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Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American baseball player. He currently plays third base for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.
From 1996 (his first full season) through 2007 he lead the Major Leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. Of all players in baseball history at age 31, he was first all-time in HR, runs scored and total bases; second in extra base hits and RBI, and 4th in hits. To that point in his career Rodriguez had more HR, RBI, runs scored and more base hits than all-time leaders Hank Aaron (RBI), Barry Bonds (HR), Rickey Henderson (runs scored), and Pete Rose (hits) did prior to their 31st birthdays.
He has often been cited as among the best all-around players currently in baseball. Rodriguez is also known for signing the richest contract in sports history, a 10-year, $252 million deal, negotiated by prominent sports agent Scott Boras.
Rodriguez is the youngest player ever to hit his 500th home run, breaking the record Jimmie Foxx set in 1939.
Though criticized by some for not being a "clutch" performer, during the 2003-05 regular seasons Rodriguez posted a .371 batting average with the bases loaded and maintained an on base percentage of .422. In 2006, his numbers improved to .474 and .500 respectively. In 2007, through July 14 he hit .444 and .455, respectively. Additionally, Rodriguez's other batting lines during this period included a .432 average with a runner on third (.333 in 2006), .381 with a runner in scoring position (.302 in 2006), and .392 with a runner in scoring position and 2 outs (.313 in 2006; .333 in 2007 through July 14). In 2008, Rodriguez hit only .264 with runners in scoring position and two outs. In 95 plate appearances, he walked 20 times and was hit by three pitches, and he had only 19 hits. Of the 41 times A-Rod struck out with two outs, 20 came with runners in scoring position.
In May 2006, Rodriguez responded to the criticism directed at him, saying: "I could care less. In my career, I've been hearing it for a long time. It will never stop until you win five or six World Series in a row, and hit a Joe Carter home run. I've done a lot of special things in this game, and for none of that to be considered clutch, it's an injustice. I don't take anything personally; I enjoy it, it motivates me and I think it's comical. I think [for] anyone that drives in over 130 runs numerous times in his career, it's impossible not to be clutch." His performances in the 2009 post season went a long way toward silencing his critics once and for all.¹
A-Rod was named the American League's Most Valuable Player three times, 2003, 2005 and 2007. Below are his MVP stats.
Alex Rodriguez's MVP Seasons YEAR TEAM LG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA 2003 TEX AL 161 607 124 181 30 6 47 118 87 126 17 3 .298 2005 NYY AL 162 605 124 194 29 1 48 130 91 139 21 6 .321 2007 NYY AL 158 583 143 183 31 0 54 156 95 120 24 4 .314 Featured here are Alex Rodriguez posters, photos, giant Fathead wall graphics, collectibles and apparel.
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