The former Major League infielder Manuel DeJesus Juan Alexander is moving from one Italian Baseball League club to another. The 37-year-old leaves TELEMARKET RIMINI and joins DANESI NETTUNO. Manny Alexander played 593 games in the big leagues, batting .231 (OBP .282/SLG .324) for the Orioles, Mets, Cubs, Red Sox, Rangers and Padres.
Alexander was born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic and signed as an amateur free agent with Baltimore in 1988. He made his MLB debut in 1992 at the age of 21 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He batted .265 (.312/.376) in 1259 Minor League games from 1989 until 2007. Last winter he signed with RIMINI and led the club with a .331 batting average (.399/.423) with two homeruns, a triple, seven doubles, 30 runs scored and 20 RBI. NETTUNO plans to use him as shortstop.
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February 18, 2009 | 6:20 pm
[...] Mister Baseball wrote an interesting post today on Shortstop Manny Alexander from Rimini to NettunoHere’s a quick excerptThe former Major League infielder Manuel DeJesus Juan Alexander is moving from one Italian Baseball League club to another. The 37-year-old leaves TELEMARKET RIMINI and joins DANESI NETTUNO. Manny Alexander played 593 games in the big leagues, batting .231 (OBP .282/SLG .324) for the Orioles, Mets, Cubs, Red Sox, Rangers and Padres. Alexander was born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic and signed as an amateur free agent with Baltimore in 1988. He made his MLB debut in 1992 at t [...]