# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darin-erstad
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:16:50.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darin-erstad"
name: "Darin Erstad"
slug: "darin-erstad"
description: "Darin Charles Erstad is an American former professional baseball player and former head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Erstad spent most of his playing career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996–2006) before signing with the Chicago White Sox in 2007. Erstad batted and threw left-handed. He was a two-time MLB All-Star and a three-time Gold Glove Award winner. He was the first overall pick in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft."
tagline: "American baseball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/8TH_7936_Darin_Erstad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.677729333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "戴林·厄斯泰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "دارين ارستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Erstad"
    title: "Darin Erstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Erstad"
    title: "Darin Erstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Erstad"
    title: "Darin Erstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%89"
    title: "ダリン・アースタッド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Erstad"
    title: "Darin Erstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump