Alvin Enrique Colina (born December 26, 1981) is a retired professional baseball catcher. He played in
Major League Baseball
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for the
Colorado Rockies in 2006–2007.
Career
Signed by the
Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in , Colina made his Major League Baseball debut with the
Colorado Rockies on September 18, , against the
San Francisco Giants
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at
Coors Field
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in
Denver, Colorado
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. He collected an
RBI single
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in his first
at-bat.
Colina was
designated for assignment
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by the Rockies September 7, , and claimed off
waivers by the
Cincinnati Reds on September 11. Colina did not play for the Reds and became a free agent after the season. On December 5, 2007, the Reds re-signed Colina to a minor league contract with an invitation to
spring training. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Atlanta Braves in January . In January 2010 Colina, signed a minor league contract with a Spring Training invitation with Tampa Bay Rays
On March 10, 2011, he signed a contract with the
Lancaster Barnstormers
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. and he has played for two other different teams while being in the Atlantic League from 2011 to 2013.
Colina was traded to the
Camden Riversharks where he played for 2 seasons and later played with the
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
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team. While living in Maryland.
He resides in his home country of Venezuela as a retired player.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
From 1939 to 2019, 397 Venezuelan baseball players born in Venezuela have played in Major League Baseball. This list shows players who appeared in at least one game in MLB, including number indicating order of arrival, name of player, position, s ...
References
External links
1981 births
Living people
Arizona League Rockies players
Asheville Tourists players
Camden Riversharks players
Colorado Rockies players
Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
Durham Bulls players
Gwinnett Braves players
Lancaster Barnstormers players
Leones del Caracas players
Louisville Bats players
Major League Baseball catchers
Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
Modesto Nuts players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
People from Puerto Cabello
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
Tri-City Dust Devils players
Tulsa Drillers players
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
Visalia Oaks players
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