Iván Calderón (baseball)

Iván Calderón
Iván Calderón
	Outfielder
	Born: March 19, 1962; Fajardo, Puerto Rico
	Died: December 27, 2003 (aged 41); Loiza, Puerto Rico
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 10, 1984, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
	October 3, 1993, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.272
Home runs	104
Runs batted in	444
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Seattle Mariners (1984–1986); Chicago White Sox (1986–1990); Montreal Expos (1991–1992); Boston Red Sox (1993); Chicago White Sox (1993);
Career highlights and awards
	All-Star (1991);

Iván Calderón Pérez (March 19, 1962 – December 27, 2003), nicknamed "Ivan the Terrible",^[1] was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player from 1984 to 1993. He was named an All-Star in 1991. On December 27, 2003, Calderón was shot multiple times in the back at point-blank range while at a bar in Loiza, Puerto Rico.^[2]^[3] As of February 2017, his murder remains unsolved.^[4]

Professional career

Seattle Mariners

Calderón was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent on July 30, 1979, and made his debut on August 10, 1984. Midway through the 1986 season he was traded to the Chicago White Sox, where he became a regular right fielder in 1987.

Chicago White Sox

Known for his power and speed, Calderón put together a series of productive seasons in Chicago. He was sent to the Montreal Expos after the 1990 season, in a deal that brought Tim Raines to the White Sox.

Montreal Expos

The Expos raised his yearly salary to over $2 million a season, and his efforts were rewarded with a place on the 1991 NL All-Star team. Injuries the following season slowed him down, and after stints with the Boston Red Sox and again with the White Sox, he quit in 1993, at age of 31.

Calderón was a career .272 hitter with 104 home runs and 444 RBI in 924 games.

References

^ "Ivan Calderon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
^ "Police say Calderon was shot execution-style". ESPN.com. December 29, 2003. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ "PUERTO RICO HERALD: "Igor," Roberto Alomar, Javier Vázquez Secure 2004 Major League Seasons". puertorico-herald.org. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ Goudie, Chuck (February 25, 2017). "Feds catch violent Chicago fugitive in Puerto Rico". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] "Ivan Calderon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 30, 2015.

[2] "Police say Calderon was shot execution-style". ESPN.com. December 29, 2003. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

[3] "PUERTO RICO HERALD: "Igor," Roberto Alomar, Javier Vázquez Secure 2004 Major League Seasons". puertorico-herald.org. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

[4] Goudie, Chuck (February 25, 2017). "Feds catch violent Chicago fugitive in Puerto Rico". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

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