Chino Cadahia, who was a Rangers coach at the time, gave me that name. He also placed first in throwing out runners, catching 48.6 percent of runners attempting to steal. He later returned to the Rangers and played there for the remainder of the season. The Hall of Famer isn’t even in the country, instead visiting his current wife’s native Colombia. That game, a 7–6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, was the first time that he played a position other than catcher in his 1,914 Major League games.
He had a nine-game hitting streak from June 24 to July 2, during which he batted .500 with seven doubles, two triples, and four home runs. After the 2002 season his contract with Texas ran out and he became a free agent. It caught on, and the rest is history.
[37] Rodríguez would help the Tigers upset the Yankees in the 2006 ALDS and the A's in the 2006 ALCS to help Detroit win the pennant. In the post-season, he was named National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player for the first time in his career. He had 25 stolen bases, which was fifth most among catchers in the history of the league. Rodríguez also became the first catcher in the history of Major League Baseball to have two or more seasons with 40 or more doubles. [45] In a situation similar to his tenure with the Yankees, his customary number 7 had been retired by the Astros in honor of Craig Biggio, so Rodríguez initially wore jersey number 12, then later changed to number 77 mid-season. "[53], Rodríguez platooned at the catching duties for the Nationals with Wilson Ramos. In 2006, Rodríguez returned to throwing out runners attempting to steal a base at a very high percentage, as he did in his earlier career; he was first in the league in this category, throwing out 45.7 percent of all runners attempting to steal a base. [12], In 1992, Rodríguez started 112 games behind the plate and was the youngest player in the major leagues for the second year in a row. [6] His favorite player growing up was Johnny Bench, even before he was changed to the catcher position. [3] Iván's first job involved delivering flyers in the shopping malls in Puerto Rico. Rodríguez became the youngest player in the history of the Texas Rangers to hit a home run, on August 30, 1991, facing the Kansas City Royals and right-hander Storm Davis. He set a new American League record for home runs in a single season among catchers with 35. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on the week of August 4. This broke the previous mark of 42, set by Mickey Cochrane in 1930. The reason for this was that, according to Rodríguez, the Big Red Machine teams for whom Bench played were constantly on TV in Puerto Rico, and he saw how good Bench was. [50], Rodríguez hit his first home run as a member of the Nationals on May 6 against Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves. [4], He learned baseball at an early age, his biggest rival being Juan González, whom he often played against in his youth. [25] In 2004, he was selected to the MLB All-Star Game for the 11th time in his career and for his 10th time as a starting player, joining Johnny Bench and Mike Piazza as the only Major League Baseball catchers to start an All-Star game 10 times or more in their career. [7] Rodríguez attended Lino Padron Rivera High School, where he was discovered by scout Luis Rosa. [56] Rodríguez was one of several Major League Baseball players that committed to represent their birthplaces before the organization of the tournament. He batted .308, making 2001 his seventh straight season with a batting average of over .300. Rodríguez was the sixth Puerto Rican to win the award, and the fourth player from the Texas Rangers to win it. Rodriguez kept the struggling Phillies hitters off balance by mixing his pitches, getting his first two strikeouts on 95 mph heaters and the next two on curveballs in the mid-70s. Rodríguez was only the ninth catcher in the history of Major League Baseball to win the Most Valuable Player award, and he was the first to win it since Thurman Munson in 1976. [15], Playing for the Rangers during the 1995 season, Rodríguez led his team in batting, total bases, and doubles, at .303, 221, and 32 respectively. Making his second major league appearance after debuting with a relief stint Tuesday, he became the first San Francisco pitcher to win his initial start since Joe Martinez in 2009. Rodriguez was drafted out of high school by the Minnesota Twins in 2011, taken in the sixth round as an outfielder. [3], Rodríguez made his professional debut in 1989 at the age of 17 as catcher for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. In 1993, Rodríguez and his wife founded the Ivan "Pudge" Rodríguez Foundation, whose purpose is to help families in Puerto Rico, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Posted to the Giants’ YouTube channel earlier this week, here’s a video of Dereck Rodríguez talking through his various tattoos on his left arm. During his career, he had the best caught stealing percentage of any major league catcher, at 45.68% (versus a league average of 31%), and he had nine seasons with a caught stealing rate of 50% or higher.[2]. He had his 1000th hit in a game facing the Cleveland Indians on May 10 of that season. That same night, having been called up from double A (Rodriguez bypassed AAA) by the Texas Rangers, Rodríguez made his major league debut, in which he threw out two White Sox would-be base stealers. He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. Facing the New York Mets at Citi Field four days later, he went 4-for-4 and drove in the eventual game-winning RBI. He’s not afraid to throw his secondary pitches at any time, commands the ball well, and he does the little things: fields his position, holds runners. Overall, Giants pitchers allowed the Phillies one run in 27 innings, that one coming on Arrieta’s homer off Rodriguez in the third, Philadelphia’s only extra-base hit of the game. [54], In 2,543 games over 21 seasons, Rodríguez posted a .296 batting average (2,844-for-9,592) with 1,354 runs, 572 doubles, 51 triples, 311 home runs, 1,332 RBI, 127 stolen bases, 513 bases on balls, .334 on-base percentage and .464 slugging percentage. During the month of June, he batted .500 and was named the American League Player of the Month. From June 24 to July 1, he drove in a run in eight consecutive games, another single season record for the Florida Marlins. [14], In 1994, Rodríguez led the American League in batting average among catchers, at .298. Rodríguez was third on the team in doubles, home runs, and stolen bases, and fourth in runs batted in. He also played for Puerto Rico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and was named to the classic's All-World Baseball Classic team.
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