Alex Ochoa Explained

Alex Ochoa
Position:Outfielder
Birth Date:29 March 1972
Birth Place:Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 18
Debutyear:1995
Debutteam:New York Mets
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 29
Finalyear:2002
Finalteam:Anaheim Angels
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2date:March 28
Debut2year:2003
Debut2team:Chunichi Dragons
Final2league:NPB
Final2year:2008
Final2team:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Statleague:MLB
Stat1value:.279
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:46
Stat3value:261
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Batting average
Stat21value:.289
Stat22label:Home runs
Stat22value:97
Stat23label:Runs batted in
Stat23value:416
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Alex Ochoa (; 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. 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,, 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 season.

On January 27,, Ochoa was named an assistant coach for the Boston Red Sox.[1] 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.[2] On December 23, 2011, he was named the first-base coach on the 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Sox announce half-dozen signings, new coach . 2009-01-28 . 2009-01-27 . bostonherald.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131122515/http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2009/01/27/red-sox-announce-half-dozen-signings-new-coach/. 31 January 2009 . live.
  2. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111223&content_id=26231434&vkey=pr_bos&c_id=bos mlb.com