Alex Rodriguez
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alex Rodríguez, Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez, Alexander Enmanual Rodriguez, Alexander Enmanuel Rodríguez, Alexander Emmanuel Rodríguez Navarro, A-Rod, Alexander Emanuel Rodriguez, Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners (1994–2000), Texas Rangers (2001–2003), and New York Yankees. Rodriguez is the chairman and chief executive officer of A-Rod Corp as well as the chairman of Presidente beer. He owns a controlling interest in the National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves with Marc Lore. Rodriguez began his professional baseball career as one of the sport's most highly touted prospects and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Film & TV
Washington Heights, New York, USA
Known for
- Alex vs ARod — Self2025
- The Turnaround — Self (archive footage)2024
- Jackie Robinson: Get to the Bag — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self2022
- Tatis: The Rise of El Niño — Himself2021
- The Dominican Dream — Self2019
- Back in the Game — Self - Host2018
- Mike and the Mad Dog — Self2017
- Undeniable with Dan Patrick — Self2015
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Key facts
- Batting average
- .295
- Hits
- 3,115
- Runs batted in
- 2,086
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominican Republic
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Employer
- Fox Sports
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- baseball
- Member of team
- New York Yankees
- Position played
- shortstop
- League
- Major League Baseball
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 104
- Image
- Alex Rodriguez (cropped1).jpg
- Height
- 75
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Alex Rodriguez
- date of birth
- 1975-07-27
- birth name
- Alexander Emmanuel Rodríguez Navarro
- handedness
- right-handedness
- social media followers
- 250000
- name in native language
- Álex Rodríguez
- competition won
- 2009 World Series
- unmarried partner
- Jennifer Lopez
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners (1994–2000), Texas Rangers (2001–2003), and New York Yankees (2004–2013, 2015–2016). Rodriguez is the chairman and chief executive officer of A-Rod Corp as well as the chairman of Presidente beer. He owns a controlling interest in the National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves with Marc Lore. Rodriguez began his professional baseball career as one of the sport's most highly touted prospects and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
With a career .295 batting average, Rodriguez amassed over 600 home runs (696), over 2,000 runs batted in (RBI), over 2,000 runs scored, over 3,000 hits, and over 300 stolen bases, the only player in MLB history to achieve all of those feats. He was also a 14-time All-Star, winning three American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten Silver Slugger Awards, and two Gold Glove Awards. Rodriguez is also the career record holder for grand slams. During the 2000s decade, Rodriguez led all players in home runs (435), runs batted in (1,243), runs scored (1,190), and total bases (3,362).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alex Rodriguez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.