For the American racing driver of a similar name, see Paul Goldsmith.
Baseball player
Paul Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2021
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 46
First baseman
Born: (1987-09-10) September 10, 1987 (age 36) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 1, 2011, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics (through May 7, 2024)
Batting average
.291
Hits
1,935
Home runs
342
Runs batted in
1,133
Stolen bases
159
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2011–2018)
St. Louis Cardinals (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
7× All-Star (2013–2018, 2022)
NL MVP (2022)
All-MLB First Team (2022)
4× Gold Glove Award (2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
5× Silver Slugger Award (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
2× NL Hank Aaron Award (2013, 2022)
NL home run leader (2013)
NL RBI leader (2013)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
World Baseball Classic
2017 Los Angeles
Team
2023 Miami
Team
Paul Edward Goldschmidt (born September 10, 1987) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also represents the United States in international competition.
Lightly recruited out of The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas, Goldschmidt played for the Texas State Bobcats, and was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with them in 2011, and they traded him to the Cardinals during the 2018–19 offseason.
A seven-time MLB All-Star, Goldschmidt won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 2022. He has also won two Hank Aaron Awards, four Gold Gloves and five Silver Slugger Awards, the latter of which is the most among first baseman. While leading the NL in home runs and runs batted in (RBI) in 2013, Goldschmidt won each of an All-Star selection, Hank Aaron, Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards for the first time. He also has twice finished runner-up for the NL MVP Award, in 2013 and 2015.
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Award for the first time, ranking eighth in voting behind Harper, PaulGoldschmidt, Joey Votto, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew McCutchen, Jake Arrieta, and Zack...
participation, which motivated a cascade of others including Trea Turner, PaulGoldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, J. T. Realmuto, Mookie Betts and more of MLB's finest...
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the press box, and replace the visitors' locker room. Notable people PaulGoldschmidt 6-time MLB All-Star Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President of the United...
promoted Girsch to general manager. As general manager, he signed Paul DeJong, PaulGoldschmidt, and Matt Carpenter to contract extensions. The Cardinals signed...
and a 2-way MVP in Bryce, Ohtani". mlb.com. Retrieved 18 Nov 2021. "PaulGoldschmidt wins the 18th MVP in Cardinals' history, most in the National League"...
Other active players with 1,800 or more hits through May 9, 2024. PaulGoldschmidt (1,935) 26 in 2024 Evan Longoria (1,930) List of Nippon Professional...
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was named the National League Player of the Week alongside teammate PaulGoldschmidt after hitting .615 with three home runs and seven RBIs. On August 29...
Gold Glove Awards in the same season, with those being first baseman PaulGoldschmidt, second baseman Tommy Edman, third baseman Nolan Arenado, left fielder...
NLDS in game 5. McCutchen won the National League MVP over Arizona's PaulGoldschmidt and St. Louis' Yadier Molina, becoming the first Pirate to win the...
2013 American Miguel Cabrera (2)* Detroit Tigers 193 44 137 National PaulGoldschmidt Arizona Diamondbacks 182 36 125 2014 American Mike Trout* Los Angeles...
David Ortiz (BOS) Hank Aaron Award: Miguel Cabrera (DET, American); PaulGoldschmidt (AZ, National) Roberto Clemente Award (Humanitarian): Carlos Beltrán...
surrendered a double to Troy Tulowitzki, and struck out Yasiel Puig and PaulGoldschmidt. Scherzer earned the win for the AL. Scherzer finished the 2014 season...
reach 1,000 career RBIs among players to debut after 2009, surpassing PaulGoldschmidt (1,561), Freddie Freeman (1,655), and Andrew McCutchen (1,888). On...
by Ronald Acuña Jr. Cardinals teammates PaulGoldschmidt and Nolan Arenado also singled, with Goldschmidt's hit scoring Trout. Kyle Tucker then hit a...
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