Alex Romero
Alex Romero | |
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Rojos del Águila de Veracruz – No. 17 | |
Outfielder | |
Born: Maracaibo, Venezuela | September 9, 1983|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 2, 2008, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .239 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 30 |
Teams | |
Alexander Rafael Romero Galbán (born September 9, 1983) is a professional baseball outfielder for the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican Baseball League.
Baseball career
Romero was born on September 9, 1983. After spending five years in the Twins organization, he was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Jan. 19, 2007. Romero began the 2008 season on the Diamondbacks' 25-man roster.
Romero made his major league debut on April 2, 2008, against the Cincinnati Reds, when he came in the game as a pinch hitter, making him the 217th Venezuelan-born player in Major League Baseball. He laid down a successful sacrifice bunt. On April 3, 2008, Romero recorded his first career RBI, when he hit a sacrifice fly as a pinch hitter. For the season, he batted .230 with a .250 on-base percentage.
During the winter, Romero plays in his home country of Venezuela for the Aragua Tigers (Tigres de Aragua).
In 2012, while playing for Tigres de Quintana Roo, was tested positive for doping and suspended for 50 games to serve in 2013. He played for Rimini Baseball of the Italian Baseball League in 2013, then he accepted to return to Rimini also for the 2014 season.
He signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants on February 22, 2016.
He signed with the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican Baseball League for the 2016 season.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
- 1983 births
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Arizona Diamondbacks players
- Caribbean Series players
- Fort Myers Miracle players
- Gulf Coast Twins players
- Gwinnett Braves players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Living people
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Mississippi Braves players
- New Britain Rock Cats players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Sportspeople from Maracaibo
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Reno Aces players
- Rimini (baseball club) players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Tigres de Quintana Roo players
- Tucson Sidewinders players
- Venezuelan baseball biography stubs
- Baseball outfielder stubs