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Iván Rodríguez

Detroit Tigers — No. 7
Catcher
Born: November 30, 1971 (1971-11-30) (age 36)
Bats: RightThrows: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
June 20, 1991 for the Texas Rangers
Selected MLB statistics
(through June 5, 2008)
Batting average    . Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 301
Home runs    289
Runs batted in    1,202
Hits    2,541
Teams
Highlights and awards

Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 30, 1971, in Manatí, Puerto Rico), also known as "Pudge Rodríguez"[1] and "I-Rod",[2] is a professional baseball player, currently a catcher for the Detroit Tigers. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP For the award given to amateur boxers see Golden Gloves. In American Baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Philadelphia Phillies (4-2 Paul Molitor, Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-2 John Wetteland, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball The Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-2 John Wetteland, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Philadelphia Phillies (4-2 Paul Molitor, Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-2 John Wetteland, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Manatí redirects here For other uses see Manatí (disambiguation. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA He has also played for the Texas Rangers and Florida Marlins. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Some consider him the greatest defensive catcher ever. [3] Rodríguez was awarded the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award in 1999. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP

Rodríguez won the World Series with the Marlins in 2003, and also played in the 2006 World Series as the Tigers' starting catcher. The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event The 2006 Detroit Tigers won the American League Pennant. They represented the AL in the World Series before falling to the

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Early life

Iván Rodríguez was born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, and raised in Vega Baja. Manatí redirects here For other uses see Manatí (disambiguation. Vega Baja (VAI-gah BAH-hah is a Municipality in north central Puerto Rico located in northern coast north of Morovis; east of Manatí; and His father, Juan, worked for a U. S. -based construction company, and his mother, Eva Torres, was an elementary school teacher. [4] Iván's first job involved delivering flyers in the shopping malls in Puerto Rico. [5] He learned baseball at an early age, his biggest rival being Juan González, who he often played against in his youth. Juan González may refer to Juan Gonzalez (journalist, journalist Juan E [4] As a Little League player, he moved from pitcher to catcher because his father, who was also his coach, thought he was throwing too hard and scaring opposing players with his pitches. Little League Baseball is the name of a Non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of baseball and Softball [6] Rodríguez attended Lino Padron Rivera High School, where he was discovered by scout Luis Rosa. Rosa reported that "he showed leadership at 16 that I’d seen in few kids. He knew where he was going. "[4] Rodríguez signed a contract with the Texas Rangers in July 1988, at the age of 16, and began his professional baseball career. [4]

Playing career

Minor leagues

Rodríguez made his professional debut in 1989 at the age of 17 as catcher for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. In his first game, Rodríguez went had three hits in three at bats (3-for-3) against Spartanburg. Playing in the Florida State League in 1990, Rodríguez was selected the best catcher in the league and named to the all-star team. The Florida State League is a Class A Advanced Minor League Baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0 José Rijo, MVP He placed 15th in the league in batting at . 287, and led his team in runs batted in, with 55. He also played in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPPR) over the offseason. The Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico or LBPPR) is the main professional Baseball league in Puerto Rico [7]

Major Leagues

1991–1993

When Rodríguez made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers on June 20, 1991, he became the youngest person to catch in a major league game that season. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP [8] He immediately established himself as an excellent hitter who was also proficient in throwing out would-be base-stealers. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate In fact, no other catcher in the past 35 years of the League has been as successful at this aspect of the game, with Rodríguez throwing out 48% of attempted basestealers through May 2006. This was far more than the runner-up during this period, the late Thurman Munson. Thurman Lee Munson ( June 7 1947 – August 2 1979) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball who played [9] He started many of the Rangers games at the end of the season, including 81 of the last 102. Rodríguez became the youngest player in the history of the Texas Rangers to hit a home run, on August 30, 1991 in a game facing the Kansas City Royals. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Rodríguez hit the home run off right-hander Storm Davis. George Earl "Storm" Davis (born December 26, 1961 in Dallas, Texas) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major He was named to the Major League Baseball (MLB) Rookie all-star team by both Topps and Baseball America and finished in fourth place in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc Baseball America is a Magazine which covers Baseball at every level with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in High school, College He also placed first in throwing out runners, catching 48. 6 percent of runners attempting to steal. [10]

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. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP Playing in the Puerto Rico Winter League, he had a . 262 batting average playing in 17 games for Mayaguez. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively [11] In the 1993 season, Rodríguez batted . Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Philadelphia Phillies (4-2 Paul Molitor, 273, had 66 runs batted in and hit 10 home runs, ranking fourth, fifth, and fifth on his team respectively. He had a stretch of eight straight hits over two games facing the Kansas City Royals on July 26 and July 28. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. He played the final month of the regular season in the Puerto Rican Winter league, where he had a . 425 batting average and 14 runs batted in for Mayaguez. Rodríguez was named to the Puerto Rican Winter League all-star team and was also the league Most Valuable Player (MVP). [12]

1994–1997

In 1994, Rodríguez led the American League in batting average among catchers, at . Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. 298. He placed high on his team in many statistics, placing second in batting average (. 298), tied for third in doubles (19), and fourth in hits, total bases, runs, home runs, walks, games, and at bats. He also caught Kenny Rogers' perfect game on 1994-07-28. Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Rodríguez played in the Puerto Rican Winter League over the winter, but he suffered a severe knee injury which kept him from playing for the rest of the season. [13]

Playing for the Rangers during the 1995 season, Rodríguez led his team in batting, total bases, and doubles, at . Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP 303, 221, and 32 respectively. He was names the Texas Rangers' player of the year. 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. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major He also played for Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League during the offseason. [14]

In 1996, Rodríguez set an MLB record for most doubles by a catcher, amassing 44 doubles over the course of the season. This broke the previous mark of 42, set by Mickey Cochrane in 1930. Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane ( April 6, 1903 – June 28, 1962) was a Catcher and manager in Major League Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St Louis Cardinals (4-2 Awards and honors 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. Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is a former American Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium He led the Texas Rangers in doubles, at bats, hits, and runs scored. He was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star team that played a series in Japan against the Japanese all-stars after the season was over. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He again played in the Puerto Rican Winter League this season. [15] In the 1997 season, Rodríguez also placed first among catchers in many categories in Major League Baseball. These categories were hits, runs, runs batted in, and doubles. He placed second in home runs among catchers, below only Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians, who had 20 home runs. Santos "Sandy" Alomar Jr, or in the Spanish naming system Santos Alomar Velázquez (born June 18, 1966 in Salinas Puerto Rico The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on the week of August 4. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. This marked the fourth time a player from the Texas Rangers had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Rodríguez played in the Puerto Rican Winter League yet again, where he had a . 285 batting average, 4 home runs, and 18 runs batted in over the course of 32 games playing for Caguas. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively [16]

1998–1999

In the 1998 season, Rodríguez led the Texas Rangers in batting average at . Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr 325, which placed eighth in the American League. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in He also had 75 multi-hit games and 186 hits, finishing seventh and ninth in MLB respectively. He finished second on the Rangers in hits, total bases, triples, total bases, and slugging percentage. In Baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is a popular measure of the power of a hitter. Rodríguez was third on the team in doubles, home runs, and stolen bases, and fourth in runs batted in. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate He had his 1000th in a game facing the Cleveland Indians on May 10 of that season. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Rodríguez also became the first catcher in the history of Major League Baseball to have two or more seasons with 40 or more doubles. 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. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports Baseball America is a Magazine which covers Baseball at every level with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in High school, College [17]

In 1999, Rodríguez was selected American League MVP by Major League Baseball. That season, he set a new record for home runs in a single season among catchers, with 35. This record was later broken by Javy López of the Atlanta Braves in 2003, who hit 42. For other uses see Javier López (disambiguation. Javier López Torres (born November 5, 1970 in) is a former Catcher [18] Rodríguez was also the first catcher to have more than 30 home runs, 100 runs batted in, and 100 runs scored in the history of Major League Baseball. In addition, he holds the distinction of being the first catcher in the history of the league to amass more than 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate From May 8, 1999 to June 1, 1999, Rodríguez had a career high 20 game hitting streak. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP In Baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. He had 25 stolen bases, which was fifth most among catchers in the history of the league. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate He led the league in times grounded into a double play, with 31. This article is about Baseball. For double play Magnetic tape, see Audio tape length and thickness. 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. Thurman Lee Munson ( June 7 1947 – August 2 1979) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball who played Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0 Johnny Bench, MVP He was named on all of the ballots, getting seven first place votes and six second place votes. Rodríguez was the sixth Puerto Rican to win the award, and the fourth player from the Texas Rangers to win it. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} He also won the Silver Slugger Award for the sixth time in a row and was selected Most Valuable Player by Baseball Digest. The Baseball Digest is a Baseball Magazine resource published in Evanston Illinois by Lakeside Publishing Company He was again named to all-star teams by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, and Baseball America. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports Baseball America is a Magazine which covers Baseball at every level with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in High school, College [19]

2000–2002

In 2000, Rodríguez appeared in just 91 games, which was the fewest that he appeared in since his first season in the league, 1991. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP On July 24, Rodríguez suffered a season-ending injury in a game against the Anaheim Angels. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. While trying to make a throw to second base, his thumb made contact with the swing of Mo Vaughn's bat. Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut) nicknamed "Hit Dog is a former Major League Baseball He fractured his right thumb and underwent surgery the next day. This injury caused him to miss the rest of the season. Even though he was injured, he was still named to the second-team of the Baseball America Major League Baseball All-Star Team. [20] Rodríguez returned to full action in 2001 and had another all-star season. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: He was selected to his ninth straight MLB All-Star Game in a row, which tied the all time record set by Johnny Bench. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is a former American Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to He also tied Bench's record of ten straight Rawlings Gold Glove Awards in a row. He batted . 308, making 2001 his seventh straight season with a batting average of over . 300. He had 25 home runs, 136 hits, and 65 runs batted in. [21] Rodríguez's final year with the Texas Rangers came in 2002. His . 314 batting average was seventh best among American League players. This was his eighth season in a row with batting average of . 300 or above. He also had 32 doubles, 2 triples, and 60 runs batted in while playing in 108 games for the Rangers. Rodríguez was placed on the disabled list on April 23 after suffering a herniated disk on April 15. In Major League Baseball, the disabled list (DL is a method for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at The injury did not require surgery, and he rehabilitated while playing for class A Charlotte. He later returned to the Rangers and played there for the remainder of the season. When his contract with Texas ran out following the 2002 season, Rodríguez signed with the Florida Marlins for one year. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. By then a major-league veteran of over a decade, he helped lead the young team to victory in the World Series. The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event [22]

2003

Rodríguez's played his first and only season with the Florida Marlins in 2003. The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to Over the off-season, he was signed to a one year deal with the Marlins after his contract expired with the Texas Rangers, and he opted out of the contract for free agency. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player During the 2003 regular season, he set many Marlins single season records for a catcher, such as batting average, at . 297, and runs batted in, at 85. On March 31, Rodríguez became the tenth Marlins player ever to hit a home run on the team's first game of the season. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor On April 8, he set a Marlins single game record by drawing five walks in a game against the New York Mets. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. He had a career high nine game hitting streak from June 24 to July 2, during which he batted . In Baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival 500 with seven doubles, two triples, and four home runs. From June 24 to July 1, he drove in a run for eight consecutive games, another single season record for the Florida Marlins. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. In the post-season, he led the Marlins to their second World Series title and was named National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player for the first time in his career. He chose not to return to the Marlins the following season, and he later signed with the Detroit Tigers over the offseason. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA [23]

2004–present

Iván Rodríguez at bat on July 11, 2005
Iván Rodríguez at bat on July 11, 2005

On 2004, he was selected to the MLB All-Star Game for the eleventh time in his career and for his tenth time as a starting player, joining Johnny Bench and Mike Piazza as the only Major League Baseball catchers to start an all-star game ten times or more in their career. Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Michael Joseph Piazza (pʰiˈɑːʦə or /pʰiˈɑːzə/ born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former American He also won his eleventh consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award, making him the first player on the Detroit Tigers to win the award since Gary Pettis won it in 1989. Gary George Pettis (born April 3, 1958, in Oakland California) is the current first base coach of the Texas Rangers and a former Center Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, He won his seventh career Silver Slugger Award, tied with Victor Martinez of the Cleveland Indians. Victor Martinez may refer to Víctor Martínez (baseball (born 1978 Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball player Víctor Martínez (bodybuilder The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He was fourth in the American League in batting average and fourth among all Major League Baseball catchers. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in On October 1, he recorded his 1,000th career RBI in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St [24] The 2005 season was another all-star year for Rodríguez. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series He was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the twelfth time in his career, and he participated in the Century 21 Home Run Derby on the day before the all-star game. The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In the home run derby, he finished second to Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies. Bob Kelly "Bobby" Abreu /aˈbreʲu/ (nicknamed El Comedulce) (born March 11 1974 in Turmero Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. By the end of the season, he batted . 276 with 14 home runs and 50 runs batted in. [25] On October 26, 2005, Major League Baseball named him the catcher on their Latino Legends Team. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Latino Legends Team was an all-time All-star Baseball team selected in 2005 to honor the history of Latin American players in Major League

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. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success 7 percent of all runners attempting to steal a base. [26] On May 9, 2006, Rodríguez played first base for the Tigers. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run 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. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. [27] 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. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Plácido Enrique Polanco (pronounced ˈplɑsiːdoː ɛnˈriːke poːˈlɑŋkoː (born October 10 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major On April 16, 2007, he batted in 6 runs on the way to a 12–5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. He caught Justin Verlander's no-hitter, the second no-hitter he's caught in his career, on June 12 of that year. Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983, in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. In 2007, Rodríguez walked only 1. 8 percent of his plate appearances, the lowest percentage in the major leagues. [28] On October 9, the Tigers announced that they were picking up the fifth-year, 13-million-dollar option on Rodríguez's contract, keeping him on the Tigers team through at least the 2008 season. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. The team could have bought out the option for three million dollars and allowed him to become a free agent. In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player

In spring training in 2008 he led the major leagues, with 8 home runs. He recently got his 2,500th hit. [29] Manager Jim Leyland has said that he will rotate Rodriguez and Brandon Inge at Catcher every other day for the time being. James Richard Leyland (born December 15 1944 in Perrysburg Ohio) is a Major League Baseball manager for the Detroit Tigers. Charles Brandon Inge (born May 19 1977 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman and Catcher currently

World Baseball Classic

Rodríguez represented Puerto Rico in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. The Puerto Rican National Baseball Team (or Puerto Rican National Baseball Selection) is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Baseball Federation to compete in major international The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from He was part of a team that was mostly consisted of Major League Baseball players, among whom were Carlos Beltrán, Javier Vázquez, Bernie Williams and Carlos Delgado. Carlos Ivan Beltrán (ˈkɑrloʊs bɛlˈtrɑːn bel- trahn) born April 24 1977 in Manatí Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder Javier Carlos Vázquez (born July 25, 1976 in Ponce Puerto Rico) is a Right-handed Starting pitcher who has played for the Bernabé Figueroa Williams (born September 13 1968 is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball Outfielder and a Guitar -playing Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball First baseman for the New York [30] Rodríguez was one of several Major League Baseball players that announced commitment to represent their native countries before the organization of the tournament. [31]

Steroid allegations

In 2005, Rodríguez was accused by former Major League Baseball player José Canseco, along with fellow Texas Ranger teammates Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Palmeiro of using steroids. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series José Canseco y Capas Jr (born July 2, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Outfielder and Designated hitter in Major Juan González may refer to Juan Gonzalez (journalist, journalist Juan E Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning Canseco stated that the players used the steroids when they were all Texas Rangers players in 1992. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP The three players were featured in a section of José Canseco's 2005 book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big. Juiced Wild Times Rampant 'Roids Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big is a book by José Canseco, and his personal account of steroid usage in Major Rodríguez denied Canseco's allegations. [32]

Personal life

Rodríguez married Maribel Rivera on June 20, 1991. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. That same night, having been called up from triple-A by the Texas Rangers, he made his major league debut, in which he threw out two White Sox would-be base stealers. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft [5] The couple and their three children divide their time between Colleyville, Texas, Miami, Florida and Puerto Rico. Colleyville is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. [5] In 1993, Iván and Maribel founded the Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez Foundation whose purpose is to help families in Puerto Rico, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. [33] Rodríguez has also stated that the Make-a-Wish Foundation is one of his charities of choice. [5]

See also

References

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Persondata
NAMERodríguez, Iván
ALTERNATIVE NAMESPudge, I-Rod
SHORT DESCRIPTIONNovember 30, 1971
DATE OF BIRTHManatí, Puerto Rico
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Manatí redirects here For other uses see Manatí (disambiguation. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}}
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