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Alex Cora

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Miami

Debut June 7, 1998

Born October 18, 1975 in Caguas, P.R.

Brother of Joey Cora

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 22 LAD NL  29   33    1    4   0  1   0    0   0  0   2   8  .121  .194  .182    2    6   2   0   0   1   0
 1999 23 LAD NL  11   30    2    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   4  .167  .194  .200    2    6   0   0   0   1   1
 2000 24 LAD NL 109  353   39   84  18  6   4   32   4  1  26  53  .238  .302  .357   70  126   6   2   4   7   6
 2001 25 LAD NL 134  405   38   88  18  3   4   29   0  2  31  58  .217  .285  .306   59  124   3   2   6   8  16
 2002 26 LAD NL 115  258   37   75  14  4   5   28   7  2  26  38  .291  .371  .434  119  112   2   0   4   7   3
 2003 27 LAD NL 148  477   39  119  24  3   4   34   4  2  16  59  .249  .287  .338   67  161   9   2   3  10   5
 2004 28 LAD NL 138  405   47  107   9  4  10   47   3  4  47  41  .264  .364  .380   98  154  12   2  10  18   9
 2005 29 TOT AL  96  250   25   58   8  4   3   24   7  2  11  30  .232  .275  .332   62   83   4   3   0   5   6
         CLE AL  49  146   11   30   5  2   1    8   6  0   5  18  .205  .250  .288   46   42   1   1   0   4   3
         BOS AL  47  104   14   28   3  2   2   16   1  2   6  12  .269  .310  .394   83   41   3   2   0   1   3
 2006 30 BOS AL  96  235   31   56   7  2   1   18   6  2  19  29  .238  .312  .298   56   70   4   0   1   6   4
 2007 31 BOS AL  83  207   30   51  10  5   3   18   1  1   7  23  .246  .298  .386   75   80   7   2   2   9   5
 2008 32 BOS AL  75  152   14   41   8  2   0    9   1  1  16  13  .270  .371  .349   89   53   1   1   1   9   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1034 2805  303  688 117 34  34  242  33 17 201 356  .245  .313  .348   75  975  50  14  31  81  58
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        439   47  108  18  5   5   38   5  3  31  56  .245  .313  .348   75  153   8   2   5  13   9
 Career High    148  477   47  119  24  6  10   47   7  4  47  59  .291  .371  .434  119  161  12   3  10  18  16
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 22 LAD NL   38   31    1   0.9   103| .121  .263| .194  .333| .182  .415| .376  .747|   2  .041  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1999 23 LAD NL   31   26    1   1.0   111| .167  .270| .194  .344| .200  .434| .394  .778|   2  .047  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 2000 24 LAD NL  394  284   39   3.7   111| .238  .266| .302  .342| .357  .434| .659  .777|  70  .336 -16.1  -1.5  80%
 2001 25 LAD NL  449  340   33   2.6   104| .217  .259| .285  .329| .306  .424| .591  .753|  59  .230 -23.7  -2.2   0%
 2002 26 LAD NL  293  190   44   6.2   100| .291  .256| .371  .329| .434  .408| .805  .736| 119  .615   7.9   0.8  77%
 2003 27 LAD NL  514  376   47   3.4   104| .249  .261| .287  .332| .338  .419| .625  .751|  67  .330 -23.1  -2.2  66%
 2004 28 LAD NL  484  325   58   4.8   107| .264  .264| .364  .334| .380  .427| .744  .762|  98  .477   0.6   0.1  42%
 2005 29 TOT AL  273  207   23   3.0   104| .232  .267| .275  .330| .332  .424| .607  .754|  62  .286 -14.3  -1.4  77%
         CLE AL  157  121   11   2.4   102| .205  .263| .250  .326| .288  .418| .538  .743|  46  .217 -11.5  -1.1 100%
         BOS AL  116   86   12   3.7   108| .269  .273| .310  .336| .394  .433| .704  .769|  83  .377  -2.8  -0.3  33%
 2006 30 BOS AL  264  189   23   3.2   115| .238  .281| .312  .347| .298  .447| .610  .794|  56  .295 -16.1  -1.5  75%
 2007 31 BOS AL  232  171   23   3.6   112| .246  .278| .298  .346| .386  .435| .684  .781|  75  .349  -8.8  -0.8  50%
 2008 32 BOS AL  179  117   21   4.8   111| .270  .275| .371  .344| .349  .432| .720  .776|  89  .485  -1.8  -0.2  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3151 2256  313   3.7   107| .245  .266| .313  .336| .348  .427| .661  .762|  75  .364 -104.7  -9.8  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 22 LAD NL SS 21 22 21 2 6 .956 .968 2.05 3.88 5.07 4.52 4 76.3 2B 4 4 8 0 3 1.000 .984 3.00 4.38 7.71 5.08 1 14.0 1999 23 LAD NL SS 8 10 11 0 2 1.000 .968 2.62 3.80 5.07 4.42 3 37.3 2B 3 3 9 2 2 .857 .984 4.00 4.20 4.70 5.05 3 23.0 2000 24 LAD NL SS 101 151 260 12 70 .972 .967 4.07 3.88 4.47 4.52 94 828.3 2B 8 11 13 0 5 1.000 .984 3.00 4.34 3.66 4.96 7 59.0 2001 25 LAD NL SS 132 178 327 20 63 .962 .968 3.83 3.93 4.28 4.47 119 1062.7 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.20 2.25 4.84 1 8.0 2002 26 LAD NL SS 61 67 144 5 32 .977 .970 3.46 4.00 4.19 4.52 53 453.0 2B 40 30 53 2 11 .976 .982 2.08 4.28 4.88 4.96 10 153.0 2003 27 LAD NL 2B 141 287 376 15 112 .978 .983 4.70 4.39 5.41 5.12 122 1103.0 SS 15 10 17 0 4 1.000 .975 1.80 3.99 4.39 4.52 5 55.3 2004 28 LAD NL 2B 138 261 342 8 91 .987 .982 4.37 4.31 4.97 5.01 122 1091.3 2005 29 TOT AL 2B 50 76 107 2 29 .989 .983 3.66 4.48 5.02 4.96 35 328.3 TOT AL SS 35 37 107 3 16 .980 .972 4.11 4.17 5.28 4.60 27 245.6 CLE AL SS 24 28 83 3 11 .974 .972 4.62 4.17 5.06 4.60 22 197.3 2B 15 24 45 0 11 1.000 .983 4.60 4.48 5.22 4.96 14 119.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 BOS AL 2B 35 52 62 2 18 .983 .983 3.26 4.48 4.90 4.96 21 209.3 SS 11 9 24 0 5 1.000 .971 3.00 4.17 6.15 4.60 5 48.3 3B 5 2 7 3 0 .750 .957 1.80 2.50 3.28 2.77 2 24.7 2006 30 BOS AL SS 63 66 166 6 46 .975 .970 3.68 4.02 4.81 4.49 47 434.0 2B 18 18 24 1 6 .977 .986 2.33 4.47 3.97 4.92 10 95.3 3B 11 3 7 0 2 1.000 .962 0.91 2.54 1.78 2.84 4 50.7 DH 1 2007 31 BOS AL 2B 47 67 95 1 20 .994 .985 3.45 4.54 4.90 4.98 30 297.3 SS 33 25 69 3 18 .969 .970 2.85 3.97 4.18 4.47 22 202.3 1B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 7.90 3.00 9.30 0 3.0 2008 32 BOS AL SS 69 74 136 6 39 .972 .971 3.04 3.84 4.90 4.39 38 386.0 2B 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 .985 2.86 4.51 5.14 5.01 3 35.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 31 BOS AL 1B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 7.90 3.00 9.30 0 3.0 1998 22 LAD NL 2B 4 4 8 0 3 1.000 .984 3.00 4.38 7.71 5.08 1 14.0 1999 23 LAD NL 2B 3 3 9 2 2 .857 .984 4.00 4.20 4.70 5.05 3 23.0 2000 24 LAD NL 2B 8 11 13 0 5 1.000 .984 3.00 4.34 3.66 4.96 7 59.0 2001 25 LAD NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.20 2.25 4.84 1 8.0 2002 26 LAD NL 2B 40 30 53 2 11 .976 .982 2.08 4.28 4.88 4.96 10 153.0 2003 27 LAD NL 2B 141 287 376 15 112 .978 .983 4.70 4.39 5.41 5.12 122 1103.0 2004 28 LAD NL 2B 138 261 342 8 91 .987 .982 4.37 4.31 4.97 5.01 122 1091.3 2005 29 TOT AL 2B 50 76 107 2 29 .989 .983 3.66 4.48 5.02 4.96 35 328.3 CLE AL 2B 15 24 45 0 11 1.000 .983 4.60 4.48 5.22 4.96 14 119.0 BOS AL 2B 35 52 62 2 18 .983 .983 3.26 4.48 4.90 4.96 21 209.3 2006 30 BOS AL 2B 18 18 24 1 6 .977 .986 2.33 4.47 3.97 4.92 10 95.3 2007 31 BOS AL 2B 47 67 95 1 20 .994 .985 3.45 4.54 4.90 4.98 30 297.3 2008 32 BOS AL 2B 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 .985 2.86 4.51 5.14 5.01 3 35.0 2005 29 BOS AL 3B 5 2 7 3 0 .750 .957 1.80 2.50 3.28 2.77 2 24.7 2006 30 BOS AL 3B 11 3 7 0 2 1.000 .962 0.91 2.54 1.78 2.84 4 50.7 2006 30 BOS AL DH 1 2005 29 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2005 29 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1998 22 LAD NL SS 21 22 21 2 6 .956 .968 2.05 3.88 5.07 4.52 4 76.3 1999 23 LAD NL SS 8 10 11 0 2 1.000 .968 2.62 3.80 5.07 4.42 3 37.3 2000 24 LAD NL SS 101 151 260 12 70 .972 .967 4.07 3.88 4.47 4.52 94 828.3 2001 25 LAD NL SS 132 178 327 20 63 .962 .968 3.83 3.93 4.28 4.47 119 1062.7 2002 26 LAD NL SS 61 67 144 5 32 .977 .970 3.46 4.00 4.19 4.52 53 453.0 2003 27 LAD NL SS 15 10 17 0 4 1.000 .975 1.80 3.99 4.39 4.52 5 55.3 2005 29 TOT AL SS 35 37 107 3 16 .980 .972 4.11 4.17 5.28 4.60 27 245.6 CLE AL SS 24 28 83 3 11 .974 .972 4.62 4.17 5.06 4.60 22 197.3 BOS AL SS 11 9 24 0 5 1.000 .971 3.00 4.17 6.15 4.60 5 48.3 2006 30 BOS AL SS 63 66 166 6 46 .975 .970 3.68 4.02 4.81 4.49 47 434.0 2007 31 BOS AL SS 33 25 69 3 18 .969 .970 2.85 3.97 4.18 4.47 22 202.3 2008 32 BOS AL SS 69 74 136 6 39 .972 .971 3.04 3.84 4.90 4.39 38 386.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 538 640 1258 57 296 .971 .969 3.53 3.94 4.52 4.49 412 3781.0 2B* 457 764 1042 31 282 .983 .983 3.95 4.38 5.07 5.03 344 3207.3 3B* 16 5 14 3 2 .864 .960 1.19 2.52 2.27 2.82 6 75.3 1B* 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 7.90 3.00 9.30 0 3.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1013 1410 2314 92 580 .976 .976 3.68 4.12 4.74 4.72 762 7068
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   4  15   1   2  0  1  0   1   0   3  .133  .188  .267   0  0   0   0   1 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
 2007   ALCS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS COL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
 2008   ALDS  BOS LAA         2   4   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .250  .400  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       0-2   7  19   2   3  1  1  0   1   1   4  .158  .238  .316   0  0   0   0   1 
  5 Postseason Series   2-2  11  19   2   3  1  1  0   1   1   4  .158  .238  .316   0  0   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
2004 NL-18-4

Sac. Hits
2004 NL-12-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2137) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1996.

December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 18, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 7, 2005: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Ramon Vazquez.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$210,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$240,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$625,000
2003Los Angeles Dodgers$1,150,000
2004Los Angeles Dodgers$1,300,000
2005Cleveland Indians$1,300,000
2006Boston Red Sox$1,400,000
2007Boston Red Sox$2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,225,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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