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Alex Rodriguez
Full name Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez Born July 27, 1975, New York, New York First Game: July 8, 1994 ; Final Game: August 12, 2016 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 Uncle of Joe Dunand Named Internet Baseball Awards' AL Most Valuable Player (1996, 2002 to 2003, 2005 and 2007) Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (2003, 2005 and 2007) Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1996, 2002 and 2007) Named third baseman on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (2005 and 2007 to 2008) Named shortstop on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1996, 1998 and 2000 to 2003) Won AL Gold Glove as shortstop (2002 to 2003) Named third baseman on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (2005 and 2007 to 2008) Named shortstop on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1996 and 1998 to 2003) Ejections: 1997 (1), 2002 (2), 2004 (1), 2009 (1). Total: 5 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1994 SEA A Daily Splits 17 54 4 11 0 0 0 2 3 0 20 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 .204 .241 .204 -0.7 1994 SEA A
1995 SEA A Daily Splits 48 142 15 33 6 2 5 19 6 0 42 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 .232 .264 .408 -0.8 1995 SEA A
1996 SEA A Daily Splits 146 601 141 215 54 1 36 123 59 1 104 4 6 7 0 8 15 15 4 .358 .414 .631 5.5 1996 SEA A
1997 SEA A Daily Splits 141 587 100 176 40 3 23 84 41 1 99 5 4 1 0 14 14 29 6 .300 .350 .496 2.5 1997 SEA A
1998 SEA A Daily Splits 161 686 123 213 35 5 42 124 45 0 121 10 3 4 0 11 12 46 13 .310 .360 .560 4.3 1998 SEA A
1999 SEA A Daily Splits 129 502 110 143 25 0 42 111 56 2 109 5 1 8 0 9 12 21 7 .285 .357 .586 3.6 1999 SEA A
2000 SEA A Daily Splits 148 554 134 175 34 2 41 132 100 5 121 7 0 11 0 9 10 15 4 .316 .420 .606 6.5 2000 SEA A
2001 TEX A Daily Splits 162 632 133 201 34 1 52 135 75 6 131 16 0 9 0 10 17 18 3 .318 .399 .622 6.8 2001 TEX A
2002 TEX A Daily Splits 162 624 125 187 27 2 57 142 87 12 122 10 0 4 0 6 14 9 4 .300 .392 .623 7.3 2002 TEX A
2003 TEX A Daily Splits 161 607 124 181 30 6 47 118 87 10 126 15 0 6 0 4 16 17 3 .298 .396 .600 6.6 2003 TEX A
2004 NY A Daily Splits 155 601 112 172 24 2 36 106 80 6 131 10 0 7 0 13 18 28 4 .286 .375 .512 2.9 2004 NY A
2005 NY A Daily Splits 162 605 124 194 29 1 48 130 91 8 139 16 0 3 0 7 8 21 6 .321 .421 .610 5.9 2005 NY A
2006 NY A Daily Splits 154 572 113 166 26 1 35 121 90 8 139 8 0 4 0 10 22 15 4 .290 .392 .523 1.1 2006 NY A
2007 NY A Daily Splits 158 583 143 183 31 0 54 156 95 11 120 21 0 9 0 5 15 24 4 .314 .422 .645 5.2 2007 NY A
2008 NY A Daily Splits 138 510 104 154 33 0 35 103 65 9 117 14 0 5 0 8 16 18 3 .302 .392 .573 4.1 2008 NY A
2009 NY A Daily Splits 124 444 78 127 17 1 30 100 80 7 97 8 0 3 0 4 13 14 2 .286 .402 .532 2.4 2009 NY A
2010 NY A Daily Splits 137 522 74 141 29 2 30 125 59 1 98 3 0 11 0 5 7 4 3 .270 .341 .506 1.5 2010 NY A
2011 NY A Daily Splits 99 373 67 103 21 0 16 62 47 1 80 5 0 3 0 2 13 4 1 .276 .362 .461 1.5 2011 NY A
2012 NY A Daily Splits 122 463 74 126 17 1 18 57 51 3 116 10 0 5 0 5 13 13 1 .272 .353 .430 0.1 2012 NY A
2013 NY A Daily Splits 44 156 21 38 7 0 7 19 23 1 43 2 0 0 0 1 5 4 2 .244 .348 .423 0.6 2013 NY A
2015 NY A Daily Splits 151 523 83 131 22 1 33 86 84 5 145 6 0 7 0 6 17 4 0 .250 .356 .486 1.8 2015 NY A
2016 NY A Daily Splits 65 225 19 45 7 0 9 31 14 0 67 1 0 3 0 1 4 3 0 .200 .247 .351 -1.6 2016 NY A
Total (22 Years) Splits 2784 10566 2021 3115 548 31 696 2086 1338 97 2287 176 16 111 0 140 261 329 76 .295 .380 .550 67.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Wild-Card Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2015 NY A Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2015 NY A
Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1995 SEA A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1995 SEA A
1997 SEA A Daily Splits 4 16 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .313 .563 1997 SEA A
2000 SEA A Daily Splits 3 13 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .308 .308 .308 2000 SEA A
2004 NY A Daily Splits 4 19 3 8 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .421 .476 .737 2004 NY A
2005 NY A Daily Splits 5 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 .133 .435 .200 2005 NY A
2006 NY A Daily Splits 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .133 .071 2006 NY A
2007 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .353 .467 2007 NY A
2009 NY A Daily Splits 3 11 4 5 0 0 2 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .500 1.000 2009 NY A
2010 NY A Daily Splits 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .308 .273 2010 NY A
2011 NY A Daily Splits 5 18 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .261 .111 2011 NY A
2012 NY A Daily Splits 4 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 2012 NY A
Total (11 Years) Splits 40 149 16 36 5 0 5 17 18 1 42 3 1 2 0 0 3 4 3 .242 .331 .376 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1995 SEA A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1995 SEA A
2000 SEA A Daily Splits 6 22 4 9 2 0 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .409 .480 .773 2000 SEA A
2004 NY A Daily Splits 7 31 8 8 2 0 2 5 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .378 .516 2004 NY A
2009 NY A Daily Splits 6 21 6 9 2 0 3 6 8 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .567 .952 2009 NY A
2010 NY A Daily Splits 6 21 4 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .190 .320 .286 2010 NY A
2012 NY A Daily Splits 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 2012 NY A
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 29 105 22 31 8 0 7 18 18 3 25 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 .295 .409 .571 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2009 NY A Daily Splits 6 20 5 5 3 0 1 6 3 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .423 .550 2009 NY A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1996 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1996 AL
1997 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1997 AL
1998 AL Daily Splits 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 1998 AL
2001 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2001 AL
2002 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2002 AL
2003 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 2003 AL
2004 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 2004 AL
2005 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 2005 AL
2006 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2006 AL
2007 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 2007 AL
2008 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2008 AL
Total (11 Years) Splits 11 26 4 7 0 1 1 2 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 .296 .462 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1994 SEA A Daily Splits SS 17 17 14 142 20 45 6 9 0 .915
1995 SEA A Daily Splits SS 46 38 33 342 56 106 8 14 0 .953
1995 SEA A DH 1 0 0 -
1996 SEA A Daily Splits SS 146 145 137 1267.2 238 404 15 92 0 .977
1997 SEA A Daily Splits SS 140 140 133 1233.2 209 394 24 83 0 .962
1997 SEA A DH 1 1 1 -
1998 SEA A Daily Splits SS 160 160 151 1389.1 268 445 18 90 0 .975
1998 SEA A DH 1 1 1 -
1999 SEA A Daily Splits SS 129 129 113 1114.2 213 382 14 104 0 .977
2000 SEA A Daily Splits SS 148 148 134 1285 243 438 10 123 0 .986
2001 TEX A Daily Splits SS 161 161 143 1395.1 279 452 18 118 1 .976
2001 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
2002 TEX A Daily Splits SS 162 160 139 1390.2 259 472 10 108 1 .987
2003 TEX A Daily Splits SS 158 158 136 1369.2 227 464 8 111 0 .989
2003 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
2004 NY A Daily Splits 3B 155 155 147 1364.1 100 262 13 25 0 .965
2004 NY A SS 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1.000
2005 NY A Daily Splits 3B 161 161 145 1384.2 115 288 12 26 0 .971
2005 NY A SS 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
2005 NY A DH 1 1 1 -
2006 NY A Daily Splits 3B 151 148 131 1287.2 96 262 24 24 0 .937
2006 NY A DH 3 3 3 -
2007 NY A Daily Splits 3B 154 154 130 1330 106 251 13 30 0 .965
2007 NY A DH 4 4 4 -
2008 NY A Daily Splits 3B 131 131 112 1126.1 73 251 10 23 0 .970
2008 NY A DH 7 7 6 -
2009 NY A Daily Splits 3B 116 113 90 974.1 66 200 9 17 0 .967
2009 NY A DH 9 9 9 -
2010 NY A Daily Splits 3B 124 122 98 1046.1 61 224 7 25 1 .976
2010 NY A DH 12 12 10 -
2011 NY A Daily Splits 3B 89 87 68 762 54 165 6 13 0 .973
2011 NY A DH 10 10 10 -
2012 NY A Daily Splits 3B 81 81 76 709.1 57 119 8 13 0 .957
2012 NY A DH 38 38 37 -
2013 NY A Daily Splits 3B 27 27 23 233 22 52 1 9 0 .987
2013 NY A DH 16 16 12 -
2015 NY A Daily Splits DH 136 135 123 -
2015 NY A 3B 4 2 0 17.2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
2015 NY A 1B 2 1 1 9.2 17 0 1 2 0 .944
2016 NY A Daily Splits DH 57 57 52 -
2016 NY A 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total (12 Years) Splits SS 1272 1256 1133 10938 2014 3605 131 853 2 .977
Total (12 Years) 3B 1194 1181 1020 10236 750 2076 103 205 1 .965
Total (16 Years) DH 298 296 271 -
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 2 1 1 9.2 17 0 1 2 0 .944
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Wild-Card Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2015 NY A Daily Splits DH 1 1 1 -
Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1995 SEA A Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1997 SEA A Daily Splits SS 4 4 4 35 5 10 0 2 0 1.000
2000 SEA A Daily Splits SS 3 3 3 28 8 9 0 4 0 1.000
2004 NY A Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 41 5 11 0 0 0 1.000
2005 NY A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 43 4 10 1 0 0 .933
2006 NY A Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 34 4 7 1 1 0 .917
2007 NY A Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 36.2 4 2 0 1 0 1.000
2009 NY A Daily Splits 3B 3 3 3 29 2 6 0 1 0 1.000
2010 NY A Daily Splits 3B 3 3 3 27 3 5 0 0 0 1.000
2011 NY A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 44 3 18 0 1 0 1.000
2012 NY A Daily Splits 3B 3 3 3 30 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
2012 NY A DH 1 1 0 -
Total ( 8 Years) Splits 3B 31 31 31 284.2 26 62 2 4 0 .978
Total ( 3 Years) SS 8 7 7 66 13 19 0 6 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) DH 1 1 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2000 SEA A Daily Splits SS 6 6 6 52 9 11 0 3 0 1.000
2004 NY A Daily Splits 3B 7 7 7 69.2 4 7 0 2 0 1.000
2009 NY A Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 58.2 0 13 0 2 0 1.000
2010 NY A Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 52 4 16 1 0 0 .952
2012 NY A Daily Splits 3B 2 2 1 17 1 6 0 0 0 1.000
2012 NY A DH 1 0 0 -
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 3B 21 21 20 197.1 9 42 1 4 0 .981
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 6 6 6 52 9 11 0 3 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) DH 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
2009 NY A Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 53 5 13 1 2 0 .947
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1996 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1997 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1998 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 1.000
2001 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 AL SS 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
2002 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
2003 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 1.000
2004 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1.000
2005 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
2006 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
2007 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2008 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 3B 6 6 0 24.1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) SS 6 4 0 26 1 10 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
8- 9-1997 BOX SEA A Ray DiMuro Balls and strikes
5-15-2002 BOX TEX A Mike DiMuro Bumping umpire
5-28-2002 BOX TEX A Greg Gibson Running off field in intimidating manner
7-24-2004 BOX NY A Bruce Froemming Brawl
9-13-2009 BOX NY A Marty Foster Called third strike
Transaction Information
Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 3, 1993 - signed August 30, 1993 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2000 ).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 26, 2001 ).
Traded by Texas Rangers with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Alfonso
Soriano and a player to be named later (February 16, 2004 ); Texas Rangers received
Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004 ).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2007 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 13, 2007 ).
Released by New York Yankees (August 13, 2016 ).
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