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Alejandro De Aza

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b. April 11, 1984 · Florida Marlins 2007, 2009, Chicago White Sox 2010–2014, Baltimore Orioles 2014–2015, Boston Red Sox 2015, San Francisco Giants 2015, New York Mets 2016, Washington Nationals 2017

Alejandro De Aza played for seven clubs across 11 seasons as a center fielder, opening with the Florida Marlins in 2007 and closing with the Washington Nationals in 2017. His longest stay was with the Chicago White Sox, from 2010 to 2014.

Across 838 games he batted .260, with 669 hits and 367 runs. He finished with 51 home runs, 131 doubles and 91 stolen bases.

He played 722 games in the outfield, with 1,477 putouts and 23 errors.

He was born in Guaymate, La Romana, D.R. on April 11, 1984. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Player of the Week 1 2013

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
2007 FLA 451441433 820 86372 .229
2009 FLA 222065 100 3550 .250
2010 CHW 193079 300 2142 .300
2011 CHW 541522950 1134 23173412 .329
2012 CHW 13152481147 2969 504710926 .281
2013 CHW 15360784160 27417 625014720 .264
2014 BAL/CHW 14247756120 2488 413911917 .252
2015 BAL/BOS/SFG 1143255185 1777 3531847 .262
2016 NYM 1302343148 906 2526674 .205
2017 WSN 2862812 230 93161 .194
Career 8382575367669 1313351 25822562291 .260

On this day & linked events

1984

Born April 11, 1984

Guaymate, La Romana, D.R.

2007

Major-league debut: Alejandro De Aza

Alejandro De Aza made a major-league debut on April 2, 2007.

2017

Final major-league game: Alejandro De Aza

Alejandro De Aza played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.

Image: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0