Alex Romero

Alex Romero
Free agent
Outfielder
Born: (1983-09-09) September 9, 1983 (age 28) Maracaibo, Venezuela
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 2, 2008 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Career statistics (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.239
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	30
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2008-2009)

Alexander Rafael Romero Galban (born September 9, 1983, in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a professional baseball outfielder.

Baseball career

Romero was born on September 9, 1983. After spending 5 years in the Twins organization, he was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks on January 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).

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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