Alvin Enrique Colina (born December 26, 1981) is a retired professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the

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in 2006–2007.

Career

Signed by the

as an amateur free agent in , Colina made his Major League Baseball debut with the

on September 18, , against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. He collected an

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single in his first

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. Colina was designated for assignment by the Rockies September 7, , and claimed off waivers by the

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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

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. 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. and he has played for two other different teams while being in the Atlantic League from 2011 to 2013. Colina was traded to the

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where he played for 2 seasons and later played with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs team. While living in Maryland. He resides in his home country of Venezuela as a retired player.

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Career

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