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Álex Cora

Jose Alexander Cora

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox/Mets/Nationals/Indians/... 1998-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$900k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.129, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Brother of Joey Cora
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:05AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1714. Jose Lind… #1715. David Ross… #1716. Jason LaRue… #1717. ALEX CORA… #1718. Pete Suder… #1719. Kazuo Matsui… #1720. Jimmy Cooney… 

Standard Batting

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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
1998 22 LAD NL 29 38 33 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 .121 .194 .182 .376 2 6 0 1 2 0 0 6/4
1999 23 LAD NL 11 31 30 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .167 .194 .200 .394 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 /64
2000 24 LAD NL 109 394 353 39 84 18 6 4 32 4 1 26 53 .238 .302 .357 .658 70 126 6 7 6 2 4 6/4
2001 25 LAD NL 134 449 405 38 88 18 3 4 29 0 2 31 58 .217 .285 .306 .591 59 124 16 8 3 2 6 *6/4
2002 26 LAD NL 115 293 258 37 75 14 4 5 28 7 2 26 38 .291 .371 .434 .805 119 112 3 7 2 0 4 64
2003 27 LAD NL 148 514 477 39 119 24 3 4 34 4 2 16 59 .249 .287 .338 .625 67 161 5 10 9 2 3 *46
2004 28 LAD NL 138 484 405 47 107 9 4 10 47 3 4 47 41 .264 .364 .380 .745 98 154 9 18 12 2 10 *4
2005 29 TOT AL 96 273 250 25 58 8 4 3 24 7 2 11 30 .232 .275 .332 .607 62 83 6 5 4 3 0 46/57
2005 29 CLE AL 49 157 146 11 30 5 2 1 8 6 0 5 18 .205 .250 .288 .538 46 42 3 4 1 1 0 64/7
2005 29 BOS AL 47 116 104 14 28 3 2 2 16 1 2 6 12 .269 .310 .394 .704 83 41 3 1 3 2 0 46/5
2006 30 BOS AL 96 264 235 31 56 7 2 1 18 6 2 19 29 .238 .312 .298 .609 57 70 4 6 4 0 1 645
2007 31 BOS AL 83 232 207 30 51 10 5 3 18 1 1 7 23 .246 .298 .386 .684 75 80 5 9 7 2 2 46/3
2008 32 BOS AL 75 179 152 14 41 8 2 0 9 1 1 16 13 .270 .371 .349 .719 87 53 3 9 1 1 1 6/4
2009 33 NYM NL 82 308 271 31 68 11 1 1 18 8 3 25 28 .251 .320 .310 .630 70 84 2 3 8 1 1 64/3
2010 34 TOT MLB 66 194 176 14 37 6 3 0 20 4 1 10 16 .210 .266 .278 .544 49 49 4 4 2 2 1 4/635
2010 34 NYM NL 62 187 169 14 35 6 3 0 20 4 1 10 16 .207 .265 .278 .543 49 47 4 4 2 2 1 4/6345
2010 34 TEX AL 4 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 4/6345
2011 35 WSN NL 91 172 156 12 35 6 1 0 6 2 0 12 23 .224 .287 .276 .562 56 43 4 2 1 1 0 56/34
14 Seasons 1273 3825 3408 360 828 140 39 35 286 47 21 248 423 .243 .310 .338 .648 72 1151 68 90 61 18 33
162 Game Avg. 162 487 434 46 105 18 5 4 36 6 3 32 54 .243 .310 .338 .648 72 146 9 11 8 2 4
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
LAD (7 yrs) 684 2203 1961 203 482 84 21 27 173 18 11 148 261 .246 .314 .351 .666 77 689 40 52 34 8 27
BOS (4 yrs) 301 791 698 89 176 28 11 6 61 9 6 48 77 .252 .321 .350 .670 73 244 15 25 15 5 4
NYM (2 yrs) 144 495 440 45 103 17 4 1 38 12 4 35 44 .234 .299 .298 .597 62 131 6 7 10 3 2
TEX (1 yr) 4 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 52 2 0 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 91 172 156 12 35 6 1 0 6 2 0 12 23 .224 .287 .276 .562 56 43 4 2 1 1 0
CLE (1 yr) 49 157 146 11 30 5 2 1 8 6 0 5 18 .205 .250 .288 .538 46 42 3 4 1 1 0
NL (10 yrs) 919 2870 2557 260 620 107 26 28 217 32 15 195 328 .242 .310 .338 .648 73 863 50 61 45 12 29
AL (5 yrs) 354 955 851 100 208 33 13 7 69 15 6 53 95 .244 .309 .338 .647 68 288 18 29 16 6 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 22 LAD NL 38 -5 0 1 0 1 1 1 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 6/4
1999 23 LAD NL 31 -5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $210,000 /64
2000 24 LAD NL 394 -17 2 2 1 -4 5 11 -1 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $ 6/4
2001 25 LAD NL 449 -26 0 -1 -1 1 6 13 -7 -0.7 -9 -0.9 0.2 $240,000 *6/4
2002 26 LAD NL 293 8 1 1 1 4 3 8 26 2.7 22 2.3 0.4 $625,000 64
2003 27 LAD NL 514 -25 1 -2 1 -2 3 14 -10 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $1,150,000 *46
2004 28 LAD NL 484 -2 -1 -1 1 5 2 14 18 1.8 13 1.3 0.5 $1,300,000 *4
2005 29 CLE AL 157 -13 1 1 0 9 1 5 5 0.6 -5 -0.5 1.1 $1,300,000 64/7
2005 29 BOS AL 116 -2 0 1 0 -2 1 4 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 46/5
2006 30 BOS AL 264 -15 0 1 1 -5 3 9 -7 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $1,400,000 645
2007 31 BOS AL 232 -9 -1 -2 1 4 2 8 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $2,000,000 46/3
2008 32 BOS AL 179 -2 -1 0 0 -4 2 6 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $2,000,000 6/4
2009 33 NYM NL 308 -12 0 -1 1 -5 3 9 -5 -0.5 1 0.1 -0.6 $2,000,000 64/3
2010 34 NYM NL 187 -12 0 1 0 -5 1 5 -10 -1.1 -5 -0.5 -0.6 $1,850,000 4/6345
2010 34 TEX AL 7 -0 -1 -0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 4/6345
2011 35 WSN NL 172 -9 1 -2 0 3 1 5 -1 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $900,000 56/34
14 Seasons 3825 -147 3 -1 7 -3 34 113 5 0.8 9 1.0 -0.2 $14,975,000
LAD (7 yrs) 2203 -72 3 0 3 3 20 62 19 2.1 16 1.7 0.4 $3,525,000
BOS (4 yrs) 791 -28 -2 0 2 -7 8 27 -1 -0.0 7 0.7 -0.7 $5,400,000
NYM (2 yrs) 495 -24 1 -0 1 -10 4 14 -15 -1.6 -4 -0.4 -1.2 $3,850,000
TEX (1 yr) 7 -0 -1 -0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
WSN (1 yr) 172 -9 1 -2 0 3 1 5 -1 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $900,000
CLE (1 yr) 157 -13 1 1 0 9 1 5 5 0.6 -5 -0.5 1.1 $1,300,000

Postseason Batting

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
2004 28 LAD NL NLDS STL L 4 16 15 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .267 .454 4 2 1 0 0 0
2005 29 BOS AL ALDS CHW L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 31 BOS AL WS COL W 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 2 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 13 29 26 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .154 .214 .269 .484 7 2 1 1 0 0
2 ALDS 3 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 16 15 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .267 .454 4 2 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1998 LAD NL 22 SS 21 45 22 21 2 6 .956 0 2.05 .968 4.50
1998 LAD NL 22 2B 4 12 4 8 0 3 1.000 0 3.00 .982 5.05
1999 LAD NL 23 SS 8 21 10 11 0 2 1.000 -0 2.63 .967 4.39
1999 LAD NL 23 2B 3 14 3 9 2 2 .857 -2 4.00 .981 5.00
2000 LAD NL 24 SS 101 424 152 260 12 70 .972 -3 4.08 .967 4.47
2000 LAD NL 24 2B 8 24 11 13 0 5 1.000 -2 3.00 .982 4.91
2001 LAD NL 25 SS 132 526 178 328 20 63 .962 2 3.83 .968 4.42
2001 LAD NL 25 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .985 4.80
2002 LAD NL 26 SS 61 216 67 144 5 32 .977 2 3.46 .970 4.49
2002 LAD NL 26 2B 40 85 30 53 2 11 .976 2 2.08 .981 4.92
2003 LAD NL 27 2B 141 678 286 377 15 112 .978 -2 3 4.70 .983 5.07
2003 LAD NL 27 SS 15 28 10 18 0 4 1.000 0 3 1.87 .973 4.48
2004 LAD NL 28 2B 138 612 261 343 8 91 .987 5 -4 4.38 .982 4.97
2005 TOT AL 29 2B 50 35 30 328.1 188 76 110 2 29 .989 3 8 11 29 5.10 3.72 .983 39.38 4.90
2005 TOT AL 29 SS 35 27 22 245.2 148 38 107 3 16 .980 6 7 32 34 5.31 4.14 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 CLE AL 29 SS 24 22 19 197.1 115 29 83 3 11 .974 5 5 29 30 5.11 4.67 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 CLE AL 29 2B 15 14 12 119.0 71 24 47 0 11 1.000 5 5 46 50 5.37 4.73 .983 39.38 4.90
2005 CLE AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2005 CLE AL 29 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 70.20 2.30
2005 BOS AL 29 2B 35 21 18 209.1 117 52 63 2 18 .983 -2 3 -9 17 4.94 3.29 .983 39.37 4.90
2005 BOS AL 29 SS 11 5 3 48.1 33 9 24 0 5 1.000 2 2 42 50 6.14 3.00 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 BOS AL 29 3B 5 2 1 24.2 12 2 7 3 0 .750 -2 -2 -112 -97 3.28 1.80 .957 0.00 2.72
2006 BOS AL 30 SS 63 239 66 167 6 47 .975 -0 5 3.70 .970 4.42
2006 BOS AL 30 2B 18 43 18 24 1 6 .977 -3 -2 2.33 .986 4.85
2006 BOS AL 30 3B 11 10 3 7 0 2 1.000 -2 -1 0.91 .960 2.80
2007 BOS AL 31 2B 47 163 67 95 1 20 .994 3 4 3.45 .985 4.92
2007 BOS AL 31 SS 33 97 25 69 3 18 .969 3 3 2.85 .970 4.42
2007 BOS AL 31 1B 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -2 -1 1.00 .995 9.30
2008 BOS AL 32 SS 69 216 74 136 6 39 .972 -4 0 3.04 .971 4.35
2008 BOS AL 32 2B 7 20 6 14 0 3 1.000 0 0 2.86 .987 4.96
2009 NYM NL 33 SS 56 252 106 140 6 36 .976 -3 1 4.39 .974 4.34
2009 NYM NL 33 2B 19 80 38 40 2 7 .975 -3 -1 4.11 .984 4.82
2009 NYM NL 33 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.20
2010 TOT MLB 34 2B 49 173 88 84 1 31 .994 -6 -7 3.51 .984 4.73
2010 NYM NL 34 2B 47 168 86 81 1 29 .994 -5 -6 3.55 .984 4.73
2010 NYM NL 34 SS 6 19 7 11 1 4 .947 -0 -1 3.00 .971 4.27
2010 NYM NL 34 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .990 9.15
2010 TEX AL 34 2B 2 5 2 3 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 2.50 .984 4.75
2010 TEX AL 34 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 .955 2.60
2011 WSN NL 35 3B 31 18 12 167.2 46 4 41 1 5 .978 1 3 6 21 2.42 1.45 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 WSN NL 35 SS 16 13 8 114.2 69 22 47 0 10 1.000 3 2 32 21 5.42 4.31 .971 4.41 4.40
2011 WSN NL 35 1B 9 0 0 16.0 16 14 0 2 2 .875 -1 -1 -55 -75 7.88 1.56 .994 9.34 9.31
2011 WSN NL 35 2B 5 3 1 24.2 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -0 -1 -15 -49 3.28 1.80 .985 4.78 4.76
13 Seasons SS 616 40 30 360.1 2300 777 1459 64 347 .972 7 20 24 66 5.35 3.63 .970 1.40 4.43
14 Seasons 2B 530 38 31 353.0 2104 898 1171 35 320 .983 -4 0 -14 0 4.97 3.90 .983 36.96 4.95
4 Seasons 3B 48 20 13 192.1 70 10 56 4 7 .943 -3 0 -18 0 2.53 1.38 .955 2.20 2.61
4 Seasons 1B 13 0 0 16.0 19 16 0 3 2 .842 -3 -2 -227 -150 7.88 1.23 .994 9.34 9.28
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 70.20 2.30
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
14 Seasons TOT 1208 98 74 922.2 4493 1701 2686 106 676 .976 -3 18 -4 23 4.65 3.63 .976 15.39 4.63
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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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
Active  39 (34th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 NL  18 (4th)
Active  90 (17th)
Career  90 (102nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2004 NL  12 (9th)
Active  61 (25th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  8.1 (23rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  141 (3rd)
2004 NL  138 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  286 (1st)
Active  898 (24th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  377 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2003 NL  15 (2nd)
Active  35 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2Bs c a p y
2003 NL  5.41 (2nd)
Active  4.97 (6th)
Career  4.97 (19th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2004 NL  .987 (5th)
Active  .983 (15th)
Career  .983 (54th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SSs c a p y
Active  5.35 (1st)
Career  5.35 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
Active  .972 (20th)
Career  .972 (53rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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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 Notes
199923Los Angeles Dodgers$210,0004/6/99 USA Today
200125Los Angeles Dodgers$240,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Los Angeles Dodgers$625,0004/3/02 AP
200327Los Angeles Dodgers$1,150,0004/3/03 AP
200428Los Angeles Dodgers$1,300,0004/7/04 AP
200529Cleveland Indians$1,300,000
200630Boston Red Sox$1,400,000
200731Boston Red Sox$2,000,000
200832Boston Red Sox$2,000,000
200933New York Mets$2,000,000
201034New York Mets$1,850,000
201135Washington Nationals$900,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,975,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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