Alex rodriguez stats
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Alex Rodriguez
(1975-)
Who Is Alex Rodriguez?
Alex Rodriguez made his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners at age 18. Blessed with tremendous all-around ability, he became a home run champ and a three-time MVP during his years with the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. He also drew criticism for his postseason struggles and was suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez played his final game in August 2016, finishing among the all-time leaders in home runs, RBIs and runs scored, before embarking on a broadcasting career.
Early Life
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez was born on July 27, 1975, in New York City, the youngest of Victor Rodriguez and Lourdes Navarro's three children. At an early age, baseball was a central part of Rodriguez's life. His father was a former pro catcher in his native Dominican Republic and a passionate New York Mets fan.
"I saw how passionate he was about the game," Rodriguez once recalled. "How closely he paid attention to it. That rubbed off on me."
At age 4, Rodrigu
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The major league baseball player Álex (A-Rod) Rodríguez was born Álexander Emmanuel Rodríguez on July 27, 1975, in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York, to Victor Rodríguez, a former pro catcher in the Dominican Republic and Lourdes Rodríguez. At four, the Rodríguez family moved to the Dominican Republic. However, they returned to the U.S., and reared their children in Miami, Florida. Rodríguez has three siblings from his mother’s first marriage. They are Victor M. Rodríguez, Joe Dunand Sr., and Suzy Dunand.
In 1993, Rodríguez became the first high school player to try out for the United States national baseball team. He completed his secondary education at the Westminster Christian School in New York City where he was a celebrated shortstop on its baseball team. In his junior year, Rodríguez hit .477 and stole 42 bases in 35 games and played quarterback on the school’s football team.
Rodríguez was recruited by the University of Miami in Florida to play baseball and football. However, he refused the baseball scholarship and, at 18, signed with the Seattle Mariners in 1993 a
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Alex Rodriguez
American baseball player (born 1975)
This article is about the baseball player. For others of the same name, see Alex Rodriguez (disambiguation).
Baseball player
| Alex Rodriguez | |
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Rodriguez in 2015 | |
| Shortstop / Third baseman | |
| Born: (1975-07-27) July 27, 1975 (age 49) New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| July 8, 1994, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| August 12, 2016, for the New York Yankees | |
| Batting average | .295 |
| Hits | 3,115 |
| Home runs | 696 |
| Runs batted in | 2,086 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional base
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