Juan Uribe

• Colorado Rockies (2001-2003)
• Chicago White Sox (2004-2008)
• San Francisco Giants (2009-2010)
• Los Angeles Dodgers (from 2011)

• World Series Champion 2005, 2010

Juan C. Uribe ( born March 22, 1979 in Bani, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican baseball player in Major League. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Career

Colorado Rockies

Uribe was taken as a free agent in 1997 by the Colorado Rockies under contract. After a few years in the minor leagues, he was appointed in 2001 to the team of the Rockies .. In his first season in the majors, he played 72 games and had a batting average of .300 with eight homers and 53 RBIs. With 11 triples he was on second place in the National League behind Jimmy Rollins. The following year he played his first full season at the position of the shortstops. In 2003, he first had to recovering from an injury and came back in June to the team where he has now been used on second base and in the outfield. After the season, the Rockies transferred him to the Chicago White Sox.

Chicago White Sox

In his first season with the White Sox, he showed much better performance than last in the Rockies. Lag his batting average at .253 in 2003, he hit .283 in Chicago at 23 homers and 74 RBIs .. At the end of the 2004 season, he extended his contract for three years ( with an option for a further year ) for 9.75 million. U.S. dollars .. In 2005 he again played exclusively as a shortstop and won with the White Sox the World Series. In the 2006 season, his batting average dropped to .235 and his on- base percentage to .257. However, he hit 21 home runs and 71 RBIs in 132 games. Despite similar performances in the 2007 season, the White Sox extended the contract with Uribe for another year for 4.5 million U.S. dollars. In the 2008 season, Uribe initially lost his place in the starting lineup after the White Sox Alexei Ramirez had contracted. Later he played as a result of injury to Joe Crede to second base. At the end of the season he became a free agent.

San Francisco Giants

In January 2009, Uribe signed a contract applicable to the minor leagues with the San Francisco Giants, but was added at the beginning of the 2009 season to the roster of the Giants. After a regular season with a batting average of .289 with 16 homers and 55 RBIs, he extended his contract with the Giants for another year for 3.25 million U.S. dollars. The regular season in 2010, he finished with a batting average of .256, 24 home runs and 85 RBIs. In the Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, he finished with a sacrifice fly game 4 of the series. In Game 6 of his home run in the eighth inning gave the Giants the lead. They allowed no more runs the Phillies and moved into the World Series. In their Game 1 Uribe hit in the sixth inning against the Texas Rangers a home run, which provided for three runs of the Giants.

Los Angeles Dodgers

On 30 November 2010 Uribe signed a three -year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 21 million U.S. dollars.

Private life

Uribe is married and has three children: Juan Luis, Juanny, and Janny.