Alex Cintrón | |||
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Cintrón with the Washington Nationals
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Infielder | |||
Born: Humacao, Puerto Rico |
December 17, 1978 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 24, 2001, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
May 19, 2009, for the Washington Nationals | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .275 | ||
Home runs | 33 | ||
Runs batted in | 222 | ||
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Alexander Cintrón (born December 17, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. His last Major League game was in April 2009. After more than two years in the minors trying to get back to the big leagues, Cintrón retired on May 24, 2011. He came out of retirement and played for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2012.
Cintrón was drafted in the 37th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks, spending the '97 season with the Arizona League Diamondbacks where he hit .197 with six doubles, a triple and 20 RBIs. He appeared in one game with the Lethbridge Black Diamonds in the Pioneer League (baseball) and went 1-for-3.
In 1998 Cintrón spent the season with Rookie-League Lethbridge and hit .264 with 11 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 34 RBIs.
He hit .307 with 25 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 64 RBIs in 128 games with the Class-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks. He was also named to the California League All-Star team.
Cintrón played in 125 games for the Double-A El Paso Diablos and hit .301 with 30 doubles, six triples, four home runs and 59 RBIs in 2000. He was fourth in the Texas League in hits with 157, fifth in at-bats with 522 and tenth in average. He was named to the Texas League All-Star team.
In 2001 Cintrón hit .292 with 24 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 35 RBIs for the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders. He was as recalled from Tucson to the Diamondbacks on July 23. Cintrón made his major league debut with the D-Backs on July 24, 2001. He collected his first major-league hit with a single off the New York Mets Donne Wall on August 3. Cintrón hit .286 with a triple in eight games with the Diamondbacks and was optioned back to Tucson on August 6.