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Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1968)

Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga (/b//aɪ/'/ɛər//ɡ//ə/; baˈeɾɣa; born November 4, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player. Baerga was known for his superb hitting abilities during his first stint with the Cleveland Indians in the early to mid 1990s, accumulating impressive batting statistics, earning three All Star appearances (1992, 1993, 1995), two Silver Slugger Awards (1993, 1994), and making key contributions to the Indians' 1995 postseason run. He was considered one of Major League Baseball's hardest hitting middle infielders by 1995 with his superb bat speed and switch hitting power. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career. Baerga was elected into the Indians Hall of Fame in 2013.

On November 4, , at the age of sixteen, Baerga was signed by the San Diego Padres. As a 17 year old he debuted for their Class A affiliate Charleston Rainbows. He played with the team for two seasons. On December 6, , San Diego traded him to the Cleveland Indians along with Sandy Alomar Jr. and Chris James in exchange for established power hitter Joe Carter. Baerga debuted as a major league baseball player with the Indians, on April 14, That year, he played mostly as a third baseman and shortstop and would hit 17 doubles and seven home runs, while averaging .260 at the plate. Over the next four years, his home run and batting averages numbers rose steadily, hitting 11 home runs, and batting .288 in while playing mostly as a third baseman and second baseman, hitting 20 home runs and averaging .312 in while becoming a full time second baseman, and with 21 home runs and an average of .321 in In 1992, he reached 200 hits in one season for the first time, getting 205 hits that year. In 1993, he duplicated the mark of 200 hits, with exactly 200. Baerga became the first second baseman since Rogers Hornsby in to have back to back 200+ hit, 20+ home run, 100+ RBI, and .300+ average seasons when he accomplished the feat in 1992–93. Signed briefly by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in , Baerga did not appear in the majors that year. He felt that he could no longer perform as a major leaguer. In 2001, he signed with the Seattle Mariners but was released during spring training. In , he played for the Long Island Ducks and in the Korea Baseball Organization, Samsung Lions(삼성 라이온즈 야구단)). Then he retired, and bought the Santurce Crabbers, becoming player manager and realizing his childhood dream. In 2013, Baerga was elected into the Indians Hall of Fame.

In 2002, Baerga returned to the majors. That year, he got 52 hits with the Boston Red Sox, primarily serving as a pinch hitter and designated hitter. In , he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he collected 71 hits for the team. The Diamondbacks re signed him for , but the aging Baerga, now prone to injury, got hurt again and was only able to play in 20 games that season. He was signed by the Washington Nationals to a minor league contract before the season and played 93 games for them. He also played for Puerto Rico in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Baerga collected 1,543 hits in his MLB career, with 134 home runs, 774 RBI and a .291 batting average. As a broadcaster, Baerga has enjoyed prominence as a color commentator for Monday Night Baseball retransmissions in Spanish on ESPN Dos for the Mexico Caribbean Venezuela region. He is an analyst on Beisbol Esta Noche (the Spanish version of Baseball Tonight) on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America. He is recognized by fans and co workers as "Carlos Obed". In 2024, Baerga became the analyst for the (now) Guardians Spanish radio broadcasts on WARF 1350 AM in Cleveland.

During the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Baerga served as one of the assistant coaches under Edwin Rodríguez.

As of January 2014, Baerga is the current manager for the Indios de Mayagüez in Puerto Rico's Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League.

Baerga's son, Carlos Jr., is also a professional baseball player.