Manny Alexander

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Full Name: Manuel de Jesus Alexander Primary Position: SS,2B,3B Height/Weight: 5' 10"/150 First Game: September 18, 1992 Birthdate: March 20, 1971 MLB Experience: 11 years Birthplace: San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris (Dominican Republic) Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Manuel de Jesús (Manny) Alexander (born March 20, 1971 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the San Diego Padres and has played for the Baltimore Orioles (1992-93, 1995-96), New York Mets (1997), Chicago Cubs (1997-99), Boston Red Sox (2000), Texas Rangers (2004) and San Diego Padres (2005). He is a switch-hitter and throws right handed.

In a ten-season career, Alexander has posted a .232 batting average with 15 home runs and 111 RBI in 572 games played.

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• Alexander is one of baseball's rare position players to have pitched in a major-league game. On April 19, 1996, Alexander pitched the last two-thirds of the eighth inning in the Orioles' 26-7 loss to the Rangers, which was the highest-scoring American League game in 41 years. The Rangers scored sixteen runs in the eighth; Alexander walked four batters and allowed a grand slam to Rangers shortstop Kevin Elster. After allowing five runs in all, Alexander had an earned run average of 67.50 for the game. [1]

• Later in the 1996 season, Alexander again played a pivotal role. On July 15, Cal Ripken, Jr., played third base for the Orioles after 2,216 consecutive games as the Orioles' shortstop. Alexander replaced Ripken at shortstop for the next several games. In 1992, the Orioles initially called Alexander up from the minor leagues because Ripken had injured his ankle in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers; however, Ripken did not miss any games.

• On June 30, 2000, during a traffic stop, police discovered steroids and syringes in a Mercedes-Benz owned by Alexander that had been loaned to team bat boy Carlos Cowart. Cowart was arrested for driving without a license and previous charges of driving without a license and failing to stop for police. After an investigation, police decided not to pursue steroid possession charges against Alexander after his lawyers provided evidence that at least five people had access to the vehicle.

• In 2006, Manny Alexander reported late to spring training with the San Diego Padres due to visa problems in the Dominican Republic. Upon joining the team he was optioned to the Padres AAA affiliate the Portland Beavers.

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• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Baltimore Orioles (February 4, 1988).
• Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Scott McClain to New York Mets in exchange for Hector Ramirez (March 22, 1997).
• Traded by New York Mets to Chicago Cubs (August 14, 1997) completing trade in which New York Mets traded Lance Johnson and 2 players to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Brian McRae, Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell (August 8, 1997); Chicago Cubs received Mark Clark (August 11, 1997).
• Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Damon Buford (December 12, 1999).
• Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).
• Signed by Seattle Mariners (February 18, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
• Signed by New York Yankees (February 4, 2002).
• Granted free agency (March 15, 2002).
• Sold by Cordoba (Mexican) to Milwaukee Brewers (August 10, 2002).
• Sold by Milwaukee Brewers to Texas Rangers (March 24, 2003).
• Granted free agency (November 3, 2004).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (November 15, 2004).
• Traded by Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres in exchange for Juan Jimenez (August 31, 2005).
• Released by San Diego Padres (October 13, 2005).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (November 9, 2005).

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