Rey Francisco Sánchez Guadalupe (born October 5, 1967 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

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) is a former Major League Baseball

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 infielder

Infielder

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. He attended high school in California

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 and was drafted in the 13th round of the amateur baseball draft by the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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. He played in their minor league system until , when he was traded to the Chicago Cubs

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 for minor leaguer Bryan House. In , he broke through to the majors, playing 13 games. He continued to play there, often on a regular basis until August 16, , when he was traded to the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 for minor leaguer Frisco Parotte. He finished the season there, and then started to become a journeyman. He played (in order) in a season for the San Francisco Giants

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, two and a half seasons for the Kansas City Royals

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, 50 games for the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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, and a season for the Boston Red Sox

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. In , he played 56 and 46 games for the New York Mets

New York Mets

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 (where he allegedly received a controversial haircut during a game http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2003/05/08/2003-05-08_forget_sanchez__the_report_s.html) and Seattle Mariners

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, respectively, and moved on to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for . He became a Yankee for the second time in .

He spent most of his career occasionally starting, replacing injured players, and pinch hitting

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 at shortstop

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, second base, and third base

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, although he consistently started at shortstop for the Royals and Braves, and consistently started at second base for the Red Sox. Other than this, he played any infield position off the bench. He had a career .271 batting average

Batting average

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 and only 15 home run

Home run

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s through 15 years experience. He was often used for his ability to successfully perform the sacrifice bunt.

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