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Álex Cintrón \CIN-trone\

Alexander Cintron

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 17, 1978 in Humacao, Puerto Rico
High Schools: Mech Tech HS (Yabucoa, PR), Yabucoa (Yabucoa, PR)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 2001 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/WhiteSox/Orioles/Nationals 2001-2009
Agents: Burton Rocks, previously: Burton Rocks [*]
Final Game: May 19, 2009 (Age 30)
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1997	18	DBK,LTH	Rk	44	183	155	23	31	6	1	0	20	1	4	21	33	.200	.302	.252	.553		39	3	2	4	1	0		DBK,LTH · ARIZ,PION
1998	19	ARI-min	Rk	67	285	258	41	68	11	4	3	34	8	4	20	32	.264	.319	.372	.691		96	8	2	3	2	0		LTH · PION
1999	20	ARI-min	A+	128	542	499	78	153	25	4	3	64	15	8	19	65	.307	.333	.391	.724		195	14	3	17	4	0		HDS · CALL
2000	21	ARI-min	AA	125	573	522	83	157	30	6	4	59	9	9	29	56	.301	.336	.404	.740		211	22	2	13	7	0		ELP · TL
2001	22	ARI-min	AAA	107	468	425	53	124	24	3	3	35	9	6	15	48	.292	.315	.384	.698		163	12	2	20	6	1		TUC · PCL
2001	22	ARI	NL	8	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	107	4	0	0	0	0	0	/6
2002	23	ARI-min	AAA	85	375	351	53	113	22	3	4	26	9	5	11	33	.322	.345	.436	.781		153	8	2	10	1	0		TUC · PCL
2002	23	ARI	NL	38	90	75	11	16	6	0	0	4	0	0	12	13	.213	.322	.293	.615	57	22	2	0	3	0	2	4/56
2003	24	ARI-min	AAA	26	115	107	21	42	11	2	2	21	1	0	8	6	.393	.435	.589	1.024		63	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
2003	24	ARI	NL	117	487	448	70	142	26	6	13	51	2	3	29	33	.317	.359	.489	.848	112	219	7	2	5	3	0	65/4
2004	25	ARI	NL	154	613	564	56	148	31	7	4	49	3	3	31	59	.262	.301	.363	.665	68	205	11	2	12	4	2	*64/5
2005	26	ARI	NL	122	348	330	36	90	19	2	8	48	1	2	12	33	.273	.298	.415	.713	83	137	8	1	2	3	3	654
2006	27	CHW	AL	91	304	288	35	82	10	3	5	41	10	3	10	35	.285	.310	.392	.703	78	113	10	2	1	3	0	645/D
2007	28	CHW	AL	68	196	185	23	45	7	1	2	19	2	1	9	35	.243	.281	.324	.605	57	60	5	1	0	1	1	564/D
2008	29	BAL-min	AAA,AA,A+	21	86	80	11	25	1	0	3	12	0	0	3	14	.313	.353	.438	.790		35	3	2	1	0	0		NFK,BOW,FDK · IL,EL,CARL
2008	29	BAL	AL	61	144	133	12	38	5	1	1	10	0	2	7	15	.286	.321	.361	.682	81	48	5	0	4	0	0	6/543D
2009	30	WSN-SEA-min	AAA,Rk	38	145	137	11	39	6	1	2	12	3	0	4	20	.285	.303	.387	.690		53	5	0	3	1	0		TAC,SYR,MRE · PCL,IL,ARIZ
2009	30	WSN	NL	21	28	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	2	1	0	0	0	0	/46
2010	31	NYM-min	AAA	20	61	57	5	13	1	0	1	3	0	1	4	12	.228	.279	.298	.577		17	1	0	0	0	0		BFL · IL
2011	32	SDP-min	AAA	22	91	82	12	29	5	1	1	7	0	0	6	9	.354	.389	.476	.864		39	1	0	1	2	0		TUC,TRR · PCL,MEX
2012	33	MCD	AAA	7	32	25	7	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	2	.240	.375	.320	.695		8	0	0	0	1	0		MCD · MEX
9 Yrs				680	2217	2056	244	565	104	21	33	222	18	14	112	230	.275	.313	.394	.707	80	810	49	8	27	14	8
162 Game Avg.				162	528	490	58	135	25	5	8	53	4	3	27	55	.275	.313	.394	.707	80	193	12	2	6	3	2

ARI (5 yrs)				439	1545	1424	173	398	82	16	25	152	6	8	84	138	.279	.320	.412	.732	85	587	28	5	22	10	7
CHW (2 yrs)				159	500	473	58	127	17	4	7	60	12	4	19	70	.268	.299	.366	.664	70	173	15	3	1	4	1
WSN (1 yr)				21	28	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	2	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				61	144	133	12	38	5	1	1	10	0	2	7	15	.286	.321	.361	.682	81	48	5	0	4	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				460	1573	1450	174	400	82	16	25	152	6	8	86	145	.276	.317	.406	.723	83	589	29	5	22	10	7
AL (3 yrs)				220	644	606	70	165	22	5	8	70	12	6	26	85	.272	.304	.365	.668	72	221	20	3	5	4	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	22	ARI	NL	8	7	-0	-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	-0.0	0.1	-0		/6
2002	23	ARI	NL	38	90	-6	0	-0	0	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.2	.488	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2		4/56
2003	24	ARI	NL	117	487	10	2	1	-5	5	13	1.2	15	28	2.7	.511	.508	3.2	-0.0	33		65/4
2004	25	ARI	NL	154	613	-30	1	1	1	7	-20	-2.1	19	-0	-0.2	.487	.488	-0.3	0.8	-1	$335,000	*64/5
2005	26	ARI	NL	122	348	-10	1	0	-6	3	-12	-1.2	11	-1	-0.2	.490	.493	0.4	-0.3	5	$360,000	654
2006	27	CHW	AL	91	304	-11	1	-0	-14	2	-22	-2.1	11	-11	-1.0	.477	.487	0.3	-1.1	3	$1,600,000	645/D
2007	28	CHW	AL	68	196	-12	0	-1	-12	1	-23	-2.2	7	-16	-1.5	.467	.486	-0.4	-1.0	-4	$1,900,000	564/D
2008	29	BAL	AL	61	144	-5	-2	-0	-13	2	-18	-1.7	5	-13	-1.2	.471	.489	0.1	-1.1	0		6/543D
2009	30	WSN	NL	21	28	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.469	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4		/46
9 Seasons				680	2217	-68	3	1	-49	22	-92	-9.2	73	-18	-2.1	.487	.494	2.7	-2.7	31	$4,195,000

ARI (5 yrs)				439	1545	-35	4	2	-9	17	-22	-2.5	48	26	2.2	.495	.497	3.1	0.6	35	$695,000
CHW (2 yrs)				159	500	-23	1	-1	-26	3	-45	-4.3	19	-26	-2.5	.472	.486	-0.0	-2.2	-0	$3,500,000
WSN (1 yr)				21	28	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.469	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-4
BAL (1 yr)				61	144	-5	-2	-0	-13	2	-18	-1.7	5	-13	-1.2	.471	.489	0.1	-1.1	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	23	ARI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2001	ARI	NL	22	SS	7	0	0	15.2	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1		46		4.60	1.14	.968	4.48	4.41
2002	ARI	NL	23	2B	18	14	14	130.2	58	27	31	0	9	1.000	-0		-3		3.99	3.22	.981	4.96	4.92
2002	ARI	NL	23	3B	9	1	1	22.2	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	-0		-5		3.57	1.00	.957	2.70	2.69
2002	ARI	NL	23	SS	8	5	4	47.0	26	7	18	1	5	.962	1		18		4.79	3.13	.970	4.52	4.49
2003	ARI	NL	24	SS	93	90	82	795.2	381	138	235	8	56	.979	-2	-3	-2	-4	4.22	4.01	.973	4.52	4.48
2003	ARI	NL	24	3B	16	14	10	117.0	39	14	22	3	0	.923	-2	-2	-24	-21	2.77	2.25	.955	2.74	2.72
2003	ARI	NL	24	2B	9	5	4	56.1	31	14	17	0	5	1.000	-0	0	-9	0	4.95	3.44	.983	5.11	5.07
2004	ARI	NL	25	SS	133	125	113	1099.0	538	141	382	15	61	.972	8	1	9	1	4.28	3.93	.973	4.45	4.42
2004	ARI	NL	25	2B	19	17	13	147.0	81	33	46	2	6	.975	-2	0	-13	0	4.84	4.16	.982	5.00	4.97
2004	ARI	NL	25	3B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.960	2.70	2.80
2005	ARI	NL	26	SS	39	31	20	271.0	147	43	99	5	19	.966	4	2	19	8	4.72	3.64	.976	4.51	4.45
2005	ARI	NL	26	3B	32	18	17	192.1	58	15	41	2	9	.966	-3	-3	-21	-18	2.62	1.75	.958	2.77	2.74
2005	ARI	NL	26	2B	23	15	12	144.2	71	31	39	1	12	.986	-2	-5	-17	-43	4.35	3.04	.981	4.98	4.92
2006	CHW	AL	27	SS	41	35	30	319.0	148	50	94	4	19	.973	0	-4	0	-15	4.06	3.51	.970	4.49	4.42
2006	CHW	AL	27	2B	26	23	22	203.2	103	43	59	1	9	.990	0	-5	1	-31	4.51	3.92	.986	4.92	4.85
2006	CHW	AL	27	3B	11	6	2	63.0	31	8	20	3	1	.903	-1	-5	-15	-93	4.00	2.55	.960	2.86	2.80
2006	CHW	AL	27	DH	8	2
2007	CHW	AL	28	3B	19	12	8	112.2	41	9	27	5	3	.878	-1	-2	-10	-22	2.88	1.89	.957	2.63	2.60
2007	CHW	AL	28	SS	17	15	12	132.1	81	34	45	2	14	.975	-2	-4	-15	-38	5.37	4.65	.970	4.47	4.42
2007	CHW	AL	28	2B	14	14	11	117.2	49	22	24	3	6	.939	-4	-6	-41	-63	3.52	3.29	.985	4.98	4.92
2007	CHW	AL	28	DH	7	2
2008	BAL	AL	29	SS	45	28	19	257.0	149	50	92	7	21	.953	-5	-11	-25	-51	4.97	3.16	.971	4.39	4.35
2008	BAL	AL	29	3B	8	0	0	21.1	8	1	6	1	0	.875	0	0	11	0	2.95	0.88	.958	2.74	2.71
2008	BAL	AL	29	2B	7	1	0	17.0	8	4	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-2	-169	-148	4.24	1.14	.988	5.03	4.96
2008	BAL	AL	29	1B	2	0	0	3.0	4	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	120	0	12.00	2.00	.995	9.30	9.20
2008	BAL	AL	29	DH	2	0
2009	WSN	NL	30	2B	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.50	.980	4.80	4.80
2009	WSN	NL	30	SS	2	2	1	15.0	7	4	2	1	0	.857	-1	-1	-112	-88	3.60	3.00	.974	4.38	4.35
	9 Seasons			SS	385	331	281	2951.2	1485	469	973	43	195	.971	4	-20	2	-8	4.40	3.75	.973	4.48	4.43
	8 Seasons			2B	118	89	76	820.0	402	175	220	7	48	.983	-11	-19	-15	-33	4.34	3.35	.983	4.98	4.92
	7 Seasons			3B	96	51	38	530.0	187	50	123	14	14	.925	-7	-12	-17	-28	2.94	1.80	.957	2.74	2.71
	1 Season			1B	2	0	0	3.0	4	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	120	0	12.00	2.00	.995	9.30	9.20
	9 Seasons			TOT	601	471	395	4304.2	2078	697	1317	64	258	.969	-13	-51	-4	-14	4.21	3.35	.973	4.36	4.27
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2003 NL 6 (9th) 2004 NL 7 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2004 NL 12 (9th)	Assists† s c a p y 2004 NL 428 (4th)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 2004 NL 9 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2003 NL 6 (9th)
2004 NL 7 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 NL 12 (9th)

Assists† s c a p y
2004 NL 428 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2004 NL 9 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (948th), -2.1 career WAR/0.6 7yr-peak WAR/-0.8 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Erick Aybar (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dickie Thon (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dickie Thon (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Garcia (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Garcia (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Treadway (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 36th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1997.
March 8, 2006: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Bajenaru.
November 28, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
February 21, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
March 26, 2008: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
April 3, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 28, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
June 1, 2009: Released by the Washington Nationals.
July 3, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
February 23, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
February 8, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
March 30, 2011: Released by the Washington Nationals.
May 3, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
May 24, 2011: Voluntarily retired from the San Diego Padres.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	$335,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$360,000
2006	27	Chicago White Sox	$1,600,000
2007	28	Chicago White Sox	$1,900,000
		Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,195,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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