Nomar Garciaparra (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American baseball player. He most recently played shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, after being traded from the Boston Red Sox at the 2004 trading deadline, and, as of December 18th, 2005, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a reported one-year contract with a base salary of $6 million, which could earn him up to $8 million in incentives, to play first base for the Dodgers. Garciaparra was part of the so-called "Holy Trinity" of shortstops that debuted in the mid '90s, which also included Alex Rodriguez (now a third baseman) and Derek Jeter, who were considered the best shortstops in baseball.
Through the 2005 season, in 1071 games he has hit (.320/.367/.544/.911) (BA/OBP/SLG/OPS), with 191 HRs and 740 RBI.
