Eliezer Alfonzo
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Alfonzo with the San Diego Padres
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| Free agent | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: February 7, 1979 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 3, 2006, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .240 | ||
| Home runs | 17 | ||
| Runs batted in | 67 | ||
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Eliézer Jesús Alfonzo (/ᵻˈliːzər/; Spanish pronunciation: [eˈljeθer]; born February 7, 1979) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, most recently in 2011 with the Colorado Rockies. He bats and throws right-handed. Eliézer is the second cousin of former MLB star Edgardo Alfonzo.
Alfonzo originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals on July 13, 1996. Alfonzo made his professional debut as a third baseman for St. Louis' affiliate in Dominican Summer League he batted .325 in 24 games. He was converted to catcher in 1997 and batted .275 in 38 contests for the Rookie-level Johnson City Cardinals.
He stayed in the Cardinals' organization until being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers on June 13, 2000 to complete off-season trade that sent Fernando Viña to the Cardinals. He spent remainder of the 2000 campaign at the Class-A Beloit Snappers hitting a combined 26 doubles, 10 home runs and 48 RBIs in 109 games.
In 2001, he set a career high with 28 doubles for Beloit, batting .277 with 14 home runs and 48 RBIs in 106 games. He logged his final year in the Milwaukee chain in 2002, splitting time with Class-A High Desert Mavericks and Double-A Huntsville Stars. He was a .349 hitter in 12 games in California League, then batted .258 with 7 home runs and 38 RBIs in the Southern League.
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