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| Alex Ochoa | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1972-03-29) March 29, 1972 (age 52) Hialeah, Florida, U.S. | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: September 18, 1995, for the New York Mets | |
| NPB: March 28, 2003, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: September 29, 2002, for the Anaheim Angels | |
| NPB: 2008, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .279 |
| Home runs | 46 |
| Runs batted in | 261 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .289 |
| Home runs | 97 |
| Runs batted in | 416 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Alex Ochoa (/oʊˈtʃoʊ.ə/; born March 29, 1972) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.
Career
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. In Japan, he was simply referred to as Alex. 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. 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. 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
Ochoa made a cameo appearance on the Japanese television drama Dream Again on Nippon Television while playing for the Carp.
See also
- Hitting for the cycle - the only player in history to have hit for the cycle both as an MLB player and a NPB player. His NPB cycle is noted to be a reverse natural cycle: hit in the order of home run, triple, double, and single.
References
- "Red Sox announce half-dozen signings, new coach". bostonherald.com. January 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- mlb.com
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded byRon Johnson | Boston Red Sox first-base coach 2012 |
Succeeded byArnie Beyeler |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded byJohn Valentin | Hitting for the cycle July 3, 1996 |
Succeeded byAlex Rodriguez |
| Anaheim Angels 2002 World Series champions | |
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Anaheim Angels players
- Baseball players from Hialeah, Florida
- Boston Red Sox coaches
- Bowie Baysox players
- Chunichi Dragons players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Colorado Rockies players
- Frederick Keys players
- Gulf Coast Orioles players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- Kane County Cougars players
- Major League Baseball first base coaches
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Minnesota Twins players
- New York Mets players
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- Norfolk Tides players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- People from Miami Lakes, Florida
- Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School alumni