Craig Paquette

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Craig Paquette

| image =

| caption =

| position = Third baseman / Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|3|28}}

| birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = June 1

| debutyear = 1993

| debutteam = Oakland Athletics

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = April 24

| finalyear = 2003

| finalteam = Kansas City Royals

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .239

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 99

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 377

| teams =

• Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1995}})
• Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
• New York Mets ({{mlby|1998}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2001}})
• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2003}})

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport | Men's baseball }}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Winnipeg | Team competition }}

}}

Craig Harold Paquette ({{IPAc-en|p|ɑː|ˈ|k|ɛ|t}}; born March 28, 1969) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers. In 2007, he played for the Camden Riversharks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

A native of Long Beach, California, Paquette attended Rancho Alamitos High School and then went on to play college baseball for Golden West College. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=January 9, 2020}} He was selected by Oakland in the 8th round of the 1989 MLB Draft.