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- Alex_Rodriguez abstract "Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod," is an American professional baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's most highly-touted prospects and is now considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. During his 20-year career, Rodriguez has amassed a .300 batting average, 654 home runs, 1,969 runs batted in (RBIs), and 2,939 hits. He is a 14-time All-Star and has won three American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten Silver Slugger Awards, and two Gold Glove Awards. However, he has led a highly controversial career due to his lucrative contracts and his use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs.Rodriguez was drafted by the Mariners out of high school as the first overall selection in the 1993 MLB Draft, and he debuted in the major leagues the following year at the age of 18. In 1996, he became the Mariners' starting shortstop and finished second in voting for the AL MVP Award. Rodriguez's combination of power, speed, and defense made him a cornerstone of the franchise, but he left the team via free agency after the 2000 season to join the Texas Rangers; the 10-year, $252 million contract he signed was the richest in baseball history. He played at a high level in his three years with Texas, highlighted by his first AL MVP Award win in 2003, but the team failed to make the playoffs during his tenure. Prior to the 2004 season, Rodriguez was traded to the Yankees, for whom he converted to a third baseman due to incumbent shortstop Derek Jeter. In his first four seasons with New York, he was twice more named AL MVP. After opting out of his contract following the 2007 season, Rodriguez signed a new 10-year, $275 million deal with the Yankees, extending his record for the sport's most lucrative contract. He became the youngest player ever to hit 500 career home runs and 600 home runs, reaching the milestones in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He won his first championship in 2009, and the following year, he became the career leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent. In recent years, Rodriguez has been hampered by hip and knee injuries.In February 2009, after previously denying use of performance-enhancing drugs, including during a 2007 interview with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids, saying he used them from 2001 to 2003 when playing for Rangers due to "an enormous amount of pressure" to perform. While recovering from a hip injury in 2013, Rodriguez made headlines by feuding with team management over his rehabilitation and for having allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs as part of the Biogenesis baseball scandal. In August 2013, MLB suspended him 211 games for his involvement in the scandal, but he was allowed to play while appealing the punishment. Had the original suspension been upheld, it would have been the longest non-lifetime suspension in baseball history. After an arbitration hearing, the suspension was reduced to 162 games, keeping him off the field for the entire 2014 season.".
- Alex_Rodriguez activeYearsStartDate "1994-07-08".
- Alex_Rodriguez alias "A-Rod".
- Alex_Rodriguez award 2000_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Alex_Rodriguez award 2010_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Alex_Rodriguez award 2011_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Babe_Ruth_Award.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Hank_Aaron_Award.
- Alex_Rodriguez award List_of_Major_League_Baseball_home_run_champions.
- Alex_Rodriguez award List_of_Major_League_Baseball_runs_batted_in_champions.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Rawlings_Gold_Glove_Award.
- Alex_Rodriguez award Silver_Slugger_Award.
- Alex_Rodriguez award World_Series.
- Alex_Rodriguez battingSide "Right".
- Alex_Rodriguez birthDate "1975-07-27".
- Alex_Rodriguez birthPlace New_York_(magazine).
- Alex_Rodriguez birthYear "1975".
- Alex_Rodriguez formerTeam Seattle_Mariners.
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- Alex_Rodriguez number "13".
- Alex_Rodriguez position Shortstop.
- Alex_Rodriguez position Third_baseman.
- Alex_Rodriguez statisticLabel Batting_average.
- Alex_Rodriguez statisticValue "0.3".
- Alex_Rodriguez team New_York_Yankees.
- Alex_Rodriguez team Seattle_Mariners.
- Alex_Rodriguez team Texas_Rangers_(baseball).
- Alex_Rodriguez throwingSide "Right".
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- Alex_Rodriguez alternativeNames "A-Rod".
- Alex_Rodriguez awards "* 14× All-Star * World Series champion * 3× AL MVP * 4× AL Hank Aaron Award * 10× Silver Slugger Award * 2× Rawlings Gold Glove Award * Babe Ruth Award * 5× AL home run champion * 2× AL RBI champion".
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- Alex_Rodriguez birthPlace New_York_City.
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- Alex_Rodriguez dateOfBirth "1975-07-27".
- Alex_Rodriguez debutdate "--07-08".
- Alex_Rodriguez debutteam "Seattle Mariners".
- Alex_Rodriguez debutyear "1994".
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- Alex_Rodriguez name "Alex Rodriguez".
- Alex_Rodriguez name "Rodriguez, Alexander Emmanuel".
- Alex_Rodriguez number "13".
- Alex_Rodriguez placeOfBirth "New York City, New York".
- Alex_Rodriguez position Shortstop.
- Alex_Rodriguez position Third_baseman.
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- Alex_Rodriguez stat1value "0.3".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat2label "Home runs".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat2value "654".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat3label Run_batted_in.
- Alex_Rodriguez stat3value "1969".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat4label Hit_(baseball).
- Alex_Rodriguez stat4value "2939".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat5label "Stolen bases".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat5value "322".
- Alex_Rodriguez stat6label Run_(baseball).
- Alex_Rodriguez stat6value "1919".
- Alex_Rodriguez statyear "2013".
- Alex_Rodriguez team "New York Yankees".
- Alex_Rodriguez teams "*Seattle Mariners *Texas Rangers *New York Yankees".
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- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:1975_births.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:2006_World_Baseball_Classic_players.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_League_All-Stars.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award_winners.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_League_RBI_champions.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_League_batting_champions.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_League_home_run_champions.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:American_people_of_Dominican_Republic_descent.
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- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:Appleton_Foxes_players.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:Baseball_players_from_New_York.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:Calgary_Cannons_players.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:Charleston_RiverDogs_players.
- Alex_Rodriguez subject Category:Collectors.