Rico Washington

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Rico Washington
position=Infielder
team=St. Louis Cardinals
number=59
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|5|30
birthplace=city-state|Milledgeville|Georgia
debutdate=April 1
debutyear=2008
debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
statyear=September 11, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.158
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=3
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (by|2008)

Enrico Aliceno Washington (born May 30, 1978 in Milledgeville, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. Washington attended Jones County High School.

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Washington in the 10th round of the by|1997 baseball amateur draft. Washington played six seasons in the Pirates organization, but was unable to make the team. In by|2002, he was left off the Pirates' big-league roster and thus was available for selection in baseball's Rule 5 draft, where he was taken by the San Diego Padres. Washington played in the Padres' system in by|2003 and by|2004, advancing to Triple-A, but did not make the big-league club and in 2004 was granted free agency. He then signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and played in their farm system in by|2005, then was released by Tampa Bay and signed by the Cardinals, where he spent by|2006 and by|2007 in the minors. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/Rico-Washington.shtml The Baseball Cube page] ]

In mlby|2008, just shy of his 30th birthday, after ten years and 3,980 at-bats in the minor leagues, Washington finally made the majors when the Cardinals selected him to be on their big-league roster as a backup infielder. [ [http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080329&content_id=2465642&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Reyes, Washington make the cut] ]

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