Juan Uribe

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Juan C. Tena Uribe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 173 lb.

Debut April 8, 2001
Born July 22, 1979 in Bani, Peravia, D.R.

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Shortstop Juan Uribe was signed by the Colorado Rockies in 1997 and made his big league debut with the club in 2001. He became the team's regular shortstop in the second half of the season, hitting .300 with 8 homers in 72 games. He also was second in the National League with 11 triples, despite being in the majors for only half the year. In 2002, he remained a Rockies regular but had a disappointing sophomore season. He began the year by hitting .373 in April, but he only batted .211 the rest of the way. Uribe was injured to begin the 2003 season, and he missed the first 58 games of the Rockies season. He still managed to club 10 home runs. After the season, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Miles.

Uribe began his first season with the Sox as a utility player, but by the end of the year, he was the club's regular second baseman. He hit .283 with a career-high 23 homers and 74 RBIs. When the Sox acquired Tadahito Iguchi before the 2005 season, Uribe was moved back to shortstop. He hit 16 homers for the Sox that year and provided solid defense in the infield. In the postseason, he reached base safely in 11 of 12 games and recorded the final two outs for the Sox in the final game of their World Series triumph.

He is the second cousin of José Uribe.