His .314 batting average was seventh best among American League players. Just as comfortable as he is making a name for himself, not living off his father’s. He is the major league career leader in putouts by catchers. He had a stretch of eight straight hits over two games facing the Kansas City Royals on July 26 and July 28. [35] On May 9, 2006, Rodríguez played first base for the Tigers. [36] On August 15, 2006, he also made his first Major League appearance at second base after regular second baseman Plácido Polanco was injured in a game in Boston. If you didn’t watch the video (just a minute and fifteen seconds long), the pièce de résistance — his Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman tattoo, which you can see in the thumbnail image — does not get a spotlight. But Ivan Rodriguez wasn’t the one throwing fastballs past the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, or catching them, for that matter. He chose not to return to the Marlins following the 2003 season. Rodríguez also had his first multi-home run game while playing the Boston Red Sox on July 13, hitting both off All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens. Could it be a rights issue? [57][58] He signed a one-day contract with the Rangers on April 23, retiring as a member of the team. Defensively, he recorded a .991 fielding percentage. [43] In the first week of December 2009, Rodríguez re-joined the Criollos de Caguas in the PRBL.[44]. [49] On December 11, 2009, Rodríguez signed a 2-year, $6 million contract with the Washington Nationals. 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. SAN FRANCISCO — As the son of a longtime player, Dereck Rodriguez had the advantage of growing up around major league clubhouses and constantly being exposed to baseball at its highest level. [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. [50], Rodríguez hit his first home run as a member of the Nationals on May 6 against Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves. [9], Making his debut with the Texas Rangers on June 20, 1991, he became the youngest player to catch in a major league game that season at 19 years of age. Playing in the Florida State League in 1990, Rodríguez was selected the best catcher in the league and named to the All-Star team. In 2017, Rodríguez became eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [27], Prior to the 2005 season, Jose Canseco, in his controversial book Juiced, claimed to have personally injected Rodríguez with anabolic steroids during their time as teammates on the Texas Rangers. On April 10 against Boston, he got his 2,500th hit.[39]. He won his seventh career Silver Slugger Award, tied with Víctor Martínez of the Cleveland Indians. He is widely regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of all time. [21], In 2000, Rodríguez suffered a season-ending injury in a game against the Anaheim Angels. Rodríguez returned to full action in 2001 and had another all-star season. “He played a lot of years and I was with him in the clubhouse a lot of times, but I’m really happy to be playing on (my own merits).’’. [47] He hit his first home run with the Rangers since 2002 on August 29, a solo shot against Minnesota Twins reliever José Mijares. Last year, he explained that after adding Harley Quinn — Joker’s girlfriend — he wanted to add Batman’s girlfriend, Catwoman. [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. This injury caused him to miss the rest of the season. 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Did Dereck Rodríguez not go into much detail about that particular tattoo so they just cut it out? For someone who’s converted, he’s got a nice feel out there for pitching. He also tied Bench's record of ten straight Rawlings Gold Glove Awards in a row. 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. Ivan Rodríguez Torres is a retired baseball player who was born on November 27, 1971, in Manati, Puerto Rico. 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 also caught Kenny Rogers' perfect game on July 28. [52] In a postgame interview, Pudge reacted that "[e]verybody [was] impressed with what this kid did. [65] On August 12, the Rangers retired his jersey, with the team (and the opponent, the Houston Astros) wearing throwback jerseys to the 1999 era in which Rodriguez played. After second-year starter Chris Stratton pitched six scoreless innings Friday, rookie lefty Andrew Suarez did him one better with seven innings of shutout ball Saturday. Rodríguez was third on the team in doubles, home runs, and stolen bases, and fourth in runs batted in. He had his 1000th hit in a game facing the Cleveland Indians on May 10 of that season. With veteran starters Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija on the disabled list, the Giants have had to dip into their farm system and were rewarded with outstanding performances over the weekend. Rodríguez appeared in just 91 games, which was the fewest that he appeared in since his first season in the league, 1991. On March 20, 2009, Rodríguez signed a one-year deal worth $1.5 million with the Houston Astros. [7] Rodríguez attended Lino Padron Rivera High School, where he was discovered by scout Luis Rosa. On June 17, 2009, Rodríguez passed Carlton Fisk for the most games caught in a career; the game was against his former team (the Rangers) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. It caught on, and the rest is history. Richard Justice of MLB.com argued that he was "unquestionably" a Hall of Fame-caliber player, writing on mlb.com in 2012 that he batted better than .290 with more than 2,500 hits, 550 doubles, 300 home runs, and 1,300 RBI, an accomplishment equaled only by four all-time greats: Hank Aaron, George Brett, Babe Ruth, and Barry Bonds. [18], In the 1998 season, Rodríguez led the Texas Rangers in batting average at .325, which placed eighth in the American League. For the season, he batted .276 with 14 home runs and 50 runs batted in. [4], He learned baseball at an early age, his biggest rival being Juan González, whom he often played against in his youth. He also set the major league record for at-bats by a catcher in a single season, with 639, which surpassed Johnny Bench's record of 621 in 1970. If you haven’t voted already, please do so. In preparation for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Rodríguez returned to the Puerto Rico Baseball League (formerly LBPPR) during the offseason, following ten years of absence. Arrieta held that 1-0 lead until the sixth, when a five-run Giants outburst highlighted by Andrew McCutchen’s three-run homer paved the way for Rodriguez’s first career victory. He was selected to the American League All-Star Team again, and he was also named to all-star teams by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, and Baseball America. He was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the 12th time in his career, and he participated in the Century 21 Home Run Derby on the day before the All-Star game, finishing second to Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies in his home stadium of Comerica Park. 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 is the only son born to Eva Torres (his mother) and Jose Rodriguez (his father). He placed second in home runs among catchers, below only Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians, who had 20 home runs. [17] In the 1997 season, Rodríguez also placed first among catchers in many categories in Major League Baseball. He led the league in times grounded into a double play, with 31. On January 8, 2008, the Leones de Ponce reclaimed Rodríguez in the last turn of a special post-season draft, where players from eliminated teams were selected to reinforce those that qualified. [40] While Rodríguez wanted to leave Detroit due to Tigers manager Jim Leyland's decision to use rotating catchers, he wound up sharing catching duties with back-up Yankee catcher José Molina, starting only 26 of the remaining 55 games of the 2008 season. He was again named to all-star teams by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, and Baseball America. He led the Texas Rangers in doubles, at bats, hits, and runs scored. [34] On October 26, 2005, Major League Baseball named him the catcher on their Latino Legends Team. 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. Before the middle of the season, he was called up to the Texas Rangers, thus bypassing AAA. But he didn’t want to add the Halle Berry version, so he “went with the original”, Michelle Pfeiffer. The injury did not require surgery, and he rehabilitated while playing for Class-A Charlotte. )[61] Incidentally, in 2013, the year following Justice's publication of this article, Todd Helton had met all five of these criteria as well, and among active players, Albert Pujols joined this club in 2015 upon hitting his 550th double.) This game has been dubbed as one of the greatest major league pitching debuts of all time. 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