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Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (December 2008) This article is about the baseball player. For the Arena football player, see Aaron Boone (American football). Aaron Boone Boone with the Marlins in June 2007 Houston Astros — No. 8 Third baseman La Mesa, California Bats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut June 20, 1997 for the Cincinnati Reds Career statistics (through 2008 season) Batting average .264 Home runs 126 Runs batted in 555 Teams Cincinnati Reds (1997-2003) New York Yankees (2003) Cleveland Indians (2005-2006) Florida Marlins (2007) Washington Nationals (2008) Aaron John Boone (born March 9, 1973 in La Mesa, California) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Houston Astros. He has previously played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Nationals. Although he's had a long career in the major leagues, he is best known for his series-winning home run in Game Seven of the 2003 ALCS. Contents [hide] 1 College career 2 Professional career 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External links // College career Boone played baseball for the University of Southern California. Professional career On the last day of the 1998 season, the Reds helped him make baseball trivia history by starting the only infield ever composed of two sets of brothers: first baseman Stephen Larkin, second baseman Bret Boone, shortstop Barry Larkin, and third baseman Aaron Boone. On September 22, 2002, he hit the last home run in Riverfront/Cinergy field in the eighth inning. It was a solo home run off Brandon Duckworth. During a certain period of Boone's career, he was welcomed to the plate by his own fans with a loud "Boone." This was a play on his last name and was a positive cheer rather than a heckle. Boone with the Nationals in 2008. Boone's claim to fame is his 11th inning home run off Tim Wakefield during Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS which gave the New York Yankees a 6–5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees won the game and the series on the home run, thus prolonging the Sox' Curse of the Bambino for one more year. This home run was rated the ninth best home run of all time on Baseball Tonight. On February 27, 2004, Boone was cut from the Yankee roster after tearing a knee ligament during a pick-up basketball game played in violation of his contract with the Yankees. He was replaced at third base by former Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez. Since the Yankees would most likely not have tried to obtain Rodriguez if Boone had not been injured, it has been jokingly dubbed by some as the most important basketball injury in the history of baseball. During the 2004 season, the Yankees expressed an interest in re-signing Boone to play second base in 2005, replacing Enrique Wilson and Miguel Cairo, but Boone instead signed a two-year | ||||
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