Carlos Juan Delgado is a graduate of Jose de Diego (PR) High School...Participated in baseball, volleyball and track and field...Joined the Major League Baseball All-Star team for the November, 2000 Japan Series...Also was a member of the Major League Baseball All-Star team that played a series of games in Japan in November, 1998...Was named the Neil MacCarl Award Winner as the Blue Jays Player of the Year by the Toronto chapter of the BBWAA in both 1997 and 1998...Named the Player of the Year by the New York Chapter of the BBWAA in 2000...Was the 2000 recipient of the Hank Aaron Award for the American League...Started the Extra Bases Foundation to fund charitable organizations that focus on improving the lives of children in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico...The foundation supports organizations such as Casa Juan Bosco, which provides snacks, tutoring and activities to keep children off the streets and out of trouble in Delgado's hometown of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico...Donated money for each home run hit during the 2006 season to Extra Bases...Carlos and Extra Bases donated money to the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in 2006...Participated in a home run derby against Carlos Beltran on January 29, 2006 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico...Proceeds went to benefit a scholarship fund for the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School...Was the 2006 National recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award, which he accepted before Game Three of the World Series...Received a Thurman Munson Award on January 30, 2007, and was also named the Sports Humanitarian of the Year by the New Jersey Sports Writers Association on January 28, 2007...Was honored with the Joan Payson Award, given annually by the New York Chapter of the BBWAA, for his outstanding community service on January 28, 2007...In 2007 and again in 2008, he donated $100,000 to the Extra Bases Foundation...The Mets Foundation matched the donation...Is a member of the New York Action Team, part of a national youth volunteer program administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America that is inspiring and training the next generation of volunteers...Held a one-day fantasy camp at Roberto Clemente Stadiumin Puerto Rico in January of 2008 to raisemoney for his charity, Extra Bases...In January, 2009, donated $350,000 to numerous charities throughout his native Puerto Rico as well as the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx, NY.

Registered his 11th season with 30 or more home runs with his two solo blasts on August 27th at Philadelphia which is the fourth-most among active players, trailing Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome...Those three players each have 12 seasons of 30 or more home runs...Finished fifth in the National League in RBI, third in home runs and 13th in slugging percentage...Now has nine seasons with 100 or more RBI to tie him with Vladimir Guerrero, Chipper Jones and Jim Thome for the fourthmost 100 RBI seasons among active players, behind Manny Ramirez (12), Alex Rodriguez (11), and Frank Thomas (11)...Had a .285 (83-291) batting average with runners on base, with 19 home runs and 96 RBI...Batted .273 (106-388) vs. righthanded pitching with 26 home runs and 74 RBI...For the year, he had 41 multiple-hit games: 26 games with two hits, 13 games with three hits, one game with four hits and one game with five hits...Reached base safely in 34 straight games (via a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch) from August 23, 2007 through April 15, 2008...It was the third longest streak in Mets history behind John Olerud (47 games, 1998-1999 seasons) and David Wright (35 straight in 2006-2007)...Over those 34 games, he hit .294 (35-119) with 12 walks and five hit-by pitches...Became the All-Time home run and RBI leader for a Puerto Rican-born player...Established home run mark after swatting his 435th career home run, one more than Juan Gonzalez, on May 3rd at Arizona (Webb)...He drove in two runs in the first game of a June 15th doubleheader vs. Texas to give him 1,406 RBI, two more than Gonzalez...Hit safely in nine straight games, April 30th-May 11th (.353, 12-34)...Hit a home run in three straight games, May 22nd-May 24th...His triple on June 8th at San Diego was his 1,900th career hit and his first triple since August 29, 2006 at Colorado...Collected his 1,400th RBI on June 3rd at San Francisco...From June 27th until the end of the season, he finished second in the major leagues in home runs with 27, two behind Ryan Howard and third in RBI (80) over that stretch...Of his 80 RBI over this span, 20 gave the Mets the lead...Set a franchise record with nine RBI on June 27th against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the first game of a split stadium doubleheader...The previous record was eight RBI by Dave Kingman on June 4, 1976 at Los Angeles...The nine RBI are also the most ever in a game during Interleague play...Hit his 12th career grand slam that day (Ohlendorf)...From July 1st until the end of the season, he hit .313 (94-300) with 57 runs scored, 19 doubles, 24 home runs and 70 RBI...Collected 30 contests with two or more RBI...Had 18, two RBI games, eight games with three RBI, two games with four, one game with six, against Houston on August 25th and the nine-RBI game vs. the Yankees...His RBI single in the ninth inning at Cincinnati on July 17th keyed a four-run rally as the Mets defeated the Reds, 10-8...Compiled a .357 (35-98) batting mark in July, with nine home runs and 24 RBI in 26 games...His nine home runs in July were his most since hitting nine during his first month with the Mets in April, 2006...Came through with a game winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning on August 21st against the Braves as the Mets won, 5-4...Tied his career-high with a 5-5 effort on August 21st vs. Atlanta...Also collected five hits on May 7, 1998 with Toronto at Seattle...Connected on two home runs vs. Washington (off John Lannan and Charlie Manning) on September 9th...It was the 49th career multi-home run game of his career and his seventh of 2008...His seven multi-home run games were a new career-high, breaking his previous mark of six set in 1998 and 1999 with Toronto and tied for the most in franchise history with Dave Kingman, who had seven multi-home run games in 1976...Smashed his 466th career home run on September 9th vs. Washington (Manning) which moved him past Dave Winfield and into sole possession of 30th place all-time...Also moved passed Jose Canseco, Carl Yastrzemski, Jeff Bagwell, Dave Kingman, Andre Dawson, Juan Gonzalez and Cal Ripken, Jr. on the home run list during the 2008 season...Hit two home runs, April 27th vs. Atlanta (off John Smoltz and Will Ohman), June 27th at Yankee Stadium (off Ross Ohlendorf and LaTroy Hawkins), July 26th vs. St. Louis (off Joel Pineiro and Ron Villone), August 25th vs. Houston (off Brian Moehler and Wesley Wright), August 27th at Philadelphia (off Kyle Kendrick and Rudy Seanez), and September 7th vs. the Phillies (off Cole Hamels-2)...His two consecutive home run games vs. the Phillies on September 7th and Washington on September 9th marked the first time in his career that he had back-to-back multiple home run games...Played his 2000th major league game on September 19th at Atlanta...Became the eighth player born in Puerto Rico to reach the 2000-game plateau, joining Roberto Clemente (2,433), Roberto Alomar (3,379), Jose Cruz (2,353), Ivan Rodriguez (2,264), Orlando Cepeda (2,124), Ruben Sierra (2,186) and Bernie Williams (2,076)...His first inning double on September 21st at Atlanta gave him 10 seasons with 30 or more home runs and 30 or more doubles, which is tied with Manny Ramirez for the most such seasons in major league history...Collected his 2,000th career hit on September 21st at Atlanta...Became the sixth player in franchise history to collect his 2,000th hit with the Mets, joining Duke Snider (1963), Ken Boyer (1967), Keith Hernandez (1987), Todd Zeile (2001) and Shawn Green (2007)...Connected on his second grand slam of the season and 13th of his career on September 24th vs. the Chicago Cubs (off Carlos Zambrano)...Had at least 20 RBI in each of the last four months (20 RBI in June, 24 RBI in July, 24 RBI in August, 22 RBI in September)...It was the first time he had 20 RBI or more in four consecutive months since April-August, 2000...Ranks first all-time with 153 RBI and is fourth with 50 home runs in Interleague play.