Alex Rodriguez

A-Rod admitted to using steroids from 2001-2003 with the Texas Rangers.

Alex was listed at #29 in Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 of 2007.

Alex and wife Cynthia are expecting their second child together, due in the Spring of 2008. They already have a daughter, Natasha, 2.

A-Rod has said that he hopes to see his dad again one day.

Alex hit his first professional home run against the Springfield Sultans.

John McNamara coached Alex's first Minor League team in Peoria.

After signing his first contract, Alex bought his mom a brand new Mercedes Benz.

In 1993, the Mariners signed Alex just hours before his first class at the University of Miami was about to start.

A-Rod played in the playoffs 4 times as a Mariner.

A-Rod hit a home run in the 1998 all star game at Coors Field.

As of 2006. Alex has been voted to 10 all star games.

Because of his huge salary, some call Alex "Pay-Rod."

A-Rod earned the nickname "Error-Rod" after recording over 25 errors in 2006.

A-Rod is on pace for 600 Hrs, 2000 RBIs, and 3000 hits for his career.

A-Rod is on pace for 600 Hrs, 2000 RBIs, and 3000 hits for his career.

A-Rod is on pace for 600 Hrs, 2000 RBIs, and 3000 hits for his career.

At 464 HRs at age 31, A-Rod is mathematically on pace to break Hank Aaron's 32 year old home run record.

Alex committed a career high 24 errors in 2006.

Matt Christopher wrote a biography about Alex in 2002 entitled "On the Field with Alex Rodriguez."

A-Rod's career high in homers for a season came in 2001 when he hit 57.

Despite having an "off" season in 2006, A-Rod still was 3rd in MVP voting.

At age 22 in 1996, Alex was the youngest player ever to win a batting title.

Lou Piniella was A-Rod's coach the entire time he was a Mariner.

A-Rod was on the first Mariners' playoff team ever in 1995.

In 1997, A-Rod became just the 3rd Mariner ever to post a 20/20 season.

A-Rod wrote the book "Hit a Grand Slam!" in 1998.

A-Rod said he felt guilty upon signing his contract in 2001 for over $270 million.

A-Rod has said that his role model has always been his mom.

A-Rod played baseball, football, and basketball in high school at Westminster.

A-Rod was the youngest Mariner ever when he made his debut at age 18.

Alex ran a baseball camp for kids in 1996 with Alex Gonzalez, Alex Ochua, and Alex Fernandez.

A-Rod loves spaghetti.

Alex is on pace to become just the 4th player ever to record 3000 hits and 500 home runs.

A-Rod's listed rookie year was 1994, although his first full season was 1996.

The first thing Alex bought when he signed his first contract in 1993 was a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee.

In 1993, A Mariners' official cried when he saw a reprot that said the Mariners were more likely to draft Dreifort.

In the 1993 draft, the Mariners had originally planned to select Darren Dreifort, a pitcher.

Alex had 464 career home runs at the end of 2006.

As of 2006, Alex is 26th on the all-time home run list.

There was a superstition that his early struggles as a Yankee were caused by the fact that Alex wears number 13.

These are A-Rod's at bats per home runs in last 7 seasons 1999 AL-12.0 2000 AL-13.5 2001 AL-12.5 2002 AL-10.9 2003 AL-12.9 2004 AL-16.7 2005 AL-12.6

In 1996, A-Rod finished 2nd in MVP voting by just one point. The winner was Juan Gonzalez.

A-Rod won the AL Hank Aaron award in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

A-Rod's major league debut was July 8, 1994

Alex used to call his sister "Secretary of Education" because she always made sure he did his homework.

Alex used to call his brother "Secretary of Sports" because he was always teaching Alex about sports when he was young.

A-Rod has said that one of his favorite shows is "Law and Order."

A-Rod's mother had orginally wanted him to go to college before he entered the draft. She was a strong believer in education.

A-Rod's favorite player as a kid, Cal Ripken Jr., also made a switch from Shortstop to Third Base.

When Alex first signed with Seattle in 1993, his salary was $1.3 million over 3 years.

In 1993, Scouting reports from various MLB scouts called A-Rod a "Once in a lifetime player."

Alex spent not even one full season in the minors before he was first called up in 1994.

$14,000 is A-Rod's estimated salary per INNING.

Alex was on deck in game 5 of the 1995 ALDS when Edgar Martinez's RBI double scored Joey Cora and Ken Griffey Jr. to beat the Yankees.

Alex's best friend, J.D. Artaega, pitched for Westminster High School the same years as Alex.

A-Rod had hoped to get drafted by the Dodgers, because the Dodger play the Florida Marlins every year and his family still lived in Miami.

A-Rod's final stats for 2006: 25 HR 121 RBI 290 AVG 113 RUNS 116 HITS 15 SB

As of 2006 A-Rod has still never played in or won a World Series.

During A-Rod's free agency in 2000, the White Sox came the closest to signing Alex after the Ranger who of course did sign him.

As a kid, Alex slept with a picture of Cal Ripken Jr. hanging over his bed.

A-Rod's father left when he was very young so his best friend J.D. Arteaga's father was his "father figure" growing up.

Alex is the Texas Rangers All-Time Slugging Percentage Leader with a Percentage of .615.

In 1999 Alex was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

When his daughter Natasha Alexander was born she weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces, was 19 inches long and was born a week before the due date.

Alex and his wife Cynthia dated on and off for 6 years before getting married.

Cal Ripken Jr. (Alex's childhood idol) came to Alex's wedding.

His wedding consisted of a small ceremony in Dallas followed by a reception at his 7,500 square-foot mansion.

In 1998 Alex became the 3rd member of baseball's 40-40 Club (for players who had 40 homeruns and 40 steals in one season).

Alex was born on the same day as Giants first baseman Shea Hillenbrand.

Alex played on the same high school football team as Kansas City Royals first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz.

Alex was featured in The Sporting News' book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players and ranked as number 70.

Alex and Vladimir Guerrero appeared in a Pepsi commercial in 2005.

In 2003, Alex Rodríguez gave $3.9 million to the University of Miami to renovate its baseball stadium.

Alex was asked to play football for Miami University but turned it down and decided to enter the MLB 1993 draft.

Alex was a star baseball player at Westminster Christian High School.

Alex has led the American League in home-runs 4 times.

A-Rod is known for signing Major Leaugue Baseball's most expensive contract.

Alex has never played for a national league team.

On October 30, 2000 Alex was granted free agency.

Alex made $26,000,000 in 2005.

From 2001-2004 Alex made $22,000,000 per year.

In 2000 Alex made $4,362,500.

In 1999 Alex's salary was $3,112,500.

In 1998 Alex's salary was $2,162,500.

In 1997 Alex made $1,062,500.

Although Alex is guaranteed $250 million at the end of his Yankee career he cannot accept $25 million per year because Derek Jeter's contract states he must be the highest paid player on the Yankees.

From 1994-1996 Alex made $442,334.

As of June 2005 Alex made $126,027,000 in his entire career so far.

In 2003 Alex won the American League Hank Aaron Award.

In 2002 Alex was the Major League Player Of The Year.

Alex gets his hair highlighted once every three weeks.

Alex was once Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher but made Ashton destroy the videos since they called him names and said he was a terrible baseball player.

Alex's wife Cynthia is a high school psycologist.

In 2002 Alex won the American League Hank Aaron Award.

In 2001 Alex won the American League Hank Aaron Award.

In 1996 Alex was the major league player of the year.

A-Rod loved to play ping=pong as a hobby when he was younger.

Alex loves to meet his fans and sign autographs.

In July 2006 Alex became one of the baseball players with his picture on a Wheaties box.

Alex's dad had been a catcher for a Dominican Minor League Baseball team, and he introduced Alex to the game.

As a kid Alex's parents owned a shoe store in New York City and lived in the apartment above it.

On February 6, 2007 Alex released a children's book Out Of The Ballpark, based on his childhood experiences.

Alex was nearly a member of the New York Mets.

In 1995, he alternated between the Seattle Mariners and their AAA-team, the Tacoma Rainers.

Alex has struggled throughout much of the 2006 season, drawing boos from some Yankee fans.

As of 2006 Alex has been in 10 all-star games.

Played every game in 2001, 2002 and 2005.

Has a career .959 fielding average at third base.

Has a career .977 fielding average at shortstop.

Is one of the only Yankees in the past 10 years to be born in New York City.

Alex won his first ever American League Silver Slugger Award in 2005.

In 1996, Alex had a career high 54 doubles.

In 1998 Alex joined Jose Canseco as the only two players in MLB history to have more than 40 stolen bases and 40 home runs in the same season.

While playing for Seattle in 1996, Alex had a career high 215 hits.

Alex had a career high 142 RBI's in 2002 while playing for the Texas Rangers.

Alex's 2006 salary is $25,680,727.

Alex had signed a letter of intent to play baseball for University of Miami before being drafted by the Seattle Mariners. He also had intentions of playing quarterback for Miami's football team.

Alex holds the record for most home runs in a season by a shortstop with 57.

Alex has never played for a National League team.

Alex finishied in the top-ten in voting for the American League's Most Valuable Player each year from 1996 through 2002.

Alex had always worn the number 3 until playing for the Yankees. That number was previously worn by Babe Ruth and had been retired so Alex switched to the number 13.

Rodriguez was traded from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for second baseman Alfonso Soriano and Joaquin Arias on February 15, 2004.

A-Rod's 48 home runs in 2005 were the most ever by a right handed player in Yankee history.

On June 8, 2005, A-Rod became the youngest player in Major League history to hit his 400th home run. Alex was 29 years and 316 days old breaking the record of Ken Griffey Jr. who was 30 years, 141 days when he hit his 400th.

On April 26, 2005, Alex hit three home runs and drove in 10 runs in a game against the Angels.

In 2005, Alex tied Mike Schmidt and Adrian Beltre for most home runs in a season (48) by a Major League 3rd baseman.

The 2005 season was the 10th consecutive season that Alex scored more than 100 runs.

In 2005, Alex joined Barry Bonds, Frank Robinson, Jimmie Foxx and Mickey Cochrane as the only players to win an MVP award with two different teams.

Alex gave the University of Miami $3.9 million to update their baseball stadium.

The Sporting News listed A-Rod as the 70th greatest player of all-time in the 2005 version of their list.

On November 18, 2004, Alex and his wife had their first child. They had a girl and named her Natasha Alexander Rodriguez.

A-rod has won the golden glove award 2 times.

Alex played for the United States of America during the World Baseball Classic.

Alex won his first Gold Glove Award in 2001.

Alex became a free agent after the seasons with the Mariners and declared that he wanted to go to a World Series-caliber team.

Alex hit for the cycle with the Mariners in 1997. In that game, there happened to be a sweepstakes, saying that if he hit for the cycle, you would win $1,000,000. A woman was selected, and she left $1 million richer.

Alex and his family moved to Miami, Florida when he was eight years old.

Alex moved with his parents to their native Dominican Republic when he was four years old.

Alex's nickname is A-Rod.

Alex bats right and throws right.

Alex grew up in Washington Heights, New York.

Weight: 215 pounds