Francisco Lindor is a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who plays as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was the first Puerto Rican shortstop to win the Gold Glove Award. Lindor is also known for his stellar defense at shortstop and for having possibly the best smile in baseball which earned him the nickname Mr. Smile.
Francisco was rated as the Indians’ top prospect in 2013 and not only went ahead to fulfill the prediction, but far exceeded it.
Francisco Lindor Bio (Age)
The Indians shortstop was born on November 14, 1993 in Caguas, Puerto Rico as Francisco Miguel Lindor. Always marked with a wide smile, he was nicknamed Mr. Smile by his relatives and Paquito (a nickname for people named Francisco in Spanish-speaking countries).
Francisco was obviously born with the talent of a top player and didn’t take long after birth to show it. At a young age of 4, his father helped him play and learn basic baseball skills. He would move to the United States, to central Florida at the age of 12, likely to hone his skills and find better ground for his talent.
In his new home, he attended the Montverde Academy Preparatory School in Montverde, Florida, where he proved his skills and won a number of accolades, including being recognized as one of baseball’s top players. high school by USA Today. He was later named to their USA High School Baseball Team. Francisco Lindor’s contributions to the school’s sports (baseball) history, as well as his outstanding performances, inspired the school to name its baseball facility after him in 2013.
The Puerto Rican was drafted in the first round as the eighth overall pick by the Cleveland Indians in the 2011 MLB Draft. He would go on to play college baseball on a full scholarship with the Seminoles baseball team at Florida State University before deciding to sign a contract with the Indians.
Shortly after making his professional debut in June 2015, he won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Month for September, during which he hit .362. His career, albeit seemingly short, earned him accolades such as the 2016 Esurance MLB Best Defensive Player Award, the Gold Glove Award and Platinum Glove Award in the same year, and his first Silver Slugger Award in 2017. He finished second of the American League Rookie of the Year having voted in 2015 and earning his first All-Star selection in 2016.
Along with helping his team reach the 2016 World Series, Francisco Lindor was selected to the 2017 All-WBC National Team by his home country.
His family, his parents; Wife or girlfriend?
Paquito was born into a family that loves and plays baseball. As such, he grew up wanting to be like his older brother and cousin who played the game. Francisco is the third of four children born to his parents, Miguel Angel Lindor (father) and Maria Serrano (mother). He moved to the United States when he was 12 with his father, stepmother and younger brother, a disabled sister. They were later joined by his mother and two older siblings in August 2011 after he signed with Indians.
Francisco noted in an interview that the main reason his family migrated was for the sake of his disabled sister. He is obviously a family oriented man and has said his family is everything to him.
Francisco Lindor would feel comfortable dating any girl but prefers to go for a Latina at all times. Apparently he likes the resonance that comes from sharing, whether it’s a joke or otherwise, in his native language and said there’s that difference when a joke is told in Spanish and when it’s told in English.
True to his desires, he found the perfect match for him in Nilmarie Huertas; she was born on August 9, 1991. Nilmarie’s brother, David Huertas, plays professional basketball with the Puerto Rico national team.
She attended Petra Mercado Bougart and then Florida State College in Jacksonville, Florida. To the best of our knowledge, Nilmarie studied English Education at the University of the Caribbean and taught at Colegio Calvados in Bayamon, Puerto Rico for a time. The two are yet to marry.
Lindor Size
Francisco has managed to maintain a fine athletic body, which is only an asset for his career. He is 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg).