Alex Cora

Full Name: Jose Alexander Cora Primary Position: SS,2B Height/Weight: 6'0"/200 First Game: June 7, 1998 Birthdate: October 18, 1975 MLB Experience: 10 years Birthplace: Caguas, Puerto Rico Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography

Alex Cora (Jose Alexander Cora) was born on October 18, 1975 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on June 7, 1998 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2000, his rookie year, he hit .238 with 4 home runs and 32 RBI. Cora played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 9 year career.

Cora came up through the Los Angeles Dodgers system and had a couple of good years for them in 2002 when he posted a career high .291 AVG and in 2004 when he managed a career high 10 HR. He went to the Cleveland Indians before the 2005 season to act as insurance for the youngsters. But with the emergence of Jhonny Peralta and the good play of Ron Belliard it became clear that he wasn't really needed. The Indians sent him to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for another utility infielder, Ramon Vazquez in order to save a few bucks.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1998	LA	N	29	33	1	4	0	0	.121	.194	.182	0	1	2	8	1	2	0	0	0
1999	LA	N	11	30	2	5	0	3	.167	.194	.200	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
2000	LA	N	109	353	39	84	4	32	.238	.302	.357	18	6	26	53	7	6	4	4	6
2001	LA	N	134	405	38	88	4	29	.217	.285	.306	18	3	31	58	8	3	0	6	16
2002	LA	N	115	258	37	75	5	28	.291	.371	.434	14	4	26	38	7	2	7	4	3
2003	LA	N	148	477	39	119	4	34	.249	.287	.338	24	3	16	59	10	9	4	3	5
2004	LA	N	138	405	47	107	10	47	.264	.364	.380	9	4	47	41	18	12	3	10	9
2005	CLE	A	49	146	11	30	1	8	.205	.250	.288	5	2	5	18	4	1	6	0	3
2005	BOS	A	47	104	14	28	2	16	.269	.310	.394	3	2	6	12	1	3	1	0	3
2005	TOT	A	96	250	25	58	3	24	.232	.275	.332	8	4	11	30	5	4	7	0	6
2006	BOS	A	96	235	31	56	1	18	.238	.312	.298	7	2	19	29	6	4	6	1	4
2007	BOS	A	83	207	30	51	3	18	.246	.298	.386	10	5	7	23	9	7	1	2	5
Total	NL		684	1961	203	482	27	173	.246	.314	.351	84	21	148	261	52	34	18	27	40
Total	AL		275	692	86	165	7	60	.238	?	?	25	11	37	82	20	15	14	3	15
Total			959	2653	289	647	34	233	.244	.309	.348	109	32	185	343	72	49	32	30	55

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	LA	N	SS	21	4	76.1	22	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1998	LA	N	2B	4	1	14	4	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1999	LA	N	2B	3	3	23	3	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1999	LA	N	SS	8	3	37.1	10	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	LA	N	SS	101	94	828.1	151	260	12	70	0	0	0	0	0	.972
2000	LA	N	2B	8	7	59	11	13	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	LA	N	SS	132	119	1062.2	178	327	20	63	0	0	0	0	0	.962
2001	LA	N	2B	1	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	LA	N	2B	40	10	153	30	53	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2002	LA	N	SS	61	53	453	67	144	5	32	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2003	LA	N	2B	141	122	1103	287	376	15	112	0	0	0	0	0	.978
2003	LA	N	SS	15	5	55.1	10	17	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	LA	N	2B	138	122	1091.1	261	342	8	91	0	0	0	0	0	.987
2005	CLE	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	CLE	A	SS	24	22	197.1	29	83	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.974
2005	CLE	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	CLE	A	2B	15	14	119	24	47	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	BOS	A	SS	11	5	48.1	9	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	BOS	A	3B	5	2	24.2	2	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
2005	BOS	A	2B	35	21	209.1	52	63	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	.983
2005	TOT	A	2B	50	35	328.1	76	110	2	29	0	0	0	0	0	.989
2005	TOT	A	SS	35	27	245.2	38	107	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	.980
2006	BOS	A	2B	18	10	95.1	18	24	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2006	BOS	A	3B	11	4	50.2	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	BOS	A	SS	63	47	434	66	167	6	47	0	0	0	0	0	.975
2006	BOS	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	BOS	A	2B	47	30	297.1	67	95	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2007	BOS	A	SS	33	22	202.1	25	69	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	.969
2007	BOS	A	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	BOS	A	1B	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Total			DH	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	469	374	3395	567	1123	51	258	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			2B	450	341	3172.1	758	1031	31	279	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	16	6	75.1	5	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.864
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Transactions

• Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1993).
• Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 14, 1996).
• Granted free agency (December 21, 2004).
• Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 18, 2005).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Ramon Vazquez (July 7, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
• Signed by Boston Red Sox (November 17, 2006).

Trivia

• Cora is the younger brother of former MLB utility player and current Chicago White Sox bench coach, Joey Cora.
• On May 12, 2004, Cora had an 18-pitch at-bat against Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Matt Clement. Facing a 2-1 count, Cora fouled off 14 straight pitches before finally hitting a home run. It's the longest documented at-bat since baseball statisticians began keeping track of pitch counts in the mid-1980s. So much time elapsed that Cora's brother Joey joked that he and Ozzie Guillen were watching the game at a restaurant ordering their first beer during the first pitch, and, by the time Cora homered, Cora and Guillen were "so...drunk that we had to call a cab to take us home."
• Cora has played in the two longest 9-inning games in MLB history. The first was a 4 hour, 27 minute game on October 5, 2001 between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. The second game - and the longest on record - was a 4 hour, 45 minute game on August 18, 2006 - the second game of a double header between the Red Sox and New York Yankees.