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2005 switch caracas , venezuela 2005 october 2 2008 season .200 0 0 shortstop boston red sox batting average home runs runs batted in september 2 26 april 1982 alejandromachado.jpg alejandro machado
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alejandro machado

alejandro josé machado -lrb- born april 26 , 1982 in caracas , venezuela -rrb- is a former professional baseball infielder .
he is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed .
in machado hit a combined .306 with 30 stolen bases in a career-high 139 games with the expos ' single-a brevard and double-a harrisburg clubs .
he posted a .399 on-base percentage between the two stops , and tied for the organization lead with his 30 steals , while ranking fourth in batting .
machado also hit five home runs with 45 rbi and 63 walks .
claimed by the boston red sox in rule v from the washington nationals , machado spent his first season at the triple-a level with the pawtucket red sox in , being honored with the pawsox rookie-of-the-year award .
he was among pawtucket 's most consistent players all season , and finished 10th in the international league with a .300 batting average .
he also tied for the club-lead with 21 stolen bases and played tremendous defense at second base , shortstop , and even in the outfield .
the red sox added machado to their roster on september 1 .
in ten games he posted a .200 batting average -lrb- 1-for-5 -rrb- with one double and four runs .
his first major league run scored occurred during a strange turn of events when outfielder gabe kapler injured himself while running on what turned out to be a home run .
after the game was halted to deal with kapler 's injury , machado achieved his first major league run as a pinch-runner for the ailing kapler .
he was signed by the washington nationals to a minor league deal in november 2006 .
during the 2006 winter meetings , machado was taken by the minnesota twins in the rule 5 draft .
after spending most of 2007 on the major league disabled list , a trade was worked out to nullify the rule 5 draft restrictions , enabling the twins to assign machado to the minor leagues for the 2008 season .
he attended the twins ' 2009 major league spring training camp but was sent to minor league camp on april 1 , 2009 .
machado was signed to a minor league contract on january 5 , 2010 by the new york mets .
