Alex Cora
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 18, 1975 in Caguas, P.R.
High School: Bautista (Caguas, PR)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1998
Relatives: Brother of Joey Cora
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 LAD NL 22 SS 21 4 76.1 45 22 21 2 6 .956 0.5 7.9 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 5.07 2.05 .969 4.52 3.88
1998 LAD NL 22 2B 4 1 14.0 12 4 8 0 3 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 7.71 3.00 .983 5.08 4.38
1999 LAD NL 23 SS 8 3 37.1 21 10 11 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -12.9 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 5.06 2.63 .967 4.41 3.80
1999 LAD NL 23 2B 3 3 23.0 14 3 9 2 2 .857 -1.6 -83.5 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 4.70 4.00 .986 5.05 4.20
2000 LAD NL 24 SS 101 94 828.1 423 151 260 12 70 .972 -2.7 -3.9 -3.7 -3.9 0.3 1 4.47 4.07 .967 4.52 3.88
2000 LAD NL 24 2B 8 7 59.0 24 11 13 0 5 1.000 -1.6 -32.5 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0 3.66 3.00 .983 4.96 4.34
2001 LAD NL 25 SS 132 119 1062.2 525 178 327 20 63 .962 1.6 1.8 1.6 -0.6 2.2 0 4.28 3.83 .968 4.47 3.93
2001 LAD NL 25 2B 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 4.84 4.20
2002 LAD NL 26 SS 61 53 453.0 216 67 144 5 32 .977 2.0 5.3 2.0 1.6 0.5 0 4.19 3.46 .970 4.52 4.00
2002 LAD NL 26 2B 40 10 153.0 85 30 53 2 11 .976 2.2 17.3 2.2 0.5 1.6 0 4.88 2.08 .982 4.96 4.28
2003 LAD NL 27 2B 141 122 1103.0 678 287 376 15 112 .978 -2.1 -2.3 -3.1 -4.8 1.7 1 5.41 4.70 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 LAD NL 27 SS 15 5 55.1 27 10 17 0 4 1.000 0.4 8.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.39 1.80 .974 4.52 3.99
2004 LAD NL 28 2B 138 122 1091.1 611 261 342 8 91 .987 4.6 5.1 -0.4 -2.3 1.9 5 4.97 4.37 .982 5.01 4.31
2005 TOT AL 29 2B 50 35 328.1 185 76 107 2 29 .989 3.0 11.0 1.0 -2.1 3.1 2 5.02 3.66 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 TOT AL 29 SS 35 27 245.2 147 37 107 3 16 .980 6.5 31.8 6.5 4.5 2.0 0 5.28 4.11 .971 4.60 4.17
2005 CLE AL 29 SS 24 22 197.1 114 28 83 3 11 .974 4.8 29.2 4.8 3.0 1.8 0 5.06 4.63 .972 4.60 4.17
2005 CLE AL 29 2B 15 14 119.0 69 24 45 0 11 1.000 4.6 46.4 3.6 1.4 2.2 1 5.22 4.60 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 CLE AL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2005 CLE AL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2005 BOS AL 29 2B 35 21 209.1 116 52 62 2 18 .983 -1.6 -9.2 -2.6 -3.5 0.9 1 4.90 3.26 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 BOS AL 29 SS 11 5 48.1 33 9 24 0 5 1.000 1.7 42.2 1.7 1.5 0.2 0 6.14 3.00 .970 4.60 4.17
2005 BOS AL 29 3B 5 2 24.2 12 2 7 3 0 .750 -2.3 -111.9 -2.3 -1.7 -0.6 0 3.28 1.80 .967 2.77 2.50
2006 BOS AL 30 SS 63 47 434.0 238 66 166 6 46 .975 -0.5 -1.4 -1.5 -5.7 4.2 1 4.81 3.68 .970 4.49 4.02
2006 BOS AL 30 2B 18 10 95.1 43 18 24 1 6 .977 -2.6 -32.7 -3.6 -2.4 -1.2 1 3.97 2.33 .986 4.92 4.47
2006 BOS AL 30 3B 11 4 50.2 10 3 7 0 2 1.000 -1.7 -40.3 -1.7 -0.6 -1.1 0 1.78 0.91 .960 2.84 2.54
2006 BOS AL 30 DH 1
2007 BOS AL 31 2B 47 30 297.1 163 67 95 1 20 .994 3.2 12.9 3.2 1.9 1.3 0 4.90 3.45 .985 4.98 4.54
2007 BOS AL 31 SS 33 22 202.1 97 25 69 3 18 .969 3.4 20.2 2.4 0.3 2.1 1 4.18 2.85 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 BOS AL 31 1B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -2.3 -920.0 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 9.30 7.90
2008 BOS AL 32 SS 69 38 386.0 216 74 136 6 39 .972 -4.0 -12.4 -5.0 -5.6 0.6 1 4.90 3.04 .971 4.39 3.84
2008 BOS AL 32 2B 7 3 35.0 20 6 14 0 3 1.000 0.2 6.9 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 5.14 2.86 .985 5.01 4.51
2009 NYM NL 33 SS 56 54 466.1 252 106 140 6 36 .976 4.75 4.39 .974 4.38 3.95
2009 NYM NL 33 2B 19 13 131.1 80 38 40 2 7 .975 5.35 4.11 .984 4.86 4.16
2009 NYM NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30
11 Seasons SS 594 466 4247.1 2207 746 1398 63 332 .971 6.8 1.9 2.8 -9.7 12.7 4 4.54 3.61 .970 4.48 3.94
12 Seasons 2B 476 357 3338.2 1917 802 1082 33 289 .983 5.3 1.9 -3.7 -9.3 5.5 9 5.08 3.96 .983 5.03 4.38
2 Seasons 3B 16 6 75.1 22 5 14 3 2 .864 -4.0 -63.7 -4.0 -2.3 -1.7 0 2.27 1.19 .964 2.82 2.52
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -2.3 -690.0 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 9.22 8.10
1 Season DH 1
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
12 Seasons TOT 1089 829 7666.1 4148 1554 2494 100 623 .976 5.8 0.9 -7.2 -21.3 14.2 13 4.75 3.72 .952 4.70 4.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 LAD NL 22 29 5 29 25 0 0 0 4 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 LAD NL 23 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 LAD NL 24 109 101 109 108 0 0 0 8 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2001 LAD NL 25 134 120 134 133 0 0 0 1 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2002 LAD NL 26 115 63 115 87 0 0 0 40 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 38 1
2003 LAD NL 27 148 127 148 146 0 0 0 141 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 LAD NL 28 138 122 138 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
2005 CLE AL 29 49 36 49 40 0 0 0 15 0 24 1 0 0 1 0 9 3
2005 BOS AL 29 47 28 47 47 0 0 0 35 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
2006 BOS AL 30 96 61 96 91 0 0 0 18 11 63 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
2007 BOS AL 31 83 52 83 73 0 0 1 47 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 12 5
2008 BOS AL 32 75 41 75 73 0 0 0 7 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
2009 NYM NL 33 82 67 82 73 0 0 1 19 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
12 Seasons 1116 829 1116 1045 0 0 2 476 16 594 1 0 0 1 0 102 30
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1998 LAD NL 22 351 58% 71% 28% 31 87% 0 22 7 14 1 23 19 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 2 2 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1999 LAD NL 23 166 55% 73% 33% 15 100% 0 10 6 2 2 11 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
2000 LAD NL 24 3689 49% 70% 28% 298 97% 2 148 69 59 21 259 208 42 1 3 12 1 5 6 8 70 21 7 17 10 4 62 28 31 6 3 2
2001 LAD NL 25 4625 54% 71% 28% 414 96% 6 178 102 56 20 327 275 37 1 5 20 0 10 10 14 63 21 10 15 3 3 54 31 21 3 2 1
2002 LAD NL 26 1958 61% 72% 27% 162 96% 3 68 31 28 9 141 115 21 0 0 5 0 3 2 5 32 11 3 7 5 2 29 14 15 1 0 1
2003 LAD NL 27 232 51% 70% 29% 23 100% 0 10 6 4 0 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
2005 CLE AL 29 843 58% 75% 36% 98 92% 0 29 14 12 3 83 76 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 11 3 1 7 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 0
2005 BOS AL 29 223 61% 85% 32% 33 97% 0 9 8 1 0 24 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS AL 30 2000 55% 73% 31% 191 85% 2 66 22 35 8 167 132 29 0 2 6 0 2 4 4 47 19 2 14 3 2 43 22 19 2 1 0
2007 BOS AL 31 874 52% 74% 30% 73 90% 0 25 10 13 2 69 57 10 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 18 6 1 6 2 1 16 7 9 1 0 0
2008 BOS AL 32 1723 54% 72% 30% 159 89% 4 74 34 33 7 136 115 13 0 1 6 1 3 2 3 39 9 3 17 3 2 35 12 22 3 2 1
2009 NYM NL 33 2115 49% 74% 29% 187 89% 0 106 51 41 15 140 113 19 0 5 6 1 2 3 4 36 9 3 11 7 3 35 13 21 0 0 0
11 Seasons 18799 54% 72% 29% 1684 93% 17 745 360 298 88 1398 1150 192 2 18 63 3 27 33 42 333 105 34 97 33 19 301 141 151 17 8 5
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1998 LAD NL 22 60 70% 75% 33% 9 89% 0 4 0 2 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
1999 LAD NL 23 101 51% 67% 29% 9 78% 0 3 0 1 2 9 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 LAD NL 24 258 49% 69% 22% 13 100% 0 12 4 7 1 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
2001 LAD NL 25 33 67% 88% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 LAD NL 26 649 53% 72% 27% 54 98% 0 24 10 11 3 52 47 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 11 5 1 3 0 10 3 7 1 0 1
2003 LAD NL 27 4735 59% 70% 32% 413 91% 8 288 82 133 73 376 318 42 3 5 15 0 8 7 8 112 39 26 23 3 103 26 72 5 2 3
2004 LAD NL 28 4715 59% 74% 29% 382 94% 1 261 88 105 68 343 293 42 0 6 8 0 3 5 3 91 35 21 23 1 87 25 58 2 0 1
2005 BOS AL 29 926 52% 75% 30% 74 93% 1 52 20 24 8 63 53 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 18 7 4 6 0 18 6 12 0 0 0
2005 CLE AL 29 528 59% 76% 31% 62 90% 0 24 15 7 2 47 39 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1 7 0 10 7 3 1 0 1
2006 BOS AL 30 439 59% 76% 31% 28 86% 0 18 5 8 5 24 19 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 3 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 31 1268 53% 73% 30% 115 94% 0 67 27 31 9 95 85 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 20 2 8 6 1 20 8 12 0 0 0
2008 BOS AL 32 151 50% 72% 34% 15 87% 0 6 2 4 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 33 604 55% 71% 29% 50 90% 0 38 12 19 8 40 36 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 7 3 2 1 1 7 2 5 0 0 0
12 Seasons 14467 57% 73% 30% 1225 92% 10 798 265 353 181 1085 926 125 3 13 33 1 16 16 16 289 97 69 74 9 272 84 179 10 3 6
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2005 BOS AL 29 113 59% 70% 35% 13 69% 0 2 2 0 0 7 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS AL 30 214 46% 77% 36% 10 70% 0 3 1 1 1 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
2 Seasons 327 50% 75% 36% 23 70% 0 5 3 1 1 14 10 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2007 BOS AL 31 20 45% 75% 25% 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 33 6 17% 83% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 26 38% 77% 19% 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 67% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 67% 50% 0
MLB Averages 62.2% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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