leaguer in history to produce at least two doubles and two home runs in a single game twice in one season, following Rafael Palmeiro (1993), Jim Edmonds (2003), and Adrián Beltré (2007).[46] Due to his tremendous month of May, Lindor was named AL Player of the Month. He led all players with 44 hits and 27 runs scored. His .373 batting average was third and his 1.169 OPS was placed fourth among all players in at least 100 plate appearances.[47]

Lindor collected three hits and four runs scored, including a home run, on July 1 versus Oakland.[48] On July 2, he homered twice, including a grand slam and another for three runs, for a career-high seven RBI to power a 9–3 victory over the Royals. He became the second shortstop in the franchise history to drive in seven runs in a game, following Chico Carrasquel versus the Kansas City Athletics on April 26, 1956.[49][50] In 2018, Lindor was selected to the 2018 All-Star Game, his third consecutive All-Star appearance. On July 10, Lindor scored his 80th run before the All-Star Break, thus breaking the record for most by a Puerto Rican MLB player which was previously 79 runs in 1996 by Edgar Martínez.[51] On August 8, 2018 Lindor hit a 3 run walk-off home run in the 9th inning versus the Minnesota Twins for a 5–2 victory.[52] For the season, he batted .277 and was 3rd in the league in power-speed number (30.2), winning the Silver Slugger award in consecutive years.[53]

Lindor was the lone offensive spark for the Indians in the ALDS, batting .364 with 2 home runs, but the Indians were swept in 3 games by the Astros. Outside of Lindor, the rest of the team batted .144 in the three-game sweep and bowed out of the playoffs in the first round for the second year in a row.

2019

 
Lindor in 2019

In 2019, Lindor was again an All-Star and won his second Gold Glove Award at shortstop. He finished fifteenth in MVP voting.[54]

2020

Lindor struggled with the 2020 Cleveland Indians.[55] He batted .258 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 60 games.[54] His batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wRC+ were all career worsts and he struggled especially against breaking pitches.[56] His defense, however, remained among the best in the league.[57]

New York Mets (2021–present)

On January 7, 2021, the Indians traded Lindor and Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets for Amed Rosario, Andrés Giménez, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene.[58][59]

2021

On March 31, 2021, just hours before Lindor's deadline of Opening Day on April 1, the Mets and Lindor agreed to a 10-year, $341 million extension that would keep him with the team through 2031.[60] Lindor struggled during the first half of the 2021 season and was booed by the Citi Field home crowd on multiple occasions.[61] Lindor went 3-for-4 with two home runs off of Nationals starter Joe Ross, accounting for all five RBIs in the Mets' 5-1 victory on June 19.[62] In a Subway Series showdown on September 12, Lindor hit three home runs in the same game for the first time in his career.[63] The boys of Puerto Rican podcast "Los Del Colegio Podcast" created the chant "Lindor es tu papá" which means "Lindor is your daddy", referring to an altercation with Giancarlo Stanton in that game.[64] He ended the season batting .230, with 20 home runs and 10 stolen bases, in 125 games played.[54]

2022

On April 8, 2022, Lindor was hit on the head on a pitch by Steve Cishek and was placed on the day-to-day injured list.[65] On May 31, 2022, Lindor was named the National League Player of the Week; he drove in a run in every game during that week and slashed .348/.407/.870. It was his third time receiving that distinction in either league.[66] On June 1, he became the second player in Mets history to record an RBI in a streak of ten consecutive games, joining Mike Piazza (1999).[67] Lindor is just the seventh shortstop ever, and the first since Hanley Ramirez (2009), to put together such a streak.[68] On August 14, Lindor recorded his 82nd RBI of the season, breaking José Reyes’ Mets franchise record for the most RBIs recorded in a season by a shortstop, in a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.[69] On September 15, Lindor recorded his 24th home run of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates, setting a new Mets single season record for most home runs by a shortstop. He also recorded his 93rd and 94th RBIs of the season, a new career high.[70]

At the end of the season, Lindor was announced as the 2022 winner of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award.[71][72] On December 6, 2022, Lindor was named to the All-MLB Second Team.[73]

International career

World Junior Baseball Championship (United States)

In 2010, he played for the 18U United States team in the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They finished in fifth place despite only losing one game. Lindor was named to the All-IBAF Juniors Team in his position at short-stop.[74][75]

2017 WBC

Lindor played for the Puerto Rican national team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC).[76] He was selected the MVP of Pool D, where team Puerto Rico attained a 3–0 record. His offensive stats in the first round included five hits in 11 at bats for a .455 average, two HR, four RBI, and four runs scored.[77] Puerto Rico went undefeated in the first and second rounds until losing to the United States in the championship game. Following the conclusion of the tournament, he was named to the 2017 All-WBC team.[78]

See also

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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Lindor and the second or maternal family name is Serrano Francisco Miguel Lindor Serrano born November 14 1993 nicknamed Paquito 1 and Mr Smile is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball MLB He previously played for the Cleveland Indians A right handed thrower and switch hitter Lindor stands 5 feet 11 inches 1 80 m and weighs 190 pounds 86 kg Francisco LindorLindor with the New York Mets in 2021New York Mets No 12ShortstopBorn 1993 11 14 November 14 1993 age 29 Caguas Puerto RicoBats SwitchThrows RightMLB debutJune 14 2015 for the Cleveland IndiansMLB statistics through 2022 Batting average 277Hits1 170Home runs184Runs batted in581Stolen bases125TeamsCleveland Indians 2015 2020 New York Mets 2021 present Career highlights and awards4 All Star 2016 2019 2 Gold Glove Award 2016 2019 Platinum Glove Award 2016 2 Silver Slugger Award 2017 2018 All MLB Second Team 2022 Medals Men s baseballRepresenting United StatesWorld Youth Baseball Championship2009 Taiwan TeamRepresenting Puerto RicoWorld Baseball Classic2017 Los Angeles TeamLindor batted over 300 in both his first two major league seasons and provided elite defense In 2016 he earned his first All Star selection and Gold Glove Award becoming the first Puerto Rican shortstop to win the Gold Glove Award 2 He won his first Silver Slugger Award in 2017 He placed second in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2015 and was a selection to the 2017 All WBC Team Born in Caguas Puerto Rico Lindor began playing baseball at an early age and he moved with his family to Florida when he was 12 He became the Indians first round selection and eighth overall in the 2011 MLB draft In the minor leagues he participated in the 2012 All Star Futures Game and by 2013 was rated by Baseball America as the Indians top overall prospect Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional career 2 1 Draft and early career 2 2 Minor leagues 2011 2015 2 3 Cleveland Indians 2015 2020 2 3 1 2015 2 3 2 2016 World Series 2 3 3 2017 2 3 4 2018 2 3 5 2019 2 3 6 2020 2 4 New York Mets 2021 present 2 4 1 2021 2 4 2 2022 3 International career 3 1 World Junior Baseball Championship United States 3 2 2017 WBC 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditLindor was born in Caguas Puerto Rico on November 14 1993 the third of four children of Miguel Angel Lindor and Maria Serrano 3 4 5 He began playing baseball at a young age assisted by his father who would hit him ground balls from the top of a hill while the younger Lindor stood partway down the slope attempting to field them 6 Lindor s favorite baseball players as a child were all middle infielders Robbie Alomar Omar Vizquel Derek Jeter Jimmy Rollins and Barry Larkin 7 Lindor moved to Central Florida at the age of 12 with his father stepmother and youngest sibling and was enrolled at the Montverde Academy prep school 4 After he signed with the Cleveland Indians in August 2011 his mother and two older siblings joined him in Florida 3 Professional career EditDraft and early career Edit Lindor attended Montverde Academy in Montverde Florida 8 The school s baseball facility was named after him in 2013 9 He was named to the USA Today All USA high school baseball team The Indians drafted Lindor in the first round eighth overall of the 2011 MLB draft He had a full ride scholarship offer in place with the Florida State Seminoles baseball team but chose to sign with the Indians for 2 9 million in August 10 11 In September Lindor was drafted by the Indios de Mayaguez in the second round of the Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente s LBPRC first year draft 12 However he has been unable to play there due to Cleveland s intervention On May 7 2014 the Indios de Mayaguez traded Lindor s LBPRC player rights to the Gigantes de Carolina in exchange for Carlos Correa 13 However only two weeks later the Cangrejeros de Santurce signed him by exploiting a legal loophole declaring that any player that has not been officially contracted within three years after being drafted is considered a free agent 14 Minor leagues 2011 2015 Edit Lindor began his professional career with the Short Season A New York Penn League Mahoning Valley Scrappers during the 2011 season and appeared in four games 15 MLB com rated Lindor as the 32nd best prospect in baseball before the 2012 season 16 He was assigned to the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League and named to appear in the 2012 All Star Futures Game 17 In 122 games for Lake County Lindor had a 257 batting average with six home runs 42 RBIs 33 extra base hits and 27 stolen bases 18 Prior to the 2012 season Baseball America ranked him as the Indians top prospect 19 Lindor started the 2013 season with the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A Advanced Carolina League He was promoted to the Akron Aeros of the Class AA Eastern League on July 15 2013 20 Between the two levels Lindor batted 303 with two home runs 34 RBIs 31 extra base hits and 25 stolen bases in 104 games 18 Lindor began the 2014 season with Akron The Indians promoted Lindor to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League on July 21 2014 18 In 126 games between the two clubs he batted 276 with 11 home runs 62 RBIs and 28 stolen bases 21 Lindor began the 2015 season with Columbus 22 Cleveland Indians 2015 2020 Edit 2015 Edit The Indians purchased Lindor s contract from Columbus on June 14 2015 and added him to the active roster 23 In 59 games for Columbus prior to his promotion he was batting 284 with two home runs and 22 RBIs He made his debut with the Indians that day as a pinch hitter He stayed in the game and recorded his first major league hit 24 25 Lindor won the American League AL Rookie of the Month Award for September during which he batted 362 26 He finished the 2015 season with a 313 batting average 12 home runs 51 RBIs 12 stolen bases and 22 doubles in 99 games for the Indians 27 He placed second in the AL Rookie of the Year Award voting 28 2016 World Series Edit Lindor during the 2016 World Series In 2016 Lindor finished season with a 301 batting average 15 home runs 78 RBIs 19 stolen bases 15 sacrifice flies leading the majors and 30 doubles in 158 games for the Indians 29 30 He was named a Gold Glove Award Finalist in the AL Shortstop position along with Jose Iglesias and Andrelton Simmons 31 In the 2016 MLB postseason Lindor s seven multi hit games broke the record for most ever for a player less than 23 years old His 16 postseason hits are also the most hits by a batter since 1997 and he s the youngest Cleveland batter to have six World Series hits 32 Following the 2016 season Lindor was presented with his first Gold Glove Award and first Platinum Glove Award 33 34 Lindor was the 2016 Esurance MLB This Year in Baseball Award winner for Best Defensive Player 35 He finished ninth in the AL Most Valuable Player Award MVP voting 36 2017 Edit Lindor during the 2017 season On April 5 2017 Lindor hit his first career grand slam doing so against the Texas Rangers as the Indians won 9 6 and swept the season opening series 37 On July 22 2017 Lindor hit his first career walk off home run in the 10th inning versus the Toronto Blue Jays for a 2 1 victory 38 In Game 2 of the 2017 ALDS versus the New York Yankees Lindor became the third shortstop in major league history to hit a grand slam in the postseason 39 In 159 games for Cleveland Lindor batted 273 with 33 home runs and 89 RBIs End of season awards for Lindor in 2017 included selection as shortstop on Baseball America s All MLB Team 40 and his first career Silver Slugger Award at shortstop 41 He finished fifth in the AL MVP voting 42 and was selected as the cover athlete of the video game R B I Baseball 18 43 2018 Edit Lindor won the first two AL Player of the Week Awards of his career in consecutive weeks of May 6 and 13 2018 For the week of May 6 he led MLB with 17 hits 11 runs scored and 33 total bases over eight games He also batted 426 four doubles and four home runs However he committed critical errors on consecutive dates that led to losses versus the Yankees in both games 44 The following week he hit four home runs and five RBI 45 In the May 12 game versus Kansas City Lindor both homered and doubled twice On June 1 he again homered twice and doubled twice versus Minnesota including hitting the game winning home run in the eighth inning He became the fourth major leaguer in history to produce at least two doubles and two home runs in a single game twice in one season following Rafael Palmeiro 1993 Jim Edmonds 2003 and Adrian Beltre 2007 46 Due to his tremendous month of May Lindor was named AL Player of the Month He led all players with 44 hits and 27 runs scored His 373 batting average was third and his 1 169 OPS was placed fourth among all players in at least 100 plate appearances 47 Lindor collected three hits and four runs scored including a home run on July 1 versus Oakland 48 On July 2 he homered twice including a grand slam and another for three runs for a career high seven RBI to power a 9 3 victory over the Royals He became the second shortstop in the franchise history to drive in seven runs in a game following Chico Carrasquel versus the Kansas City Athletics on April 26 1956 49 50 In 2018 Lindor was selected to the 2018 All Star Game his third consecutive All Star appearance On July 10 Lindor scored his 80th run before the All Star Break thus breaking the record for most by a Puerto Rican MLB player which was previously 79 runs in 1996 by Edgar Martinez 51 On August 8 2018 Lindor hit a 3 run walk off home run in the 9th inning versus the Minnesota Twins for a 5 2 victory 52 For the season he batted 277 and was 3rd in the league in power speed number 30 2 winning the Silver Slugger award in consecutive years 53 Lindor was the lone offensive spark for the Indians in the ALDS batting 364 with 2 home runs but the Indians were swept in 3 games by the Astros Outside of Lindor the rest of the team batted 144 in the three game sweep and bowed out of the playoffs in the first round for the second year in a row 2019 Edit Lindor in 2019 In 2019 Lindor was again an All Star and won his second Gold Glove Award at shortstop He finished fifteenth in MVP voting 54 2020 Edit Lindor struggled with the 2020 Cleveland Indians 55 He batted 258 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 60 games 54 His batting average on base percentage slugging percentage and wRC were all career worsts and he struggled especially against breaking pitches 56 His defense however remained among the best in the league 57 New York Mets 2021 present Edit On January 7 2021 the Indians traded Lindor and Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets for Amed Rosario Andres Gimenez Josh Wolf and Isaiah Greene 58 59 2021 Edit On March 31 2021 just hours before Lindor s deadline of Opening Day on April 1 the Mets and Lindor agreed to a 10 year 341 million extension that would keep him with the team through 2031 60 Lindor struggled during the first half of the 2021 season and was booed by the Citi Field home crowd on multiple occasions 61 Lindor went 3 for 4 with two home runs off of Nationals starter Joe Ross accounting for all five RBIs in the Mets 5 1 victory on June 19 62 In a Subway Series showdown on September 12 Lindor hit three home runs in the same game for the first time in his career 63 The boys of Puerto Rican podcast Los Del Colegio Podcast created the chant Lindor es tu papa which means Lindor is your daddy referring to an altercation with Giancarlo Stanton in that game 64 He ended the season batting 230 with 20 home runs and 10 stolen bases in 125 games played 54 2022 Edit On April 8 2022 Lindor was hit on the head on a pitch by Steve Cishek and was placed on the day to day injured list 65 On May 31 2022 Lindor was named the National League Player of the Week he drove in a run in every game during that week and slashed 348 407 870 It was his third time receiving that distinction in either league 66 On June 1 he became the second player in Mets history to record an RBI in a streak of ten consecutive games joining Mike Piazza 1999 67 Lindor is just the seventh shortstop ever and the first since Hanley Ramirez 2009 to put together such a streak 68 On August 14 Lindor recorded his 82nd RBI of the season breaking Jose Reyes Mets franchise record for the most RBIs recorded in a season by a shortstop in a 6 0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies 69 On September 15 Lindor recorded his 24th home run of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates setting a new Mets single season record for most home runs by a shortstop He also recorded his 93rd and 94th RBIs of the season a new career high 70 At the end of the season Lindor was announced as the 2022 winner of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award 71 72 On December 6 2022 Lindor was named to the All MLB Second Team 73 International career EditWorld Junior Baseball Championship United States Edit In 2010 he played for the 18U United States team in the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship in Thunder Bay Ontario They finished in fifth place despite only losing one game Lindor was named to the All IBAF Juniors Team in his position at short stop 74 75 2017 WBC Edit Lindor played for the Puerto Rican national team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic WBC 76 He was selected the MVP of Pool D where team Puerto Rico attained a 3 0 record His offensive stats in the first round included five hits in 11 at bats for a 455 average two HR four RBI and four runs scored 77 Puerto Rico went undefeated in the first and second rounds until losing to the United States in the championship game Following the conclusion of the tournament he was named to the 2017 All WBC team 78 See also EditCleveland Indians award winners and league leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto RicoReferences Edit Francisco Lindor tiene miles de razones para sonreir March 12 2017 Rodriguez Ruben A November 8 2016 Francisco Lindor gana el Guante de Oro El Nuevo Dia in Spanish Retrieved November 8 2016 a b Meisel Zack March 3 2015 Cleveland Indians top prospect Francisco Lindor is ignoring the hype I don t want to be God The Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 a b Rivera Marly July 8 2017 Lindor This will be an out of this world experience ESPN Retrieved July 9 2017 Ortiz Jorge G May 10 2016 The Indians better man Francisco Lindor appreciates game after childhood journey USA Today Retrieved July 9 2017 Crasnick Jerry March 28 2016 New wave of shortstops could be dominant for years to come ESPN com Retrieved July 6 2016 Rodgers Joe October 26 2016 World Series 2016 Francisco Lindor s favorite players growing up a who s who of star infielders Sporting News Retrieved February 3 2021 Montverde Academy grad Francisco Lindor gets first MLB hit with Cleveland Indians Orlando Sentinel June 17 2015 Retrieved July 6 2016 Montverde Academy baseball complex named after former player Francisco Lindor Orlando Sentinel February 27 2013 Retrieved July 6 2016 Hoynes Paul August 15 2011 Cleveland Indians sign top pick SS Francisco Lindor No 2 pick RHP Dillon Howard before midnight deadline The Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 Williams Joe August 16 2011 Former Montverde shortstop Francisco Lindor signs with Indians Orlando Sentinel Retrieved July 6 2016 Colon Rey September 29 2011 The Sport Press Mayaguez reclama a Lindor y Ponce a Javier Baez Thesportpress blogspot com Retrieved August 13 2014 Axisa Mike Winter Ball Fun Carlos Correa traded for Francisco Lindor in Puerto Rico Mweb cbssports com Retrieved August 13 2014 Pacheco Alvarez Karla May 24 2014 Santurce anuncia firma de Lindor M primerahora com Lubinger Bill May 26 2012 Cleveland Indians prospect Francisco Lindor is wowing them down on the farm The Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 2012 Prospect Watch Major League Baseball May 24 2013 Retrieved September 10 2013 Mayo Jonathan May 24 2013 Prospects pack rosters for 2012 All Star Futures Game MLB com Archived from the original on October 9 2014 Retrieved September 10 2013 a b c Marshall Ashley Cleveland Indians promote Francisco Lindor to Triple A Columbus Clippers MiLB com News The Official Site of Minor League Baseball Milb com Retrieved August 13 2014 Badler Ben November 14 2012 Prospects Rankings Organization Top 10 Prospects 2013 Cleveland Indians Top 10 Prospects Baseball America Retrieved September 10 2013 Francisco Lindor promoted to Akron Aeros Southlakepress com July 19 2013 Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved September 10 2013 Francisco Lindor Stats Highlights Bio MiLB com Stats The Official Site of Minor League Baseball MiLB com Retrieved June 18 2018 Bastian Jordan March 2 2015 Lindor to be given every opportunity to develop MLB com Retrieved March 11 2015 Indians Promote INF Lindor From Columbus Place Swisher on 15 day D L Retrieved June 14 2015 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Retrieved November 8 2016 permanent dead link Rawlings Platinum Glove Award November 13 2016 Retrieved October 15 2021 Footer Alyson November 18 2016 Grand finale MLB Awards put cap on season Trout is Best Major Leaguer Indians Cubs win big MLB com Retrieved November 19 2016 2016 awards voting Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 11 2018 Hoynes Paul April 5 2017 Francisco Lindor atones for error with game winning slam as Cleveland Indians sweep Texas with 9 6 win Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 Lewis Ryan July 22 2017 Francisco Lindor hits walk off home run Indians top Blue Jays 2 1 in 10 innings Akron Beacon Journal Retrieved October 15 2017 Bastian Jordan Hoch Bryan October 6 2017 Lucky 13th Gomes hit delivers walk off win MLB com Retrieved October 6 2017 Baseball America Press Release October 5 2017 From afterthought to foundation of a winner Baseball America Retrieved October 28 2017 USA Today Sports November 9 2017 Jose Altuve Nolan Arenado among repeat Silver Slugger Award winners USA Today Retrieved November 10 2017 2017 awards voting Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 11 2018 ElNuevoDia com January 20 2018 Lindor es la imagen de la portada del videjuegos R B I Baseball 18 El Nuevo Dia in Spanish Retrieved January 21 2018 Noga Joe May 7 2018 Francisco Lindor named American League Player of the Week for first time in his career Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 Francisco Lindor is named co AL Player of the Week Hastings Tribune May 14 2018 Retrieved May 27 2018 Axisa Mike June 1 2018 Francisco Lindor s historic game saves Indians from an embarrassing loss The Indians blew an 8 0 lead before Lindor came to a rescue CBS Sports Retrieved June 2 2018 Kelly Matt June 2 2018 Lindor Gennett power way to top May honors MLB News Retrieved June 7 2018 Slusser Susan July 1 2018 Indians whack 11 doubles wallop A s 15 3 San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved July 3 2018 Hoynes Paul July 2 2018 Francisco Lindor drives in 7 runs Corey Kluber returns in style as Cleveland Indians beat Royals 9 3 Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved February 20 2022 Torres Maria July 2 2018 A career night from Francisco Lindor dooms Royals Junis in loss to Indians The Kansas City Star Retrieved July 3 2018 Lindor rompe marca de carreras en Grandes Ligas July 11 2018 Bastian Jordan August 8 2018 Oh baby Lindor gets powdered after walk off HR Mlb com Retrieved August 9 2018 2018 American League Batting Leaders Baseball Reference com a b c Francisco Lindor Stats Baseball Reference com Sports Reference Retrieved February 2 2021 Lewis Ryan October 1 2020 Francisco Lindor addresses situation with Indians possibility of being traded Akron Beacon Journal Retrieved February 2 2021 Ruane Blake October 9 2020 The end is nigh for Francisco Lindor but 2020 was no fairytale ending Let s Go Tribe SB Nation Retrieved February 2 2021 Pluto Terry October 4 2020 Terry s Talkin Tribe Why did Lindor look distracted this season Terry Pluto Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved February 2 2021 Mets acquire four time All Star Francisco Lindor amp RHP Carlos Carrasco from Cleveland MLB com January 7 2021 Retrieved January 8 2021 Cleveland amp New York Mets complete six player trade MLB January 7 2021 Passan Jeff JeffPassan March 31 2021 Francisco Lindor has a 10 year 341 million deal with the New York Mets source tells ESPN Tweet Archived from the original on May 27 2021 Retrieved September 22 2021 via Twitter Thosar Deesha April 28 2021 Francisco Lindor reacts to getting booed by home crowd for first time in his career New York Daily News Retrieved September 22 2021 DiComo Anthony June 19 2021 Trust his power Lindor bashes 2 HRs in G1 MLB com Retrieved June 19 2021 New York Mets star Francisco Lindor settles spat with 3 HRs to down New York Yankees ESPN com September 13 2021 Retrieved September 13 2021 Se armo la pelea Yankees y Mets se calientan y las bancas se vacian A fight breaks out Yankees and Mets heat up as the benches empty MLBLatinos in Spanish September 13 2021 Retrieved September 13 2021 Passan Jeff April 9 2022 Tempers flare after Nats hit fourth Mets batter ESPN Retrieved May 24 2022 Palattella Henry May 31 2022 Former mates J Ram Lindor win weekly honors MLB com Major League Baseball Retrieved June 2 2022 Braziller Zach June 2 2022 Francisco Lindor extends RBI streak to 10 straight games to join Mike Piazza New York Post Retrieved June 2 2022 Francisco Lindor extends RBI streak to 10 straight games to join Mike Piazza June 2 2022 Martinez Phillip August 14 2022 Francisco Lindor breaks Mets franchise record set by Jose Reyes SNY tv Retrieved September 29 2022 What Francisco Lindor Carlos Carrasco said about delivering for Mets on Roberto Clemente Day North Jersey Media Group Retrieved September 17 2022 Randhawa Manny November 4 2022 Judge Goldy JV lead Players Choice Award winners MLB com Retrieved November 6 2022 Abriano Danny November 4 2022 Mets Francisco Lindor selected as Marvin Miller Man of the Year SNY tv Retrieved November 6 2022 Here is the star studded 2022 All MLB Team MLB com Team U18 Results Team U18 Stats Thornburg Chad February 8 2017 Young stars join Beltran Yadi for Puerto Rico MLB com Retrieved March 14 2017 Fuentes Christian March 14 2017 Francisco Lindor es el MVP del Grupo D El boricua recibio el honor de parte del Clasico Mundial Metro in Spanish Retrieved January 21 2018 Perry Dayn March 23 2017 World Baseball Classic Previous champs results medal count MVPs All WBC teams CBS Sports Retrieved January 21 2018 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francisco Lindor Career statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Francisco Lindor on Twitter Portals Biography United States Puerto Rico Baseball Awards and achievementsPreceded byDidi Gregorius American League Player of the MonthMay 2019 Succeeded byAlex Bregman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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