Eric Chavez

During his playing career, Chavez won six Gold Glove Awards (2001–2006) and a Silver Slugger Award (2002).\n', ' Chavez was the second of four children born to Cesar and Ruby Chavez in Los Angeles, California. Cesar, who was born in Mexico, was a custodian at an elementary school and Ruby worked at Rancho Bernardo High School. Chavez was baptized Catholic but his mother converted to Protestantism when he was eight or nine years old. Although all four of Chavez\'s parents were from Mexico, he did not learn to speak Spanish.\n', ' Chavez was an early childhood friend as well as a high school teammate of Eric Munson at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego. They were among only ten players named to USA Today\'s national high school baseball team.\n', '