finalyear bats debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2005 right 1991 june 8 .272 1,317 389 shortstop / second baseman new york yankees batting average hits runs batted in september 8 5 october 1967 rey sánchez
 chicago cubs rey sánchez right
rey sánchez

rey francisco guadalupe sánchez -lrb- born october 5 , 1967 -rrb- is a former major league baseball infielder .
he attended high school in california and was drafted in the 13th round of the amateur baseball draft by the texas rangers .
he played in their minor league system until , when he was traded to the chicago cubs 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 for minor leaguer frisco parotte .
he finished the season there , and then started to become a journeyman .
he played -lrb- in order -rrb- in a season for the san francisco giants , two and a half seasons for the kansas city royals , 50 games for the atlanta braves , and a season for the boston red sox .
in , he played 56 and 46 games for the new york mets -lrb- where he allegedly received a controversial haircut during a game -lsb- http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2003/05/08/2003-05-08_forget_sanchez__the_report_s.html] -rrb- and seattle mariners , 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 at shortstop , second base , and third base , 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 and only 15 home runs through 15 years experience .
he was often used for his ability to successfully perform the sacrifice bunt .
