
Nolan Arenado
Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
In context
- When
- Tuesday, April 16 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
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- Person
- Nolan Arenado
Who they were
Nolan James Arenado is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). Arenado is widely recognized as one of the best defensive third basemen of all time. He is the only infielder to win the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of his first ten MLB seasons. He made his MLB debut with the Colorado Rockies in 2013 and was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals before the 2021 season. With the Cardinals,
Why this date
Nolan Arenado appears on our April 16 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
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April 16 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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