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American baseball player (born 1972)
Baseball player
Alex Ochoa
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1972-03-29
)
March 29, 1972
(age 52)
Hialeah, Florida
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
September 18, 1995, for the New York Mets
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NPB:
March 28, 2003, for the Chunichi Dragons
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MLB:
September 29, 2002, for the Anaheim Angels
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NPB:
2008, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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Batting average
| .279
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Home runs
| 46
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Runs batted in
| 261
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Batting average
| .289
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Home runs
| 97
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Runs batted in
| 416
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Alex Ochoa
(
; born March 29, 1972) is a
Cuban-American
former
professional baseball
outfielder
in
Major League Baseball
and
Nippon Professional Baseball
.
Career
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Ochoa played in part of eight seasons for the
New York Mets
,
Minnesota Twins
,
Milwaukee Brewers
,
Cincinnati Reds
,
Colorado Rockies
and
Anaheim Angels
. He was originally drafted by the
Baltimore Orioles
in the third round of the 1991
amateur draft
, but he never played in the majors for them, as Baltimore traded him to the Mets as part of a trade for
Bobby Bonilla
in 1995. Ochoa would make his big league debut later that year for New York. Ochoa would eventually be traded seven times in his career, winning a
World Series ring
with the Angels in the
2002 World Series
.
Ochoa played for the
Chunichi Dragons
from 2003 to 2006. He signed a minor league contract with the
Boston Red Sox
before the 2006 season and was invited to
spring training
. He started the season with Triple-A
Pawtucket
, but was released after a poor performance. On June 18,
2007
, he signed a deal to play with the
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
for the rest of the season, and he re-signed with them for the
2008
season.
On January 27,
2009
, Ochoa was named an assistant coach for the Boston Red Sox.
[1]
In 2010, he was a special assistant in the Red Sox' baseball operations department, and in 2011, he served as batting coach for the Single-A
Salem Red Sox
of the
Carolina League
.
[2]
On December 23, 2011, he was named the first-base coach on the
2012
Major League
staff of
Boston Red Sox
manager
Bobby Valentine
.
Television
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Ochoa made a
cameo appearance
on the
Japanese television drama
Dream Again on
Nippon Television
while playing for the Carp.
[
citation needed
]
See also
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References
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