HOUSTON (AP) — Nelson Cruz has been given Main League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, group involvement and philanthropy.
Cruz, the fiftieth winner of the glory, was to obtain the award earlier than World Series Sport 2 on Wednesday evening.
The 41-year-old, a 17-year MLB veteran and seven-time All-Star, offered monetary help to 1,200 households in his hometown of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, serving to feed 700 households.
After a fireplace destroyed the house of a childhood pal, Cruz offered the city with a fireplace engine, 80 firefighter uniforms and an ambulance for transport of individuals to the closest hospital, which is about an hour away.
His Boomstick23 Basis started development of an training and technical middle final 12 months and he'll inventory the middle with computer systems to help athletes of their training.
Cruz additionally organizes dentists and optometrists to go the city’s clinic for checkups, drugs and eyewear, and 500 sufferers acquired dental providers final 12 months.
He helped organize for MLB, Main League Baseball Gamers Affiliation and the union’s Gamers Belief to donate $400,000 to the Dominican Republic for medical gear and meals support throughout the pandemic.
Cruz was nominated by the Twins, who traded him to Tampa Bay in July. He joined Corridor of Famers Rod Carew (1977), Dave Winfield (1994) and Kirby Puckett (1997) as Minnesota gamers to win the award.
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