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1/30/15
Mrs.Sabagan
Business & Professional Development Period 1

Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees player

American professional baseball third

baseman and shortstop for the New
York Yankees of Major League
Baseball. Rodriguez was one of the
sport's most highly touted prospects
and is considered one of the greatest
baseball players of all time. During
his 20-year career, Rodriguez has
amassed a .300 batting average, 654
home runs, 1,969 runs batted in
(RBIs), and 2,939 hits. He is a
14-time All-Star and has won three
American League and most valuable
player awards, ten silver slugger
awards two gold glove awards. He
previously played for the Seattle
Mariners and the Texas Rangers.
However, he has led a highly
controversial career due to his
lucrative contracts and his use of
illegal performance-enhancing
drugs. In February 2009, after
previously denying use of
performance-enhancing drugs,
including during a 2007 interview
with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes.
Rodriguez admitted to using
steroids, saying he used them from
2001 to 2003 when playing for
Rangers due to "an enormous
amount of pressure" to perform.

He became the first Yankee to win the American League home run title since Reggie Jackson (41) in 1980. He also
became one of only two players in Major League history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and 100 RBIs.
Rodriguez established the franchise record for most home runs in a single season by a right-handed batter. His 47 HR from
the third base position are a single-season American League record. On defense, however, he had the lowest range factor in
the league at third for the second straight season. Rodriguez won his second AL MVP Award in three seasons. He became
the fifth player to win an MVP award (or its precursor 'League Award') with two different teams, joining Mickey
Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Frank Robinson and Barry Bonds. Rodriguez was also named the shortstop on the Major League
Baseball Latino Legends Team in 2005. Rodriguez was again an All-Star in 2006, and was 4th in the league in RBIs.

Rodriguez was drafted first overall by the

Seattle Mariners in 1993[12] and was signed
right out of high school. Rodriguez began the
season playing for Seattle's AAA affiliate, the
Calgary Cannons. Rodriguez made his major
league debut as the starting shortstop on July
8, 1994, in Boston at 18 years, 11 months, and
11 days of age. He was also the first 18-yearold Major League player in 10 years, and the
youngest position player in Seattle history. His
first Major League hit was a single off of
Sergio Valdez on July 9 at Fenway Park.
Rodriguez's first Major League campaign
lasted just one month as the season was cut
short by MLB's season-ending lockout. He
connected for his first Major League home run
off Kansas City's Tom Gordon on June 12.
Again, he was the youngest player in Major
League Baseball.

During his first season with the Yankees, Rodriguez hit .286
with 36 home runs, 106 runs batted in, 112 runs scored and 28
stolen bases. He became one of only three players in Major
League history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and
100 RBI in seven consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers
Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx. During the 2004 season, he also
became the youngest player ever to reach the 350 HR mark and
the third youngest to reach the 1,000 RBI plateau. He was
elected to the 2004 American League All-Star Team, the eighth
All-Star selection of his career and the first as a third baseman.
In the 2004 ALDS, Rodriguez was a dominant hitter against the
Minnesota Twins, batting .421 and slugging .737 while
delivering two key extra-inning hits. In that series (ALCS) he
equaled the single-game post-season record with five runs
scored in Game 3 at Boston. Rodriguez's first season with the
Yankees culminated in a dramatic playoff series against the
team he had almost ended up playing for: the Yankees' bitter
rival, the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees would then lose the
ALCS to the eventual World Series champ Red Sox regardless
of leading the series 3 games to none.

 500th home run

batted .295

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100 RBIs

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