Topps & Baseball Digest All-Star Rookie Catcher 1991
MVP American League 1999
Golden
Glove Winner 1992-99, 2000-01Silver
Slugger Winner 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 9910-time All-Star Selection 1992-2001 |
Ivan RodriguezTopps & Baseball Digest All-Star Rookie Catcher 1991MVP American League 1999Golden
Glove Winner 1992-99, 2000-01Silver
Slugger Winner 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 9910-time All-Star Selection 1992-2001 |
| Full Name: Ivan (Torres) "Pudge"
Rodriguez Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'9" Weight: 165 lbs. Born: Nov 27, 1971 in Manati, P.R. Major League Debut: Jun 20, 1991 |
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| 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 2000 2001 2002 |
Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex |
.264 .260 .273 .298 .303 .300 .313 .321 .332 .347 .308 .314 |
88 123 137 99 130 153 150 145 144 91 111 108 |
280 420 473 363 492 639 597 579 600 363 442 408 |
24 39 56 56 56 116 98 88 116 66 70 67 |
74 109 129 108 149 192 187 186 199 126 136 128 |
16 16 28 19 32 47 34 40 29 27 24 32 |
0 1 4 1 2 3 4 4 1 4 2 2 |
3 8 10 16 12 19 20 21 35 27 25 19 |
27 37 66 57 67 86 77 91 113 83 65 60 |
5 24 29 31 16 38 38 32 24 19 23 25 |
42 73 70 42 48 55 89 88 64 48 73 71 |
.276 .300 .315 .360 .327 .342 .360 .358 .356 .375 .347 .353 |
.354 .360 .412 .488 .449 .473 .484 .513 .558 .667 .541 .542 |
| Totals | AVG .304 |
G 1479 |
AB 5656 |
R 852 |
H 1723 |
2B 344 |
3B 28 |
HR 215 |
RBI 829 |
BB 304 |
K 763 |
OBP .343 |
SLG .487 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | ||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex |
0 1 4 7 4 4 8 3 1 1 4 2 |
10 15 16 10 11 15 18 18 31 17 13 13 |
99 151 195 177 221 302 289 297 335 242 239 221 |
0 2 3 5 2 7 7 4 2 5 3 2 |
2 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 |
1 2 8 4 5 4 4 3 5 6 1 4 |
0 0 8 6 0 5 7 9 25 5 10 5 |
1 0 7 3 2 0 3 0 12 5 3 4 |
.000 -.--- .533 .667 .000 1.000 .700 1.000 .676 .500 .769 ..556 |
93.3 52.5 47.3 22.7 41.0 33.6 29.9 27.6 17.1 13.4 17.7 21.5 |
6.7 5.8 6.8 8.6 10.3 11.6 6.7 6.6 9.4 7.6 6.1 5.7 |
| Totals | HBP 39 |
GDP 188 |
TB 2768 |
IBB 42 |
SH 16 |
SF 47 |
SB 80 |
CS 40 |
SB% .679 |
AB/HR 26.4 |
AB/K 7.3 |
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DIVISION SERIES STATISTICS -
BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1996 |
TM Tex |
LG AL |
G 4 |
AB 16 |
R 1 |
H 6 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 7 |
BB 2 |
K 3 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .375 |
SLG .438 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 5.3 |
| Totals | G 4 |
AB 16 |
R 1 |
H 6 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 7 |
BB 2 |
K 3 |
SB 0 |
AVG .375 |
SLG .438 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 5.3 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex Tex |
C C C C C C C C C C C C |
88 116 134 99 127 146 143 139 141 87 106 100 |
589 863 885 649 782 941 903 942 940 543 690 684 |
517 763 801 600 707 850 821 864 850 507 631 631 |
62 85 76 44 67 81 75 72 83 34 52 46 |
10 15 8 5 8 10 7 6 7 2 7 7 |
6 10 6 3 8 11 11 7 13 10 11 6 |
0.983 0.983 0.991 0.992 0.990 0.989 0.992 0.994 0.993 0.996 0.990 0.990 |
| Totals | G 1461 |
Ch 9411 |
PO 8543 |
A 770 |
E 92 |
DP 96 |
FPCT 0.990 |
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Drafted:
Not drafted by an MLB team. Personal Information:
Acquired:
Signed by the Texas Rangers as a free agent to a minor-league contract on July 27, 1988.
It was Ivan Rodriguez's stellar defensive skills that first drew the interest of scouts in his native Puerto Rico. But since joining the Texas Rangers in 1991, Rodriguez has matured into the best all-around catcher in baseball; his bat as dangerous to opposing pitchers as his arm is to opposing baserunners. "Pudge" -- so named for his chunkiness as a youth, not for any resemblance to catching great Carlton Fisk -- won a Gold Glove in each of his first eight seasons in the majors. Only Johnny Bench (10) had won more among catchers. Over the same span, Rodriguez has been named to seven All-Star teams.
A prized prospect in the Rangers organization, Rodriguez moved quickly through the minors. He was called up from the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate in Tulsa on June 20, 1991 -- less than 24 hours before than Pudge was due to marry his future wife between games of a doubleheader. The marriage was moved to the morning, and Pudge started his first major-league game that evening against the Chicago White Sox.
The nineteen-year old quickly became the Rangers' starting catcher, posting respectable numbers at the plate and impressing everybody with his throwing arm. He threw out 49% of would-be basestealers in each of his first two years in the league. In 1993, he started to hit, batting .273 with 10 home runs and 28 doubles, and made the All-Star team for the first time. He bulked up, and his reputation for blocking the plate and digging balls out of the dirt improved.
In 1994, Rodriguez started to hit with power. He slammed 16 home runs in a strike-shortened season, and the following year led the team with a .303 batting average and 32 doubles. Only the bravest ballplayers attempted to steal against Pudge. In 1995, Rodriguez foiled 31 of 71 baserunners in 132 games caught -- allowing fewer than one stolen base every three games.
Rodriguez set a new career high with 116 runs scored in 1996, more than doubling his previous best and tying Yogi Berra's record for the most runs scored as a catcher. He also set new records for catchers with 47 doubles and 639 at-bats. The following year he batted .313 with 20 home runs, and gunned down 51.9% of hopeful basestealers, leading the league for the fifth time in seven years. Only 37 runners in 150 games swiped successfully against Rodriguez, who picked off another nine baserunners.
Rodriguez continued to improve at the plate in 1998,, batting .321 and knocking in 91 RBIs. He would take his game to new heights the following season. While nailing 54.6% of base stealers in 1999, Pudge set career highs with a .332 batting average, 35 home runs, 114 RBIs and 25 stolen bases. Narrowly beating Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez in a tight vote for the AL MVP, Rodriguez became the first catcher to win the award since Thurman Munson in 1976.
Married (Maribel) with two children (Ivan Dereck and Amanda Christine) ... Nickname: Pudge
Career Notes Ivan is one of the more civic-minded players in the Dallas-Fort Worth community. He started the Ivan Rodriguez
Foundation in 1993 to assist children with cancer and other diseases, both in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and his native Puerto
Rico. He also made a substantial donation in 1998 to assist hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. The following information has been provided by Lee Sinins, member of SABR, and creator of Baseball Immortals
RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS:
2001
Ivan is a perennial Gold Glove winner at the most demanding position
in baseball. Nicknamed "Pudge," he won his 10th straight in 2001, tying the all-time record for a catcher held by Johnny Bench.
This despite suffering a season-ending injury for the second year in a row. Ivan underwent knee surgery in September, but still
led American League catchers in batting average (.308), slugging percentage (.541), runs scored (70) and stolen bases (10).
It seems like Ivan has been around forever, but he won't turn 31 until well after the 2002 season. A free swinger, the right-handed
hitter drives the ball well to the opposite field and he's got good speed on the bases. Ivan had his best season in 1999 when
he won the American League's MVP award after recording 35 homers and 113 RBI to go along with a .332 batting average. For all
his offensive gifts, though, he will always be known for his defense. Ivan has a powerful arm and can usually be counted on to
throw out at least 50 percent of would-be base-stealers. He'll catch many runners napping off first base with a powerful throw
to the bag.
1999
Few catchers can match the all-around season Ivan Rodriguez had in 1999, when he won the American League Most Valuable Player Award. While hitting for the highest average by an AL catcher since Bill Dickey batted .362 in 1936, Rodriguez became the first Junior Circuit backstop to have 30 homers, 100 runs and 100 RBI in the same season. He also stole 25 bases, just nine fewer than he permitted behind the plate.
1998
As outstanding as Ivan Rodriguez has been, he manages to improve every season. The Rangers were counting on that when they invested $42 million in a five-year contract to keep him from free agency in 1997, and he rewarded them with the best year of his career. He set career highs in all three Triple Crown categories and won his seventh straight Gold Glove. Playing through a bruised thumb and back spasms, he caught more innings than any catcher in the American League.
1996
Won his fifth straight Gold Glove award, and his third straight Silver Slugger award ... Made his consecutive All-Star game, and fourth in a row as a starter ... Was third in the AL in doubles (47) -- the most ever by a catcher -- fourth in at bats (639), seventh in hits (192) and tied for eighth in multi-hit games (55) ... Led the AL in caught stealing percentage for the seconds straight season (48.9 percent) and the fourth time in six years.
1995
Led the Rangers in average (.303), total bases (221), and doubles (32), ranked 2nd in at bats (492) and hits (149), and placed 4th in RBI (67) ... Established career bests for average , average, hits, doubles , and RBI , the latter breaking his own club record for a catcher ... Topped AL backstops in batting , hits, doubles, and RBI, and had the best percentage of nailing would be would be base stealers for the 3rd time in the last five years ... Had 1st career 2-homer game on July 13 at Boston with both blasts off Roger Clemens ... Was elected to start All-Star Game for 3rd straight year and made 4th overall appearance in the mid-summer classic, matching Buddy Bell as the only 4-time Rangers' All-Star.
1994
Captured his third consecutive Gold Glove and was named to the Silver Slugger team ... Joins Lance Parrish as the only catcher to garner top defensive and offensive honors in the same season ... .298 average led American League catchers ... Played in 3rd consecutive All-Star game
1993
Caught the third most games in the American League (134) ... Won second straight Rawlings Gold Glove Award (second youngest repeat winner in history) ... Ranked fourth among AL catchers in hitting (.273) ... Carried a .352 average through the first 22 games of the season ... Posted eight straight hits in two games (July 26 and July 28) ... Swiped eight bases to lead all AL catchers ... Ranked second among AL backstops in assists (76) and passed balls (14) ... Amassed a .991 fielding percentage (sixth in AL) ... Had a 41 game errorless streak (his longest of season) ... Tossed out 38.5 percent of would-be base stealers (fourth in AL) ... Set career highs in homers (10) and RBI (66).
1992
Started 112 games as the majors' youngest player for the second year in a row ... Batted .260 (third among AL catchers) ... Hit eight homers with 37 RBI in 123 games.
1991
Started 81 of Texas' final 102 games behind the plate, after a June 20 call-up from Tulsa (AA) of the Texas League ... At 19 years and seven months, became third youngest player in club history ... Ranked third among AL rookies in batting (.264) ... Youngest Ranger ever to tater ... Picked as backstop on Major League Rookie All-Star team selected by both Topps and Baseball Digest.
4th in AVG (.304), SLG (.480); 5th in OPS (.821),
9th in ISO (.177), 11th in HR% (3.56), 12th in BPA (.480), tied for 12th in
GIDP (162), 13th in EBH (483), 15th in 2B (288), 17th in R (715), 18th in
RC/G (5.55), TB (2308)
1st in Percent of career games played for team's games with .7852
RANGERS RANKINGS:
1st in H (1459), 1B (976), 2B (288), GIDP (162); 2nd in G
(1260), AB (4806), R (715), RBI (704), TB (2308), EBH (483); 3rd in 3B
(24), HR (171), RC (740), HBP (33), PA (5152), OUTS (3599); 4th in AVG
(.304), RCAP (139); 5th in SLG (.480), tied for 5th in SF (42), 6th in SO
(619), OPS (.821); 7th in RC/G (5.55), 8th in HR% (3.45), ISO (.177), IBB
(37); 9th in BPA (.480), tied for 10th in CS (33), 12th in OBA (.340), 13th
in OWP (.519), 14th in SB (65), RCAA (34); 16th in SEC (.237), 17th in BB
(256)
SET RANGERS RECORD FOR MOST HITS, CAREER: 1459
SET RANGERS RECORD FOR MOST SINGLES, CAREER: 976
SET RANGERS RECORD FOR MOST DOUBLES, CAREER: 288
SET RANGERS RECORD FOR MOST GIDP, CAREER: 162
RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS DURING HIS CAREER:
1st in G (1260), AB (4806), R
(715), H (1459), 1B (976), 2B (288), 3B (24), HR% (3.56), AVG (.304), SLG
(.480), OBA (.340), OPS (.821), OWP (.519), RC/G (5.55), EBH (483), ISO
(.177), SEC (.237), BPA (.480), PA (5152), GIDP (162), OUTS (3599); tied
for 1st in SF (42), 2nd in RBI (704), RC (740), TB (2308), CS (33); 3rd in
SB (65), tied for 4th in HR (171), 6th in IBB (37), 7th in SO (619), RCAP
(139); 9th in RCAA (34), tied for 12th in HBP (33), 15th in BB (256)
RANKINGS AMONG CATCHERS DURING 1990S:
1st in AB (4443), R (649), H (1333),
1B (908), 2B (261), EBH (425), GIDP (145), OUTS (3334), PA (4763); 2nd in G
(1169), RBI (621), AVG (.300), RC (660), TB (2066); 3rd in SB (60), SLG
(.465); 4th in 3B (20), OBA (.337), OPS (.802), OWP (.506), RC/G (5.34), CS
(28); tied for 4th in SF (36), 5th in ISO (.165), BPA (.468); 6th in HR
(144), HR% (3.24); 7th in RCAP (109), SEC (.226); 9th in SO (571), IBB
(32); tied for 11th in HBP (32), 12th in RCAA (11), 16th in BB (237)
LED CATCHERS IN AT BATS, 1990S: 4443
LED CATCHERS IN RUNS, 1990S: 649
LED CATCHERS IN HITS, 1990S: 1333
LED CATCHERS IN SINGLES, 1990S: 908
LED CATCHERS IN DOUBLES, 1990S: 261
LED CATCHERS IN EXTRA BASE HITS, 1990S: 425
LED CATCHERS IN GIDP, 1990S: 145
LED CATCHERS IN OUTS, 1909S: 3334
LED CATCHERS IN PLATE APPEARANCES, 1990S: 4763
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP, 1999: Rodriguez led the AL in 1 category, finished in
the top 5 in 3 & the top 10 in 8. Rodriguez led the AL in GIDP (32).
Rodriguez ranked tied for 3rd in CS (12), 5th in H (199), 7th in AVG (.332)
& TB (335), tied for 7th in R (116), 9th in 1B (134) & 10th in SLG (.558).
LED AMERICAN LEAGUE IN GIDP: 1999
Rodriguez's had 2 years with 100+ R.
Rodriguez's 24 BB in 1999 were the worst ever by a MVP.
Rodriguez's .356 OBA in 1999 was the 2nd worst ever by a player with a
.330+ AVG & the 16th worst by a player with a .300+ AVG.
Rodriguez had a season with 30+ HR & more HR than BB, 1999 (35 HR/24 BB).