Alex Rodriguez Fast Facts

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Updated 1634 GMT (0034 HKT) August 4, 2020

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Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees infielder, announced Sunday that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/us/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-retires/" target="_blank">he will be retiring from playing baseball</a> on Friday, August 12. While a decorated player, Rodriguez's career has also been dogged by controversy.
Photos: Alex Rodriguez's career in photos
Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees infielder, announced Sunday that he will be retiring from playing baseball on Friday, August 12. While a decorated player, Rodriguez's career has also been dogged by controversy.
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Rodriguez, shown here as a teenager in 1993, talks with 11-year-old John Santos Griffith during practice for the U.S. Olympic Festival Competition in San Antonio, Texas.
Photos: Alex Rodriguez's career in photos
Rodriguez, shown here as a teenager in 1993, talks with 11-year-old John Santos Griffith during practice for the U.S. Olympic Festival Competition in San Antonio, Texas.
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Alex Rodriguez listens on the telephone as the Seattle Mariners ask him to join their team amid cheers from his mother, Lourdes, back left, and friends in Miami, Florida, on June 3, 1993. Rodriguez, then 18, was the top draft choice in baseball's amateur draft.
Photos: Alex Rodriguez's career in photos
Alex Rodriguez listens on the telephone as the Seattle Mariners ask him to join their team amid cheers from his mother, Lourdes, back left, and friends in Miami, Florida, on June 3, 1993. Rodriguez, then 18, was the top draft choice in baseball's amateur draft.
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Rodriguez calls for the ball during a game against the Baltimore Orioles on May 11, 1997.
Photos: Alex Rodriguez's career in photos
Rodriguez calls for the ball during a game against the Baltimore Orioles on May 11, 1997.
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Rodriguez, center, poses with Nomar Garciaparra, left, of the Boston Red Sox, and future teammate Derek Jeter of the Yankees on July 11, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photos: Alex Rodriguez's career in photos
Rodriguez, center, poses with Nomar Garciaparra, left, of the Boston Red Sox, and future teammate Derek Jeter of the Yankees on July 11, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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