Anderson Javier Machado [ma-CHA-do] (born January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years). Events 1327 - Edward III becomes King of England. 1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 - Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554... January 25, 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January - Sarawak Chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 10 Townsville International Airport opens (aus) January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and... 1981 in Cerro Avila, Caracas. Caracas is the capital of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, close to the Caribbean Sea. As of 2004 the population of the city was 1.7 million and of the metropolitan area 3.6 million. The city was founded in 1567 as... Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. More specifically, Major League Baseball (MLB) refers to the entity that operates North Americas two top leagues, the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure which has... Major League Baseball The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. It is also used to describe the player who plays the position (e.g., Ozzie... shortstop who has played for the The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Eastern Division of the National League. Founded: 1883 The teams name is the longest continuous name in all professional sports. Newspaper writers tried to change the name to Quakers or Live Wires... Philadelphia Phillies (2003) and Cincinnati Reds National League AAA Louisville Bats AA Chattanooga Lookouts A Sarasota Reds Dayton Dragons R Billings Mustangs GCL Reds The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of the National League. Founded: 1869, 1882, or 1890, depending on... Cincinnati Reds (2004). He is a In baseball, a switch hitter (or switch-hitter) is a batter who is able to hit from both the right and left sides of the plate. Switch hitters commonly hit from the right side of the plate against left-handed pitchers and from the left side of the plate against... switch-hitter and throws right-handed.

Machado has soft hands, good range, a quick feet and a cannon for an arm. But he has hit the ball very little in the Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to... minors, being able to draw 108 In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is used in baseball to track the performance of pitchers and batters. If a batter receives four pitches which the umpire calls balls, he is entitled to walk to first base. Receiving a base on balls does not... walks and yet still find time to In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and incompetence on the part of the batter, although for power hitters it is recognized... strikeout 120 times. His speed allows him to run the bases well, and he is adept at taking the extra base. He is a career .268 hitter with four In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. There are certain exceptions: a player does not receive an RBI if he hits into a double play, if an error is charged on... RBI in 17 major league games.

Note

• Shortstop Barry Larkin in 2004 Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball player. He has been the regular shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds in the National League between 1986 and 2004. After arriving in the majors, Larkin soon established himself as the logical... Barry Larkin will not be offered another contract by Cincinnati, ending his 19-year tenure with his hometown team. The Reds have tried for several years to develop his successor, between others Machado, Felipe López and Rainer Gustavo Ray Olmedo (born May 31, 1981 in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who has played plays for the San Francisco Giants (2003) and Cincinnati Reds (2004). He is a switch-hitter batter and throws right-handed. In 79 games Olmedo has batted .239... Ray Olmedo, rather than bring him back in 2005. On January 28th, Machado had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, leaving former The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an annual exhibition baseball game between the best players from the National League and the American League. The All-Star Game usually occurs in mid-July and marks the middle of the Major League Baseball season. The venue is chosen by Major... All-Star Rich Aurilia and López to compete for the starting shortstop job.

See also

• Between 1939 and 2004, 171 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. This list include number of arriving, name of player, position, starting team, and date of debut. Also included in the Appendix are the 75 Venezuelan baseball players who are selected on the 40-man roster... Players from Venezuela in MLB

External links

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