Juan Cespedes Uribe Tena was born on March 22,1979 and is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder.
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45 Facts About Juan Uribe
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Juan Uribe played shortstop, third base and second base during his career in Major League Baseball for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians.
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Juan Uribe became their shortstop in 2001 and spent all of 2002 in that capacity.
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Juan Uribe missed part of 2003 with an injury and was traded to the Chicago White Sox following the season.
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Juan Uribe hit 21 home runs in 2006 but had a low on-base percentage.
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Juan Uribe hit 20 home runs in 2007 but had a low batting average with runners in scoring position.
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In 2008, Juan Uribe lost his starting shortstop role to Orlando Cabrera and shifted to the starter at second, but then lost that job to rookie Alexei Ramirez.
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Juan Uribe eventually ended the season as the team's third baseman due to an injury to Joe Crede.
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In 2009, Juan Uribe signed with the Giants and was again used as utility player.
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Juan Uribe spent most of 2010 as the Giants' shortstop, hit a career-high 24 home runs, and had several key hits in the playoffs as the Giants won the 2010 World Series.
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Juan Uribe was injured by a ground ball on June 12,2016 and was later diagnosed with a testicular contusion.
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Juan Uribe started his professional career playing in the Dominican Summer League for the DSL Rockies.
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Juan Uribe played for the Single-A advanced Salem Avalanche of the Carolina League in 2000, batting.
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Juan Uribe played 72 games for the Rockies in his rookie season of 2001.
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Juan Uribe had 11 triples, tying a club record held by Neifi Perez and Juan Pierre.
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Juan Uribe was sent down to the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League a few times during the season.
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Juan Uribe played his first full season in the majors for the Rockies in 2002.
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In 2003, Juan Uribe did not play until June 3 because of an injury suffered when he was rounding the bases during a spring training game on March 1.
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Juan Uribe was traded to the Chicago White Sox on December 2,2003, for Aaron Miles.
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In 2005, Juan Uribe spent the entire season playing shortstop after the White Sox did not re-sign Jose Valentin.
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Juan Uribe made two memorable defensive plays for the final two outs of the 2005 World Series, first catching a ball while crashing into the third base stands and then ranging over the middle and firing an off-balance throw on a slow grounder to beat Houston Astro Orlando Palmeiro to give the White Sox their first title in 88 years.
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Juan Uribe joined Derek Jeter, Miguel Tejada, Edgar Renteria, and Michael Young as the only shortstops to top 70 RBIs in 2004,2005, and 2006.
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White Sox acquired Orlando Cabrera to play shortstop in 2008, forcing Juan Uribe to compete with Alexei Ramirez, Danny Richar, and Pablo Ozuna for the position in spring training.
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In 110 games, Juan Uribe had 80 hits, 22 doubles, seven home runs, and 40 RBIs.
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Juan Uribe was especially adept at fielding and hitting home runs.
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On January 29,2009, Juan Uribe signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants.
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Juan Uribe began 2010 as the Giants' second baseman because of an injury to Freddy Sanchez.
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Juan Uribe had 129 hits on the year in 521 at-bats, bringing his career hit total above the 1,000 mark.
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Juan Uribe's production was the weakest of his career, as he hit a subpar.
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Juan Uribe was expected to return after 15 days, but the injury didn't get better and was recharacterized as a sports hernia, which needed season-ending surgery.
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On September 9,2013, Juan Uribe went four for four and homered in each of his first three trips to the plate against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Juan Uribe played in 132 games for the Dodgers in 2013, almost as many as his first two seasons with them combined.
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Juan Uribe was well-liked by his teammates, and hailed as a key part of maintaining clubhouse chemistry.
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Juan Uribe started slowly in 2015 and wound up falling behind both Justin Turner and Alex Guerrero on the depth chart.
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The trade was finalized during the Braves' three-game series at Dodger Stadium, and Juan Uribe appeared in his new team's uniform in the third game, going 0 for 3 in the Atlanta win.
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On June 12,2016 in Anaheim, Juan Uribe had to be carted off the field after being hit in the crotch by a ground ball which came off the bat of Mike Trout at 106 miles per hour.
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Juan Uribe was designated for assignment on August 1,2016 and released on August 5.
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Juan Uribe plays winter baseball in the Dominican Republic every year.
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Juan Uribe has done work for many different charity organizations.
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Juan Uribe helped with the United States military children's coloring contest.
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In October 2006, Juan Uribe was alleged to have been involved in a shooting in his native Dominican Republic.
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Juan Uribe, who denied any involvement in the case, suggested that he might not play baseball until the legal proceedings were concluded.
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Juan Uribe was confident that he would win in court, and the White Sox expected him to be free for spring training.
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Juan Uribe called the incident "blackmail", saying it was an attempt by Perez to get money from him.
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