| Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez |
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Texas Rangers | Catcher | #7 Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'9" Weight: 205 lbs. Born: Nov 30, 1971 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Drafted: Signed as non-drafted free agent (1988) Debut: Jun 20, 1991 8 Gold Gloves (92 - 99) 8 MLB All Star Appearances (92 - 99) 1999 AL MVP |
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1999 American League MVP Rodriguez, who hit .332 with 35 homers and 113 RBI, finished with seven first-place votes and 252 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Rodriguez became only the fourth MVP to win without getting the most first-place votes, Pedro Martinez, who won the 1999 AL Cy Young Award, had eight first-place votes and 239 points. Rodriguez also became the first AL catcher to hit .300 and reach 100 in runs (116) and RBI. He threw out 39 of 72 runners trying to steal (54 percent). |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex |
.264 .260 .273 .298 .303 .300 .313 .321 .332 |
88 123 137 99 130 153 150 145 144 |
280 420 473 363 492 639 597 579 600 |
24 39 56 56 56 116 98 88 116 |
74 109 129 108 149 192 187 186 199 |
16 16 28 19 32 47 34 40 29 |
0 1 4 1 2 3 4 4 1 |
3 8 10 16 12 19 20 21 35 |
27 37 66 57 67 86 77 91 113 |
5 24 29 31 16 38 38 32 24 |
42 73 70 42 48 55 89 88 64 |
.276 .300 .315 .360 .327 .342 .360 .358 .356 |
.354 .360 .412 .488 .449 .473 .484 .513 .558 |
| Totals | AVG .300 |
G 1169 |
AB 4443 |
R 649 |
H 1333 |
2B 261 |
3B 20 |
HR 144 |
RBI 621 |
BB 237 |
K 571 |
OBP .337 |
SLG .465 |
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