| Nomar Garciaparra was a major star and one of the greatest shortstops of his era. Most of his major league career was spent with the Boston Red Sox, for whom he was a five-time All Star and American League batting champ in 1999 and 2000. Through 2005, his career batting average was .320 over 10 seasons. In 2006 with the Dodgers he was again among the league leaders in batting average, finishing the season with a .303 average. He spent the final year of his career with the Oakland Athletics before signing a one-day contract with Boston in 2010 to retire a member of the Red Sox.
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