Evan Longoria
- Tampa Bay Rays (2008 -present)
- Rookie of the Year (AL) 2008
- All- Star 2008, 2009, 2010
- AL Player of the Month: April 2009
- Gold Glove in 2009, 2010
- Silver Slugger Award 2009
Evan Michael Longoria ( born October 7, 1985 in Downey, California, United States) is an American baseball player in the Tampa Bay Rays of the U.S. professional league MLB. Longoria was committed in the MLB Draft, 2006 by Tampa Bay, made his debut in 2008, playing there on the third base.
Longoria won the 2008 "Rookie of the Year" Award from the American League. He is considered one of the best runs batted In -hitter of the League: he needed only 135 games to hit his 100th teammates home, which is still under active players, the third lowest number.
In his still short career he was able to achieve in 2009 by winning a Golden Gloves for special defensive performance further success. Longoria was appointed in his three years each in the MLB All- Star Game for the American League.
Longoria is often due to its similarity to the name of actress Eva Longoria target of good-natured ridicule. On the final day of the 2012 season in a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles him get 3 home runs in 3 attempts. On a final day this was achieved only Gus Zernial Chicago White Sox (1950) and Dick Allen Philadelphia Phillies (1968). It has now been 6 times to hit a home run on a final day. Only Stan Musial achieved this yet.