Opening Day age: 31 | Bats: both | Throws: right | Listed at 5-9, 185 lbs.
Purchased by the Marlins from the Chicago White Sox (March 29, 2019)
When Eddy Alvarez made his major league debut on August 5, 2020, though it didn’t seem like much, the then-30-year-old was in the midst of making history.
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A former speed skater who competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, Alvarez became the first non-baseball Olympian to play in Major League Baseball since Jim Thorpe in 1919.