Álex Cora

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: October 18, 1975 in Caguas, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Colegio Bautista (Carolina, Puerto Rico) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL).

High Schools: Colegio Bautista (Carolina, Puerto Rico), Colegio Bautista de Caguas (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

Debut: June 7, 1998 (Age 22-232d, 17,267th in major league history)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2011 (Age 35-345d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Jose Alexander Cora

Twitter: @ac13alex

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Relatives: Brother of Joey Cora

2007 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

3408

828

.243

360

RBI

286

OBP

.310

SLG

.338

OPS

.648

OPS+

Summary of 35 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 10 go ahead

4 Tms
LAD	27
BOS	6
NYM	1
CLE	1

Platoon
vs RHP	32
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	17

Outs
0	12
2	12
1	11

19 Opps
SFG	5
COL	4
SDP	4
ARI	2
TBD	2
TEX	2
ANA	2
DET	2
HOU	2
STL	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
MON	1
TOR	1
MIL	1

32 Pitchers
Giovanni Carrara	2
Kevin Jarvis	2
Wayne Franklin	2
Mat Latos	1
Francis Beltrán	1
Danny Graves	1
Wade Miller	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
Brian Meadows	1
Adam Eaton	1
Jamey Wright	1
Roy Halladay	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Jason Jennings	1
Dan Haren	1
Chien-Ming Wang	1
Daniel Cabrera	1
Brad Hennessey	1
Josh Fogg	1
Mike Judd	1
Curt Schilling	1
Franklyn Germán	1
Scott Elarton	1
Aaron Sele	1
Dan Wheeler	1
Seth McClung	1
Sean Douglass	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Matt Clement	1
Juan Cruz	1
Steve Sparks	1
Brian Cooper	1

15 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	15
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	32
89	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
5	7
2	5
7+	5
1	4
6	3
4	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	7
1-3	3
12-	1
--3	1
-23	1

53 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	22
1 on	8
2 on	5
Any on	13

Inning
1	2
2	6
3	4
4	3
5	5
6	4
7	9
8	1
9	1

1-3	12
4-6	12
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	10
Tied	9
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	7
0-0	4
1-0	4
3-1	4
1-1	3
2-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
1-2	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	20
SS	14
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	19
2nd	6
7th	5
9th	4
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-06-26	LAD		SDP	Brian Meadows	behind 2-8	b 7	0	---	9,(2-2) CBCFFFBFX	1	8	6	0.019	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2000-07-27	LAD	@	COL	Kevin Jarvis	ahead 6-3	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.070	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Cora Scores/unER
3	3	3	2	2000-07-27	LAD	@	COL	Giovanni Carrara	ahead 8-7	t 5	1	1-3	6,(1-2) BFFFFX	3	8	6	0.171	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Karros Scores; A. Beltré Scores
4	4	4	1	2000-09-17	LAD		COL	Giovanni Carrara	ahead 5-1	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	6	0.035	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2001-04-15	LAD	@	SDP	Kevin Jarvis	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	6	0.113	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	2001-06-01	LAD	@	HOU	Scott Elarton	behind 2-4	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	0.152	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hansen Scores
7	7	3	1	2001-06-12	LAD		TEX	Mike Judd	behind 1-3	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.105	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	2001-06-13	LAD		TEX	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-3	b 6	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	6	0.336	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Beltré Scores; C. Kreuter Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2002-05-29	LAD		MIL	Jamey Wright	tied 2-2	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	4	0.256	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Kreuter Scores
10	10	2	1	2002-06-14	LAD		ANA	Ramón Ortiz	behind 1-7	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	PH	0.021	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
11	11	3	1	2002-08-26	LAD		ARI	Curt Schilling	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	6	0.168	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Karros Scores
12	12	4	1	2002-09-18	LAD		SFG	Russ Ortiz	behind 1-2	b 2	2	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	8	6	0.121	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	2002-09-22	LAD	@	SDP	Adam Eaton	behind 2-3	t 7	2	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	8	6	0.218	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2003-07-12	LAD	@	COL	Jason Jennings	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	2	4	0.051	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	2	1	2003-07-19	LAD		STL	Dan Haren	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	8,(3-2) BBBCFFFX	1	2	4	0.110	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	2003-08-05	LAD		CIN	Danny Graves	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	4	0.162	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
17	17	4	1	2003-09-01	LAD		HOU	Wade Miller	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	7	4	0.031	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2004-04-25	LAD		SFG	Brian Cooper	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BB1C1X	3	8	4	0.194	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Beltré Scores; J. Encarnación Scores
19	19	2	1	2004-05-12	LAD		CHC	Matt Clement	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	1--	18,(2-2) BCBFFFFFFFFFFFFFFX	2	8	4	0.067	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Grabowski Scores
20	20	3	1	2004-05-22	LAD	@	ATL	Juan Cruz	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	8	4	0.018	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	2004-06-24	LAD	@	SFG	Wayne Franklin	behind 1-9	t 7	0	---	7,(2-2) ..CFBBFFX	1	8	4	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	2004-07-02	LAD	@	ANA	Aaron Sele	behind 0-5	t 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	4	0.041	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	6	1	2004-07-07	LAD		ARI	Steve Sparks	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	4	0.123	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Werth Scores; J. Grabowski Scores
24	24	7	1	2004-08-04	LAD		PIT	Josh Fogg	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	4	0.239	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	8	1	2004-08-24	LAD	@	MON	Francis Beltrán	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	4	0.050	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Green Scores; J. Werth Scores
26	26	9	1	2004-09-25	LAD	@	SFG	Brad Hennessey	tied 2-2	t 4	1	--3	6,(1-2) CFFFBX	2	7	4	0.153	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Ventura Scores
27	27	10	1	2004-09-26	LAD	@	SFG	Wayne Franklin	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	7	4	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2005-04-27	CLE		DET	Franklyn Germán	behind 2-10	b 9	0	---	8,(2-2) ..BCSFBFFX	1	2	6	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	2005-07-27	BOS	@	TBD	Seth McClung	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	7	4	0.144	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	2005-08-15	BOS	@	DET	Sean Douglass	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	4	0.176	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Petagine Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2006-08-31	BOS		TOR	Roy Halladay	tied 4-4	b 7	2	1--	5,(2-2) FBFBX	2	2	6	0.311	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Pedroia Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2007-04-25	BOS	@	BAL	Daniel Cabrera	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) BFCBX	1	9	4	0.109	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	2	1	2007-04-29	BOS	@	NYY	Chien-Ming Wang	behind 2-3	t 5	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	4	0.212	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Crisp Scores
34	34	3	1	2007-09-23	BOS	@	TBD	Dan Wheeler	behind 3-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	4	0.119	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2009-08-08	NYM	@	SDP	Mat Latos	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	6	0.108	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)