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Alex Rodriguez

Born: July 27, 1975
Baseball SS

led AL in hitting (.358) his first full season in the majors 1996); in 1998 became third player ever with 40 HRs and 40 steals in one season; signed a 10-year, $252m deal (the biggest in U.S. sports history) with Texas in 2000, won AL MVP in 2003 but was traded to NY Yankees in 2004.


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