Tony Álvarez
| Antonio Enrique Álvarez | |
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| Minister of Youth and Sports of Venezuela | |
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In office September 2, 2014 – April 28, 2015 |
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| President | Nicolás Maduro |
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| Born |
10 May 1979 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political party | United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
| Spouse(s) |
Astrid Carolina Herrera (2002–2005) Mariángel Ruiz (2005–2008) Dayana Colmenares (2013–present) |
| Children | Mariángel Victoria Álvarez Ruiz (born 2006) Mia Dayana Álvarez Colmenares (born 2014) |
| Residence | Venezuela |
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: May 10, 1979 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 4, 2002, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 2004, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .250 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 10 | ||
| On-base percentage | .324 | ||
| Games played | 38 | ||
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Antonio Enrique Álvarez [al'-vah-rez] (born May 10, 1979) is a Venezuelan politician and a former Major League Baseball player.
Born in Caracas, he played professionally under the name Tony Álvarez. Furthermore, he is commonly known as El Potro Álvarez, a moniker that he has been using since starting his baseball career at a young age.
Álvarez was a highly touted as a five-tool outfielder prospect. In addition to his playing in the 2002 All-Star Futures Game and the 2006 World Baseball Classic, he usually smashed hard line drives into the infield or deep into the outfield, played aggressive baserunning, and crashed the walls in pursuit of a fly ball, delighting baseball fans for most of a decade. "People come out to the ballpark and pay money to watch the game", Álvarez explained in an interview. I’m an aggressive player and it's hard for me to change. If I lose my aggressiveness, I won’t be the same player", he added.
Additionally, during the same period Álvarez found time to develop a successful but not remarkable musical career, ventured in politics and even married three times, each one of his wives being former beauty queens, which led him to achieve celebrity status in his country.
At age 25, Álvarez was ranked by Baseball America as one of the top ten prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but never was able to fulfill the potential that he showed in the Minor Leagues.
Listed at 6' 1" (1.86 m), 200 lb. (91 k), Álvarez batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by Pittsburgh at the age of 16 while attending high school in Venezuela. After graduating, he joined the Gulf Coast League Pirates rookie level in 1998 and gained five promotions in the next three years.
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