Interesting Facts

Alex is the youngest amongst his family, his sister Suzy is 4 years older, and his brother Joe is 6 years older.
While living in New York City, Alex's parents ran a shoe store.
Alex's parents names were Victor and Lourdes.
Alex was 9 years old when his dad left his mother.
Alex's idol growing up was Cal Ripken Jr.
His first splurge after recieving his first contract was buying a Jeep Cherokee.
Alex's German Shepard and Yellow Labrador are nicknamed Gypsy and Shorty.

Current Events

Alex Rodriguez has had many news worthy things occur in his life lately.  His wife Cynthia left him after suspicions of him cheating on her at Madonna's home on the west side.  He also tested positive on a steroid test a little while back.  A-Rod Steroid News

Twitter

Alex Rodriguez Twitter

Alex Rodriguez writes quite interesting quotes on his Twitter page.  He also unlike many athletes replies to his fans posts.

Examples:

A_Rod_Yankee Alex Rodriguez

My mistakes are in the past. I play the right way. The hard way.

A_Rod_Yankee Alex Rodriguez

Hard work, lots of exercise, and a solid work ethic.

A_Rod_Yankee Alex Rodriguez

I'm not sorry I didn't hit more homers this past season, though. I'm going to put up some huge numbers in 2009. My secret? Hard work.

Statistics

ALEX RODRIGUEZ CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GO/AO	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲
1994	SEA	17	54	4	11	11	0	0	0	2	3	0	20	3	0	.204	.241	.204	.445		136
1995	SEA	48	142	15	33	58	6	2	5	19	6	0	42	4	2	.232	.264	.408	.672		136
1996	SEA	146	601	141	215	379	54	1	36	123	59	1	104	15	4	.358	.414	.631	1.045		136
1997	SEA	141	587	100	176	291	40	3	23	84	41	1	99	29	6	.300	.350	.496	.846		136
1998	SEA	161	686	123	213	384	35	5	42	124	45	0	121	46	13	.310	.360	.560	.919		136
1999	SEA	129	502	110	143	294	25	0	42	111	56	2	109	21	7	.285	.357	.586	.943	0.98	136
2000	SEA	148	554	134	175	336	34	2	41	132	100	5	121	15	4	.316	.420	.606	1.026	0.96	136
2001	TEX	162	632	133	201	393	34	1	52	135	75	6	131	18	3	.318	.399	.622	1.021	0.82	140
2002	TEX	162	624	125	187	389	27	2	57	142	87	12	122	9	4	.300	.392	.623	1.015	0.83	140
2003	TEX	161	607	124	181	364	30	6	47	118	87	10	126	17	3	.298	.396	.600	.995	0.89	140
2004	NYY	155	601	112	172	308	24	2	36	106	80	6	131	28	4	.286	.375	.512	.888	0.84	147
2005	NYY	162	605	124	194	369	29	1	48	130	91	8	139	21	6	.321	.421	.610	1.031	0.98	147
2006	NYY	154	572	113	166	299	26	1	35	121	90	8	139	15	4	.290	.392	.523	.914	0.96	147
2007	NYY	158	583	143	183	376	31	0	54	156	95	11	120	24	4	.314	.422	.645	1.067	0.99	147
2008	NYY	138	510	104	154	292	33	0	35	103	65	9	117	18	3	.302	.392	.573	.965	1.10	147
2009	NYY	124	444	78	127	236	17	1	30	100	80	7	97	14	2	.286	.402	.532	.933	1.19	147
2010	NYY	137	522	74	141	264	29	2	30	125	59	1	98	4	3	.270	.341	.506	.847	1.18	147
CAREER		2303	8826	1757	2672	5043	474	29	613	1831	1119	87	1836	301	72	.303	.387	.571	.958	0.96

Career

Alex Rodriguez has played for 3 teams in the MLB: The Seattle Mariners, The Texas Rangers, and The New York Yankees.  He played Little League in New York.  He played 3 of his high school years at Westminster Christian High School in Miami, Florida.  

Biography

MLB Profile

Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez was born on July 27th, 1975 in New York City, New York.  Alex is of Dominican heritage.  He is 6'3" and weighs 230 pounds.  He has two daughters Natasha and Ella.  He spent his childhood playing Little League.  He did not to to college, because he was drafted by Major League Baseball.  He also played basketball and football in high school.  His hobbies include basketball, golf and boating.  His favorite players growing up were Keith Hernandez, Dale Murphy and Cal Ripken, Jr.  He joined the Boys & Girls Club of Miami-Dade in 1982 at the age of 7 and remained a member until the day he was drafted in 1993.