Carlos Guillén

• Seattle Mariners (1998-2003)
• Detroit Tigers (2004 -present)

• All-Star (2004, 2007, 2008 )

Carlos Alfonso Guillén ( born September 30, 1975 in Maracay, Aragua ) is a Venezuelan baseball player and switch -hitting second baseman of the Detroit Tigers (MLB).

Career

Guillen signed in 1992 a contract with the Houston Astros, but never played in the major leagues for them. In 1998, he was then replaced together with Freddy Garcia for Randy Johnson to the Seattle Mariners. On September 6, 1998, he made ​​his Major League debut. But he mostly played after 3rd base or 2nd base, there was fixed at the position of the shortstops Alex Rodriguez. From 2000, he was able to occupy its proper position again, since Alex Rodriguez moved to the Texas Rangers. In 2003, Carlos to the Detroit Tigers. As early as the second year in Detroit, he was one of the best players by having most RBIs, the most runs made ​​that struck most doubles and triples and had the second best batting average at the Tigers. In 2006, he led the Major League shortstops in slugging percentage and had for the first time in his career a .400 On Base Average over. On 1 August 2006, he was the tenth Tiger player, who managed to hit a cycle ( single, double, triple, home run ). He is the first player in major league history, who managed for six years constantly to increase his batting average.

With the start of the 2008 season Guillén had to leave the position of shortstops, which was occupied by Edgar Rentería, who had come from the Atlanta Braves to the Tigers. He first played on the first base. After this position was taken over by Miguel Cabrera, he played at the end of April 2008 to the third base. In the 2009 season Guillén played in leftfield. As of May 2010, he was employed by the Tigers to the second base.