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Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (A-Rod)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 27, 1975 in New York, NY
High School: Westminster Christian (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1994
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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
1994 SEA AL 18 SS 17 17 142.0 71 20 45 6 9 .915 0.3 2.5 0.3 -1.9 2.2 0 4.12 3.82 .970 4.64 4.22
1995 SEA AL 19 SS 46 38 342.0 170 56 106 8 14 .953 -3.8 -13.3 -2.8 -3.3 0.5 -1 4.26 3.52 .975 4.71 4.16
1995 SEA AL 19 DH 1
1996 SEA AL 20 SS 146 145 1267.2 657 238 404 15 92 .977 8.0 7.6 7.0 1.0 6.0 1 4.56 4.40 .971 4.66 4.19 AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 SEA AL 21 SS 140 140 1233.2 627 209 394 24 83 .962 -5.4 -5.3 -4.4 -2.8 -1.6 -1 4.40 4.31 .974 4.55 4.05 AS
1997 SEA AL 21 DH 1 AS
1998 SEA AL 22 SS 160 160 1389.1 731 268 445 18 90 .975 8.0 6.9 5.0 -5.2 10.2 3 4.62 4.46 .972 4.71 4.26 AS,MVP-9,SS
1998 SEA AL 22 DH 1 AS,MVP-9,SS
1999 SEA AL 23 SS 129 129 1114.2 609 213 382 14 104 .977 -5.2 -5.6 -7.2 -7.5 0.3 2 4.80 4.61 .970 4.73 4.19 MVP-15,SS
2000 SEA AL 24 SS 148 148 1285.0 690 242 438 10 122 .986 15.9 14.8 12.9 5.5 7.4 3 4.76 4.59 .973 4.71 4.17 AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 TEX AL 25 SS 161 161 1395.1 749 280 451 18 117 .976 -9.4 -8.1 -13.4 -3.0 -10.4 4 4.72 4.54 .973 4.49 4.03 AS,MVP-6,SS
2001 TEX AL 25 DH 1 AS,MVP-6,SS
2002 TEX AL 26 SS 162 160 1390.2 741 259 472 10 108 .987 1.4 1.2 2.4 -0.2 2.7 -1 4.73 4.51 .975 4.56 4.15 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2003 TEX AL 27 SS 158 158 1369.2 699 227 464 8 111 .989 8.4 7.4 9.4 4.2 5.2 -1 4.54 4.37 .971 4.54 4.13 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2003 TEX AL 27 DH 1 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2004 NYY AL 28 3B 155 155 1364.1 375 100 262 13 25 .965 2.7 2.4 3.7 0.4 3.3 -1 2.39 2.34 .950 2.64 2.34 AS,MVP-14
2004 NYY AL 28 SS 2 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 .950 4.50 4.10 AS,MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 29 3B 161 161 1384.2 415 115 288 12 26 .971 -10.5 -9.1 -10.5 -3.9 -6.6 0 2.62 2.50 .956 2.76 2.49 AS,MVP-1,SS
2005 NYY AL 29 SS 3 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .967 4.65 4.17 AS,MVP-1,SS
2005 NYY AL 29 DH 1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2006 NYY AL 30 3B 151 148 1287.2 381 96 261 24 24 .937 -12.1 -11.3 -11.1 -6.9 -4.2 -1 2.50 2.36 .961 2.84 2.54 AS,MVP-13
2006 NYY AL 30 DH 3 AS,MVP-13
2007 NYY AL 31 3B 154 154 1330.0 370 106 251 13 30 .965 0.3 0.3 0.3 -1.3 1.6 0 2.42 2.32 .957 2.63 2.34 AS,MVP-1,SS
2007 NYY AL 31 DH 4 AS,MVP-1,SS
2008 NYY AL 32 3B 131 131 1126.1 334 73 251 10 23 .970 -4.7 -5.0 -3.7 1.4 -5.1 -1 2.59 2.47 .957 2.74 2.37 AS,MVP-8,SS
2008 NYY AL 32 DH 7 AS,MVP-8,SS
2009 NYY AL 33 3B 116 113 974.1 275 66 200 9 17 .967 2.46 2.29 .956 2.68 2.38 MVP-10
2009 NYY AL 33 DH 9 MVP-10
12 Seasons SS 1272 1256 10938.0 5749 2014 3604 131 851 .977 18.0 2.0 9.0 -13.4 22.5 9 4.62 4.42 .972 4.62 4.15
6 Seasons 3B 868 862 7467.1 2150 556 1513 81 145 .962 -24.3 -3.9 -21.3 -10.3 -11.0 -3 2.49 2.38 .956 2.72 2.41
10 Seasons DH 29
16 Seasons TOT 2140 2118 18405.1 7899 2570 5117 212 996 .973 -6.3 -0.4 -12.3 -23.7 11.5 6 3.76 3.59 .941 3.85 3.44
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
1994 SEA AL 18 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SEA AL 19 48 38 48 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1996 SEA AL 20 146 145 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 SEA AL 21 141 141 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 SEA AL 22 161 161 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1999 SEA AL 23 129 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SEA AL 24 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 25 162 162 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2002 TEX AL 26 162 160 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 TEX AL 27 161 159 161 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
2004 NYY AL 28 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYY AL 29 162 162 162 161 0 0 0 0 161 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 NYY AL 30 154 151 154 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
2007 NYY AL 31 158 158 158 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2008 NYY AL 32 138 138 138 131 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
2009 NYY AL 33 124 122 124 116 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
16 Seasons 2166 2146 2166 2135 0 0 0 0 868 1272 0 0 0 0 28 10 3
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
1994 SEA AL 18 688 64% 72% 31% 60 83% 0 20 9 8 3 45 38 7 0 0 6 0 4 2 3 9 5 0 3 0 1 9 5 4 0 0 0
1995 SEA AL 19 1652 51% 70% 29% 149 86% 5 54 29 16 9 106 85 16 1 2 8 0 3 5 5 14 7 1 3 1 2 14 8 6 0 0 0
1996 SEA AL 20 5767 58% 74% 29% 531 91% 3 239 132 83 24 402 308 78 2 4 15 0 7 8 14 92 30 8 33 7 4 84 38 44 7 3 3
1997 SEA AL 21 5604 63% 71% 30% 521 88% 3 208 98 78 33 391 296 86 1 3 24 1 10 13 13 83 37 10 16 6 1 73 48 23 4 1 2
1998 SEA AL 22 6349 61% 73% 29% 612 82% 1 270 115 117 39 446 360 71 0 12 19 2 15 2 14 90 20 17 32 4 10 85 37 46 4 2 1
1999 SEA AL 23 5146 58% 74% 30% 462 92% 2 211 90 99 24 383 287 87 0 9 14 1 12 1 12 104 44 8 34 9 0 99 53 43 5 1 2
2000 SEA AL 24 5777 54% 74% 27% 487 98% 0 241 98 119 24 439 324 106 1 9 10 0 6 4 7 122 43 12 35 3 15 114 58 53 5 3 2
2001 TEX AL 25 6500 57% 76% 27% 525 96% 1 280 122 121 36 452 319 113 0 7 18 0 12 6 14 118 47 6 42 7 5 111 53 54 3 0 3
2002 TEX AL 26 6433 53% 73% 28% 505 98% 2 255 97 136 22 464 354 100 2 6 10 0 5 5 8 109 32 9 41 9 6 104 41 57 3 0 2
2003 TEX AL 27 6323 50% 75% 31% 521 92% 2 227 82 110 35 465 360 93 0 3 8 0 5 3 7 112 42 2 34 9 12 100 44 55 5 3 2
2004 NYY AL 28 8 50% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2005 NYY AL 29 25 60% 72% 28% 4 75% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 50272 56% 74% 29% 4377 92% 19 2007 873 888 249 3596 2734 757 7 55 132 4 79 49 97 854 307 73 274 55 56 794 385 386 36 13 17
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

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%
2004 NYY AL 28 6033 47% 76% 31% 376 90% 2 100 76 13 11 262 191 61 4 7 13 0 9 4 11 25 18 1 21 3 1 2 10 40%
2005 NYY AL 29 6186 55% 76% 34% 421 89% 1 115 83 17 15 288 237 44 2 6 12 0 10 2 11 26 18 3 23 1 1 0 9 33%
2006 NYY AL 30 5723 59% 75% 31% 376 88% 5 96 64 13 19 262 215 42 1 6 24 0 10 14 21 24 20 1 21 1 0 1 8 38%
2007 NYY AL 31 6043 55% 75% 30% 386 89% 5 106 85 14 7 251 210 36 1 4 13 0 7 6 9 30 25 3 29 1 1 0 15 67%
2008 NYY AL 32 5012 49% 74% 31% 343 87% 4 73 47 10 16 251 198 41 4 5 10 0 3 7 7 23 18 2 21 1 1 0 13 38%
2009 NYY AL 33 4363 55% 71% 28% 294 86% 4 66 50 5 11 200 159 37 1 2 9 0 6 3 9 17 13 2 16 1 1 0 6 50%
6 Seasons 33360 53% 75% 31% 2196 88% 21 556 405 72 79 1514 1210 261 13 30 81 0 45 36 68 145 112 12 131 8 5 3 61 46%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

* 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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