Ricardo Rodríguez (baseball, born 1978)
Ricardo Rodriguez | |
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Starting pitcher | |
Born: | May 21, 1978|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
debut | |
August 21, 2002, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Career statistics (through 2005 season) | |
Win-Loss | 10-15 |
Earned run average | 5.18 |
Strikeouts | 104 |
Teams | |
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Ricardo Antonio Rodríguez (born May 21, 1978 in Guayubín, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who is currently playing for the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.
In a four-season career, Rodríguez has posted a 10-15 record with 104 strikeouts and a 5.18 ERA in 206⅔ innings, including one complete game and a shutout.
Rodríguez was invited by the Florida Marlins as a non-roster invitee to spring training in 2007, but did not make the team, instead playing for their Triple-A affiliate, the Albuquerque Isotopes, and Pittsburgh's Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians.
On June 17, 2008, Rodríguez signed with the Edmonton Cracker Cats of the Golden Baseball League.
On January 21,2010, Rodríguez signed with Kia Tigers of Korea Baseball Organization, but on March 19, he was released from Kia because of an elbow injury. He was featured in the 2004 PBS documentary The New Americans as he left the Dominican Republic in hopes of playing baseball in the United States.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Cleveland Indians players
- Texas Rangers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Las Vegas 51s players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Richmond Braves players
- Memphis Redbirds players
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
- Sinon Bulls players
- Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Kia Tigers players
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Edmonton Cracker-Cats players
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