Álex Cora

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: October 18, 1975 in Caguas, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Colegio Bautista (Carolina, Puerto Rico) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL).

High Schools: Colegio Bautista (Carolina, Puerto Rico), Colegio Bautista de Caguas (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

Debut: June 7, 1998 (Age 22-232d, 17,267th in major league history)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2011 (Age 35-345d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Jose Alexander Cora

Twitter: @ac13alex

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Relatives: Brother of Joey Cora

2007 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

3408

828

.243

360

RBI

286

OBP

.310

SLG

.338

OPS

.648

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	3	Apr 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
3	6 (2)	Apr 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
4	7	Apr 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
5	9 (1)	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
6	12 (2)	Apr 17	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	14 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
8	15	Apr 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
9	16	Apr 21	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	17	Apr 22	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	20 (2)	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
12	21	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
13	23 (1)	Apr 30	CLE		KCR	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	24	May 1	CLE		KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	26 (1)	May 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	28 (1)	May 6	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
17	29	May 7	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
18	32 (2)	May 10	CLE	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
19	36 (3)	May 15	CLE		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
20	39 (2)	May 18	CLE		LAA	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
21	40	May 20	CLE	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
22	41	May 21	CLE	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
23	42	May 22	CLE	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	44 (1)	May 24	CLE		MIN	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
25	45	May 25	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
26	46	May 26	CLE		MIN	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
27	49 (2)	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
28	50	May 31	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	53 (2)	Jun 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
30	56 (2)	Jun 7	CLE	@	SDP	W,2-0	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
31	57	Jun 8	CLE	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
32	58	Jun 9	CLE	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	59	Jun 10	CLE	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
34	64 (4)	Jun 16	CLE		COL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
35	69 (4)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	70	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
37	73 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
38	76 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	79 (2)	Jul 2	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
40	82 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox
41	84	Jul 7	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
42	87 (2)	Jul 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
43	88	Jul 14	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	89	Jul 15	BOS		NYY	W,17-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
45	90	Jul 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
46	91	Jul 17	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
47	92	Jul 18	BOS		TBD	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
48	93	Jul 19	BOS		TBD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
49	94	Jul 20	BOS		TBD	W,9-4	GF	13	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
50	95	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
51	96	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	97	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	2	2B
53	98	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
54	99	Jul 25	BOS	@	TBD	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
55	101 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
56	104 (2)	Jul 31	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	106 (1)	Aug 3	BOS		KCR	W,8-5	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR SS
58	107	Aug 4	BOS		KCR	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
59	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-12	GF	18	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
60	110 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
61	111	Aug 8	BOS		TEX	W,11-6	GS	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 2B
62	112	Aug 9	BOS		TEX	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
63	116 (3)	Aug 15	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
64	120 (3)	Aug 19	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
65	125 (4)	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
66	126	Aug 26	BOS		DET	W,9-8	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	128 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		DET	W,11-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
68	129	Aug 29	BOS		TBD	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
69	131 (1)	Aug 31	BOS		TBD	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	132	Sep 1	BOS		TBD	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
71	133	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	L,3-7	GS	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
72	135 (1)	Sep 4	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
73	138 (2)	Sep 7	BOS		LAA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
74	139	Sep 8	BOS		LAA	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
75	141 (1)	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
76	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
77	145 (2)	Sep 14	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
78	148 (2)	Sep 17	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
79	149	Sep 18	BOS		OAK	L,3-12	GS	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
80	150	Sep 19	BOS	@	TBD	L,7-8	GF	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
81	151	Sep 20	BOS	@	TBD	W,15-2	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B 3B
82	152	Sep 21	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
83	153	Sep 23	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
84	154	Sep 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
85	155	Sep 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
86	156	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
87	162 (5)	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,10-1	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS 2B
							91gm		599.2	116	224	8	348	45