About Luis Alicea
Luis René Alicea de Jesús (born July 29, 1965) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. Alicea played for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. He played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles with his brother Edwin under head coach Mike Martin. Alicea played 13 seasons, during which he played in 1,341 games. He was a career.260 hitter, with 47 home runs and 422 runs batted in. He had a lifetime.346 on-base percentage, and a.369 slugging percentage. He ranked in the top 5 in triples three times in his career (1992, 1997, 2000). In 12 career postseason games, Alicea batted.267, with a.371 on-base percentage. In his first season in Texas, Alicea hit.274 with six home runs and 33 RBI in 101 games. On November 29, 2006, Alicea was named by the Red Sox as their first base coach, taking over for Bill Haselman. Alicea was then hired by the New York Mets to be their first base coach for the 2009 season. In December 1997, Alicea signed a two-year, $1.5 million deal with the Texas Rangers.
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