Alfonso Soriano, born on January 7, 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Repubic has played professional baseball in America since 1998.

In 1998 Alfonso signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees, and started his American career as a second basemen. He played in New York for five seasons. During the 2002 season he led the A.L. with 696 at bats, 209 hits, 92 extra base hits, 41 stolen bases, 128 runs and set a Yankees team record for most at bats (696), and most strikeouts (157). During the 2003 season, Alfonso set the record for most homeruns in a season with 13.

In 2004, Soriano was traded to the Texas Rangers, where he hit .280 in ‘04 and .268 in ‘05. He had a total of 64 home runs and 195 RBIs in those two seasons.

In December of 2005, Alfonso was traded to the Washington Nationals. In February of 2006 Alfonso set a record for highest salary awarded in arbitration, getting $10 million. Alfonso’s power numbers went up during his final season in Washington, and he also joined the 40-40 club, with 46 home runs, 41 stolen bases, 95 RBIs, and a .277 batting average.

 During the offseason, Alfonso Soriano was signed by the Chicago Cubs, to play any outfield position, and also second base. He ended up playing left field for all but one game in the season, in which he briefly played second base. Alfonso Soriano finished the 2007 regular season with 33 home runs, 19 stolen bases, and a batting average of .299. Also, early in 2007, Soriano had a minor strain in his hamstring, preventing him from playing baseball for 7 days. He was, however, not put on the disabled list at that time. In August of that season, unfortunately, while running from second to third base in a crucial baseball game against the New York Mets, Soriano strained his right quad. Due to this injury, he was placed on the 15-day Disabled List for the first time in his career.

Alfonso has four children, Alisis, Angeline, and sons Alfonso Jr. and Angel.