Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born
July 27,
1975 in
New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a
Dominican American baseball infielder. He is the starting
third baseman for the
New York Yankees, after having played
shortstop for the
Texas Rangers and
Seattle Mariners.Since 1996 (his first full season) through 2006 he leads 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 30, he is first all-time in both HR and
runs scored, 2nd in
total bases and
extra base hits, 3rd in RBI, and 4th in
hits. In his career to that point, Rodriguez had more HR, more RBI, more 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 30th birthdays. He also shares the MLB record (and holds the AL record) for most home runs in the month of April, hitting 14 in 2007.
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