30 Facts About Alex Cora

1. Alex Cora was involved in relief help for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017.

2. Alex Cora is a 2006 inductee of the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.

3. Alex Cora is married and has four children, including twins born during the 2017 season.

4. Alex Cora was ejected by home plate umpire James Hoye between the 5th and 6th innings for arguing balls and strikes.

5. Alex Cora received his second World Series ring as a coach while with the Astros.

6. On November 15, 2016, Alex Cora became the bench coach for the Houston Astros.

7. Alex Cora was the general manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team until he became Manager of the Red Sox in 2018.

8. Alex Cora played in the two longest nine-inning games in MLB history.

9. Alex Cora agreed to a minor league contract with the St Louis Cardinals on February 5, 2012.

10. Alex Cora was released by the Mets on August 7, 2010—at the time, he was batting.

11. In November 2009, Alex Cora re-signed with the Mets for the 2010 season, with an option for 2011.

12. On January 22, 2009, Alex Cora signed a one-year deal with the New York Mets.

13. Alex Cora had one plate appearance, a sacrifice bunt in World Series game 3.

14. Alex Cora was a member of the Red Sox team that won the 2007 World Series.

15. Alex Cora was originally intended to back up shortstop Edgar Renteria.

16. Alex Cora made his Red Sox debut on July 7, 2005, and through the end of the regular season appeared in a total of 47 games for Boston, batting.

17. On July 7, 2005, Alex Cora was traded to the Boston Red Sox for infielder Ramon Vazquez.

18. In January 2005, Alex Cora signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians, where he appeared in 49 games, with 22 starts at shortstop and 14 at second base; he batted.

19. Alex Cora played in one postseason series with the Dodgers, the 2004 NLDS, which the Dodgers lost to the St Louis Cardinals.

20. Alex Cora spent the next seven years in Los Angeles, appearing in a total of 684 games while batting.

21. Alex Cora made his major league debut on June 7, 1998, with the Dodgers against the Seattle Mariners; his brother Joey Cora was Seattle's starting second baseman in the game.

22. Alex Cora spent parts of the 1998, 1999, and 2000 seasons with the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, hitting.

23. Alex Cora played the 1997 season with the Double-A San Antonio Missions; in 127 games he batted.

24. Alex Cora was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round, and played 61 games of the 1996 season with the Class A-Advanced Vero Beach Dodgers, batting.

25. Alex Cora was rated by Baseball America as the best collegiate defensive player going into the 1996 draft.

26. Alex Cora led the team to the title game in 1996, a game they lost to Louisiana State University.

27. Alex Cora was drafted in the 12th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign a contract and decided instead to play collegiate baseball at the University of Miami.

28. Alex Cora is the first first year manager to win the World Series with the Red Sox.

29. Alex Cora was a baseball analyst for ESPN before becoming a coach and manager.

30. Alex Cora led the team to the 2018 World Series championship in his first season as a manager, becoming the fifth manager to do so in MLB history and the first as a Puerto Rican manager.