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American baseball player (born 1979)

Michael Brent Cuddyer (/k//ə/'/d//aɪər/; born March 27, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. He batted and threw right handed. Cuddyer was a two time MLB All Star, and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2013, when he led the National League in batting average. Cuddyer announced his retirement after the 2015 season. He was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame on August 19, 2017. Primarily a right fielder, Cuddyer made starts at every defensive position except catcher and shortstop over the course of his career.

Cuddyer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and is a 1997 graduate of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he was a standout athlete in baseball, basketball, and football as well as student body president and National Honor Society member. In 1996 and 1997, he was named to the United States national under 18 baseball team, where he played in the World Junior Baseball Championship. In 1997, he was named to the All America First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. Cuddyer was named Virginia's Player of the Year and Gatorade National baseball Player of the Year in 1997. He was also a member of USA Todays All Star and the USA Junior National teams in 1997. During his high school career, he played American Legion Baseball and was named the 2014 American Legion Graduate of the Year. Cuddyer has given back to his hometown and high school many times during his career.

In 1536 games over 15 seasons, Cuddyer posted a .277 batting average (1,522 for 5,488) with 809 runs, 333 doubles, 42 triples, 197 home runs, 794 RBI, 75 stolen bases, 527 bases on balls, .344 on base percentage and .461 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .986 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and first, second and third base. In 28 postseason games, he hit .306 (26 for 85) with five runs, two home runs and 8 RBI.

Michael is the son of Henry Cuddyer and Marcia Harris. He has a younger sister named Katie. He married Claudia Rente, an English teacher, on November 11, 2006. Their son was born on June 20, 2008, and fraternal twin daughters were born on December 6, 2011. They reside in Chesapeake, Virginia. Due to a childhood virus, Cuddyer has been deaf in his left ear since he was 11 years old. However, he insists that his partial deafness has never interfered with his ability to hear teammates on the field and he does not view himself as hearing impaired.