Edgardo Alfonzo: 2000 NL Champion Mets Second Baseman (1995 - 2002)
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Edgardo Antonio Alfonzo was born November 8, 1973, in Santa Teresa, Miranda Venezuela. His father was a truck driver & his mom a pre-school teacher in Caracas. His oldest brother Edgar Jr. played minor league ball from 1985-1996 later becoming a minor league coach. The middle Alfonzo brother Robert played minor league ball in 1993-1994 later becoming a scout. In his native land, his brother Edgar taught him baseball. There he watched the likes of Andres Galarraga, Tony Armas, Omar Vizquel & veteran Gonzalo Marquez play winter ball. The five-foot eleven right-handed hitting Edgardo was signed by the New York Mets as an undrafted free agent in 1991 at age 17. In his first two seasons at low level A ball, he hit over .330, moving to St. Lucie in 1993 where he hit .294 with 84 RBIs. By 1994 he was leading the AA Binghamton Mets in HRs (15) & RBIs (75) batting .293. #13: Alfonzo chose the uniform #13 along with Venezuelan players Ozzie ...