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Alex Cora

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Full name Jose Alexander Cora
Born October 18, 1975, Caguas, Puerto Rico
First Game: June 7, 1998; Final Game: September 28, 2011
Managed First Game: March 29, 2018
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Brother of Joey Cora
Ejections as coach: 2017 (1)
Ejections as manager: 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2021 (2), 2022 (4), 2023 (4), 2024 (3). Total: 17
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1998 LA N Daily Splits 29 33 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .121 .194 .182 -0.2 1998 LA N 1999 LA N Daily Splits 11 30 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .194 .200 -0.4 1999 LA N 2000 LA N Daily Splits 109 353 39 84 18 6 4 32 26 4 53 7 6 2 0 7 6 4 1 .238 .302 .357 -0.7 2000 LA N 2001 LA N Daily Splits 134 405 38 88 18 3 4 29 31 6 58 8 3 2 0 7 16 0 2 .217 .285 .306 -2.4 2001 LA N 2002 LA N Daily Splits 115 258 37 75 14 4 5 28 26 4 38 7 2 0 0 6 3 7 2 .291 .371 .434 0.9 2002 LA N 2003 LA N Daily Splits 148 477 39 119 24 3 4 34 16 3 59 10 9 2 0 4 5 4 2 .249 .287 .338 1.0 2003 LA N 2004 LA N Daily Splits 138 405 47 107 9 4 10 47 47 10 41 18 12 2 0 5 9 3 4 .264 .364 .380 0.6 2004 LA N 2005 CLE A Daily Splits 49 146 11 30 5 2 1 8 5 0 18 4 1 1 0 3 3 6 0 .205 .250 .288 0.1 2005 CLE A 2005 BOS A Daily Splits 47 104 14 28 3 2 2 16 6 0 12 1 3 2 0 2 3 1 2 .269 .310 .394 0.1 2005 BOS A 2005 TOT A 96 250 25 58 8 4 3 24 11 0 30 5 4 3 0 5 6 7 2 .232 .275 .332 0.2 2005 TOT A 2006 BOS A Daily Splits 96 235 31 56 7 2 1 18 19 1 29 6 4 0 0 5 4 6 2 .238 .312 .298 -0.3 2006 BOS A 2007 BOS A Daily Splits 83 207 30 51 10 5 3 18 7 2 23 9 7 2 0 0 5 1 1 .246 .298 .386 -0.4 2007 BOS A 2008 BOS A Daily Splits 75 152 14 41 8 2 0 9 16 1 13 9 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 .270 .371 .349 1.3 2008 BOS A 2009 NY N Daily Splits 82 271 31 68 11 1 1 18 25 1 28 3 8 1 0 2 2 8 3 .251 .320 .310 -0.6 2009 NY N 2010 NY N Daily Splits 62 169 14 35 6 3 0 20 10 1 16 4 2 2 0 4 4 4 1 .207 .265 .278 -1.8 2010 NY N 2010 TEX A Daily Splits 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 -0.1 2010 TEX A 2010 Total 66 176 14 37 6 3 0 20 10 1 16 4 2 2 0 4 4 4 1 .210 .266 .278 -1.9 2010 Total 2011 WAS N Daily Splits 91 156 12 35 6 1 0 6 12 0 23 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 .224 .287 .276 -0.7 2011 WAS N Total NL (10 Years) 919 2557 260 620 107 26 28 217 195 29 328 61 45 12 0 37 50 32 15 .242 .310 .338 -4.3 Total NL Total AL ( 5 Years) 354 851 100 208 33 13 7 69 53 4 95 29 16 6 0 11 18 15 6 .244 .309 .338 0.7 Total AL Total (14 Years) Splits 1273 3408 360 828 140 39 35 286 248 33 423 90 61 18 0 48 68 47 21 .243 .310 .338 -3.6 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 2004 LA N Daily Splits 4 15 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .133 .188 .267 2004 LA N 2005 BOS A Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2005 BOS A 2008 BOS A Daily Splits 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 2008 BOS A Total NL ( 1 Year ) 4 15 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .133 .188 .267 Total NL Total AL ( 2 Years) 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 Total AL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 7 19 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .158 .238 .316 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 2007 BOS A Daily 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2007 BOS A 2008 BOS A Daily Splits 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 2008 BOS A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 2007 BOS A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2007 BOS A

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1998 LA N Daily Splits SS 21 4 4 76.1 22 21 2 6 0 .956 1998 LA N 2B 4 1 0 14 4 8 0 3 0 1.000 1999 LA N Daily Splits SS 8 3 2 37.1 10 11 0 2 0 1.000 1999 LA N 2B 3 3 1 23 3 9 2 2 0 .857 2000 LA N Daily Splits SS 101 94 83 828.1 152 260 12 70 0 .972 2000 LA N 2B 8 7 5 59 11 13 0 5 0 1.000 2001 LA N Daily Splits SS 132 119 103 1062.2 178 328 20 63 0 .962 2001 LA N 2B 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2002 LA N Daily Splits SS 61 53 33 453 67 144 5 32 0 .977 2002 LA N 2B 40 10 9 153 30 53 2 11 0 .976 2003 LA N Daily Splits 2B 141 122 103 1103 286 377 15 112 0 .978 2003 LA N SS 15 5 3 55.1 10 18 0 4 0 1.000 2004 LA N Daily Splits 2B 138 122 110 1091.1 261 343 8 91 0 .987 2005 CLE A Daily Splits SS 24 22 19 197.1 29 83 3 11 0 .974 2005 CLE A 2B 15 14 12 119 24 47 0 11 0 1.000 2005 CLE A OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 2005 CLE A LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2005 BOS A Daily Splits 2B 35 21 18 209.1 52 63 2 18 0 .983 2005 BOS A SS 11 5 3 48.1 9 24 0 5 0 1.000 2005 BOS A 3B 5 2 1 24.2 2 7 3 0 0 .750 2005 TOT A 2B 50 35 30 328.1 76 110 2 29 0 .989 2005 TOT A SS 35 27 22 245.2 38 107 3 16 0 .980 2006 BOS A Daily Splits SS 63 47 46 434 66 167 6 47 0 .975 2006 BOS A 2B 18 10 6 95.1 18 24 1 6 0 .977 2006 BOS A 3B 11 4 4 50.2 3 7 0 2 0 1.000 2006 BOS A DH 2 0 0 - 2007 BOS A Daily Splits 2B 47 30 25 297.1 67 95 1 20 0 .994 2007 BOS A SS 33 22 16 202.1 25 69 3 18 0 .969 2007 BOS A DH 5 0 0 - 2007 BOS A 1B 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 .500 2008 BOS A Daily Splits SS 69 38 32 386 74 136 6 39 0 .972 2008 BOS A 2B 7 3 3 35 6 14 0 3 0 1.000 2009 NY N Daily Splits SS 56 54 51 466.1 106 140 6 36 0 .976 2009 NY N 2B 19 13 11 131.1 38 40 2 7 0 .975 2009 NY N 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2010 NY N Daily Splits 2B 47 38 30 344.1 86 81 1 29 0 .994 2010 NY N SS 6 3 2 32 7 11 1 4 0 .947 2010 NY N 1B 2 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 2010 TEX A Daily Splits 2B 2 2 2 18 2 3 0 2 0 1.000 2010 TEX A 3B 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2010 Total 2B 49 40 32 362.1 88 84 1 31 0 .994 2011 WAS N Daily Splits 3B 31 18 12 167.2 4 41 1 5 0 .978 2011 WAS N SS 16 13 8 114.2 22 47 0 10 0 1.000 2011 WAS N 1B 9 0 0 16 14 0 2 2 0 .875 2011 WAS N 2B 5 3 1 24.2 9 0 1 0 0 .900 Total (13 Years) Splits SS 616 482 405 4394 777 1459 64 347 0 .972 Total (14 Years) 2B 530 400 337 3725.2 898 1171 35 320 0 .983 Total ( 4 Years) 3B 48 24 17 245 10 56 4 7 0 .943 Total ( 4 Years) 1B 13 0 0 21.1 16 0 3 2 0 .842 Total ( 2 Years) DH 7 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 2004 LA N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 34 8 10 0 3 0 1.000 2005 BOS A Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2008 BOS A Daily Splits SS 2 1 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) Splits 2B 4 4 4 34 8 10 0 3 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) SS 3 1 1 12 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 2007 BOS A Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2007 BOS A SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2008 BOS A Daily Splits SS 2 2 2 17 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits SS 3 2 2 18 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 2007 BOS A Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2007 BOS A SS 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 BOS A 162 108 54 .667 876 647 1 2019 BOS A 162 84 78 .519 901 828 3 2021 BOS A 162 92 70 .568 829 749 2 2022 BOS A 162 78 84 .481 735 787 5 2023 BOS A 162 78 84 .481 772 776 5 2024 BOS A 162 81 81 .500 751 747
Total ( 6 Years) 972 521 451 .536 4864 4534 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

        Wild-Card Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2021 BOS A 1 1 0 1.000 6 2

       Division Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 BOS A 4 3 1 .750 27 14 2021 BOS A 4 3 1 .750 26 20 Total ( 2 Years) 8 6 2 .750 53 34 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 BOS A 5 4 1 .800 29 21 2021 BOS A 6 2 4 .333 28 36 Total ( 2 Years) 11 6 5 .545 57 57 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

          World Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2018 BOS A 5 4 1 .800 28 16

         All-Star Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 2019 AL 1 1 0 1.000 4 3

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 2017 HOU A Bench 4- 2 10- 1 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 3-2018 BOX BOS A Adam Hamari Protesting HBP warning 10-13-2018 BOX BOS A James Hoye Called third strike 6-11-2019 BOX BOS A Vic Carapazza Balls and strikes 8- 3-2019(1) BOX BOS A Mike Estabrook Balls and strikes 4-15-2021 BOX BOS A Jordan Baker Balls and strikes 6- 3-2021 BOX BOS A Lance Barrett Called third strike 5- 7-2022 BOX BOS A Carlos Torres Called third strike 5-11-2022 BOX BOS A Adam Beck Called third strike 8- 4-2022 BOX BOS A Bill Welke Replay review 8-19-2022 BOX BOS A Todd Tichenor Called third strike 4-24-2023 BOX BOS A Quinn Wolcott Balls and strikes 6- 5-2023 BOX BOS A Chris Guccione Called third strike 8-20-2023 BOX BOS A Junior Valentine Called third strike 8-22-2023 BOX BOS A Pat Hoberg Balls and strikes 6- 8-2024 BOX BOS A Alan Porter Called third strike 7-22-2024 BOX BOS A Mark Wegner Balls and strikes 9-22-2024(1) BOX BOS A Alan Porter Obstruction call

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-25-2017 BOX HOU A Laz Diaz Arguing strike one call from bench

Transaction Information

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).

Granted free agency (October 30, 2008).

Signed by New York Mets (January 13, 2009).

Granted free agency (November 6, 2009).

Signed by New York Mets (November 30, 2009).

Released by New York Mets (August 7, 2010).

Signed by Texas Rangers (August 17, 2010).

Released by Texas Rangers (September 7, 2010).

Signed by Washington Nationals (February 2, 2011).

Granted free agency (October 30, 2011).

Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 6, 2012).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 25, 2012).

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