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Name:  Alexander Rodriguez – Alexander Emmanuel Rodríguez
Nickname: A Rod
Sport: Baseball
Position: Shortstop

Date of Birth: July 27th, 1975
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital Status: Married to Cynthia Scurtis

A-Rod’s career started right after high school when he was drafted and signed by Roger Jongewaard to play for the Seattle Mariners in 1993. Since then, Alex’s career has done nothing but climb until he was one of the wealthiest players in professional baseball. From high school shortstop to 6 time American League All-star, Alex Rodriguez has managed to become a successful baseball player.

Childhood:

Rodriguez’s father introduced him to the sport of baseball when Alex was a young boy. Alex loved the game, and always played. When he was 8 years old, his parents divorced. After the divorce, Alex continued to play baseball and other activities while his mother worked two jobs to keep him in school. 

He played baseball all throughout Westminster Christian high school, and was their star shortstop. Westminster won the high school national championship in his junior year. He started looking into colleges to play for and actually signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Miami. But he never did.

Professional Career:

A-Rod opted to become eligible for the amateur draft when he was 17, and in 1993, he was selected as the number 1 overall draft pick. He signed on with the Seattle Mariners. In 1994, he joined the Major League, and at 18, he started 17 games as shortstop.

On June 12th, 1995, Alex Rodriguez hit his first Major League home run, and the following year he had his first Full Major League season, and was also the American League batting champion hitting 35 home runs, and 123 RBIs. He also won his first AL (American League) Silver Slugger Award.

In July of 1997, Alex was voted to start his first All-Star Game as the American League shortstop, and in 141 games, he had hit 23 homers and 84 RBIs.

2000 was a big year for Alex. It was his final season in Seattle, he had 134 runs scored, 41 homers, and 132 RBIs that season. Also, he was named the Major League Player of the Year by Baseball America, and finished third in the AL MVP voting, although some believed he should have made MVP. After 7 years with the Mariners, A-Rod signed on with a 10-year contract with the Texas Rangers.

In 2001, Alex made the record to be the first shortstop to have the most homer runs, and was also the fourth player in Major League Baseball to ever have 50 homers, plus 200 hits in one season. May 5th, 2001 marked Alex’s 1000 career hit.

In 2003, Alex won his second consecutive Gold Glove award, as well as  the youngest player to ever have hit 300 homeruns. This was the year that A-Rod won his first MVP trophy.

In 2004, Alex was traded to the Yankees and in his first seasons with them, joined Babe Ruth and Jimmie fox in getting 35 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 RBI’s in second consecutive seasons. He was the youngest player to ever get 350 home runs.

Rodriguez was again named AL MVP in 2005, and was named the fifth player to win an MVP with two teams. Alex Rodriguez was marked the youngest player to have ever hit 400 home runs.

From 2005 – 2007, a lot had progressed with Alex. He was awarded two Silver Slugger Awards, he hit is 14th Grand Slam, and he became the first player in major league history that had ever hit a total of 14 homers in 18 games. In November of 2007, Rodriguez agreed to a new contract with the Yankees worth $275 million.

Major Events:

Alex was given the framework of the largest contract that MLB has seen, which is close to 20 million dollars more than his previous contract of 252 million dollars. He also stands to make much more if he breaks the all time home run record as a Yankee.

Awards / Achievements:

1994:

• Minor League Player of the Year

1995:

• Minor League All-Star
• Triple-A All-Star

 1996:

• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)

 1997:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)

 1998:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)
• Player of the Year

 1999:

• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)

 2000:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)
• Player of the Year
• Baseball America MLB Player of the Year

 2001:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)
• AL Hank Aaron Award
• Player of the Year

 2002:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)
• AL Hank Aaron Award
• Baseball America MLB Player of the Year
• Player of the Year
• AL Gold Glove Award

 2003:

• AL All-Star (Short Stop)
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Short Stop)
• AL Hank Aaron Award
• AL MVP
• Player of the Year
• AL Gold Glove Award

 2004:

• AL All-Star (Third Base)

 2005:

• AL All-Star (Third Base)
• AL MVP
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Third Base)

 2006:

• AL All-Star (Third Base)

 2007:

• AL All-Star (Third Base)
• AL MVP
• AL Silver Slugger Award (Third Base)
• AL Hank Aaron Award

Teams: Alex Rodriguez has played for three teams:

Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
New York Yankees