Editing Roberto Alomar (section)

==Legacy==
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|Image  = BlueJays 12 retired.png
|Name   = Roberto Alomar
|Number = 12
|Team   = Toronto Blue Jays
|Year   = 2011 (It was placed back into circulation in 2021 when allegation of sexual misconduct by Alomar came to light.)
|}}
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called Alomar "the best second baseman of t[his] generation" and he is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around players of all time.<ref name="espn"/><ref name="hardball"/> Known for his acrobatic and flamboyant style of defense, Alomar won 10 Gold Glove Awards, establishing a major league record for second basemen.<ref name="bbhall">[https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/alomar-roberto Roberto Alomar] National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref><ref name="bbref4">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl.shtml#all_multiple_gold_gloves_out MLB National League Gold Glove Award Winners] Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref> He ranks in the top 10 of several all-time categories for second basemen, including [[games played]], stolen bases, [[plate appearance]]s, doubles, [[assist (baseball)|assists]], hits, runs, at bats, and double plays turned.<ref name="bbref2">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alomaro01.shtml#all_leaderboard Roberto Alomar – Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors] Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref><ref name="bbref3">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_2B.shtml Second Base JAWS Leaders] Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref> In a 17-year career, he was a .300/.371/.443 hitter with 210 home runs and 1,134 RBI; his .307 career batting average as a member of the Blue Jays is a [[list of Toronto Blue Jays team records|franchise record]].<ref name="bbref"/><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=tor#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=&season_type=ALL&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1560102587197&sortColumn=avg&sortOrder='desc'&extended=0&split=&timeframe= Toronto Blue Jays – Statistics] MLB.com. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref> He was the [[Neil MacCarl Award|Blue Jays Player of the Year]] in 1991, 1992, and 1995, as well as the [[Cleveland Indians Man of the Year Award|Cleveland Indians Man of the Year]] in 1999 and 2001.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/cleveland_man_of_the_year_award.shtml Cleveland Indians Man of the Year Award] Baseball-Almanac.com. Accessed on July 7, 2019.</ref> A [[clutch hitter]], Alomar had a .313 [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]] average, including a .347 average in two World Series appearances.<ref name="bbref"/> His game-tying home run in Game 4 of the 1992 ALCS is often considered the most important hit in Blue Jays history, as it changed the fortunes of the franchise.<ref name="halloffame"/><ref>[https://baseballhall.org/discover/roberto-alomar-looks-back-on-1992-alcs Roberto Alomar Recalls His Game 4 1992 ALCS Home Run] National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref>

Alomar was known for having a "sixth sense" or "[[Glossary of baseball terms#five-tool player|sixth tool]]"—awareness—which distinguished him from other players.<ref>[https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2011/07/roberto_alomars_long_route_to.html Roberto Alomar's long route to Cooperstown glory ran through Cleveland] Cleveland.com. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref><ref>Howarth, Jerry (2019). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yMt2DwAAQBAJ Hello, Friends!: Stories from My Life and Blue Jays Baseball]''. ECW Press. {{ISBN|9-78177305-353-0}}.</ref> His former manager [[Davey Johnson]] said of him, "He reminds me of some of the great players that I've played with, who seem like they write their own script &nbsp;... [[Frank Robinson]]'s one, [[Hank Aaron|Henry Aaron]] was the other."<ref name="bbhall"/> He became only the third Puerto Rican to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, after [[Roberto Clemente]] and [[Orlando Cepeda]], and has since been joined by [[Iván Rodríguez]] and [[Edgar Martínez]].<ref>[https://qz.com/1590827/for-the-first-time-two-puerto-rican-mlb-managers-face-off/ Why two MLB managers hugged it out in Boston today] Quartz. Accessed on June 27, 2019.</ref>