Alvin Colina

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Alvin Colina

| image =

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|26}}

| birth_place = Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 18

| debutyear = 2006

| debutteam = Colorado Rockies

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 24

| finalyear = 2006

| finalteam = Colorado Rockies

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .200

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 1

| teams =

Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|2006}})

}}

Alvin Enrique Colina (born December 26, 1981) is a retired professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Colorado Rockies in 2006–2007.

Career

Signed by the Colorado Rockies as an amateur free agent in {{baseball year|1998}}, Colina made his Major League Baseball debut with the Colorado Rockies on September 18, {{mlby|2006}}, against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. He collected an RBI single in his first at-bat.

Colina was designated for assignment by the Rockies September 7, {{mlby|2007}}, and claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds 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 spring training. He became a free agent at the end of the {{baseball year|2008}} season and signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Atlanta Braves in January {{baseball year|2009}}. 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.[http://lancasterbarnstormers.com/transactions.cfm Transactions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124172752/http://lancasterbarnstormers.com/transactions.cfm |date=November 24, 2010 }} and he has played for two other different teams while being in the Atlantic League from 2011 to 2013.

Colina was traded to the Camden Riversharks where he played for 2 seasons and later played with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs team. While living in Maryland.{{Cite web|url=http://smnewsnet.com/archives/88253/shoplifter-attempts-to-push-shopping-cart-full-of-merchandise-out-of-wal-mart-without-paying-2/|title=Shoplifter Attempts to Push Shopping Cart Full of Merchandise out of Wal-Mart Without Paying|website=Southern Maryland News Net|date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=2016-06-20}} He resides in his home country of Venezuela as a retired player.