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Ivan Rodriguez
Full name Ivan (Torres) Rodriguez Born November 27, 1971, Manati, Puerto Rico First Game: June 20, 1991 ; Final Game: September 28, 2011 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 165 Father of Dereck Rodriguez Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2017 Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1999) Named NL League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (2003) Named catcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1994 to 1999 and 2004) Won AL Gold Glove as catcher (1992 to 2001, 2004 and 2006 to 2007) Won Fielding Bible Award as catcher (2006) Named catcher on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1994 to 1999 and 2004) Ejections: 1993 (1), 2001 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (3), 2004 (2), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (2), 2009 (1), 2010 (1). Total: 16 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1991 TEX A Daily Splits 88 280 24 74 16 0 3 27 5 0 42 0 2 1 0 4 10 0 1 .264 .276 .354 0.5 1991 TEX A
1992 TEX A Daily Splits 123 420 39 109 16 1 8 37 24 2 73 1 7 2 0 6 15 0 0 .260 .300 .360 1.8 1992 TEX A
1993 TEX A Daily Splits 137 473 56 129 28 4 10 66 29 3 70 4 5 8 0 7 16 8 7 .273 .315 .412 1.6 1993 TEX A
1994 TEX A Daily Splits 99 363 56 108 19 1 16 57 31 5 42 7 0 4 0 7 10 6 3 .298 .360 .488 1.5 1994 TEX A
1995 TEX A Daily Splits 130 492 56 149 32 2 12 67 16 2 48 4 0 5 0 6 11 0 2 .303 .327 .449 1.5 1995 TEX A
1996 TEX A Daily Splits 153 639 116 192 47 3 19 86 38 7 55 4 0 4 0 11 15 5 0 .300 .342 .473 3.0 1996 TEX A
1997 TEX A Daily Splits 150 597 98 187 34 4 20 77 38 7 89 8 1 4 0 13 18 7 3 .313 .360 .484 3.9 1997 TEX A
1998 TEX A Daily Splits 145 579 88 186 40 4 21 91 32 4 88 3 0 3 0 5 18 9 0 .321 .358 .513 3.8 1998 TEX A
1999 TEX A Daily Splits 144 600 116 199 29 1 35 113 24 2 64 1 0 5 0 7 31 25 12 .332 .356 .558 4.2 1999 TEX A
2000 TEX A Daily Splits 91 363 66 126 27 4 27 83 19 5 48 1 0 6 0 4 17 5 5 .347 .375 .667 3.7 2000 TEX A
2001 TEX A Daily Splits 111 442 70 136 24 2 25 65 23 3 73 4 0 1 0 7 13 10 3 .308 .347 .541 3.4 2001 TEX A
2002 TEX A Daily Splits 108 408 67 128 32 2 19 60 25 2 71 2 1 4 0 2 13 5 4 .314 .353 .542 2.6 2002 TEX A
2003 FLA N Daily Splits 144 511 90 152 36 3 16 85 55 6 92 6 1 5 0 6 18 10 6 .297 .369 .474 2.7 2003 FLA N
2004 DET A Daily Splits 135 527 72 176 32 2 19 86 41 6 91 3 0 4 0 1 15 7 4 .334 .383 .510 3.5 2004 DET A
2005 DET A Daily Splits 129 504 71 139 33 5 14 50 11 2 93 2 1 7 0 8 19 7 3 .276 .290 .444 1.5 2005 DET A
2006 DET A Daily Splits 136 547 74 164 28 4 13 69 26 4 86 1 4 2 0 9 16 8 3 .300 .332 .437 2.0 2006 DET A
2007 DET A Daily Splits 129 502 50 141 31 3 11 63 9 1 96 1 1 2 0 6 16 2 2 .281 .294 .420 0.6 2007 DET A
2008 DET A Daily Splits 82 302 33 89 16 3 5 32 19 1 52 2 3 2 0 1 9 6 1 .295 .338 .417 -0.1 2008 DET A
2008 NY A Daily Splits 33 96 11 21 4 0 2 3 4 1 15 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 .219 .257 .323 -0.5 2008 NY A
2008 TOT A 115 398 44 110 20 3 7 35 23 2 67 3 3 2 0 2 15 10 1 .276 .319 .394 -0.6 2008 TOT A
2009 HOU N Daily Splits 93 327 41 82 15 2 8 34 13 0 74 1 1 2 0 2 13 0 2 .251 .280 .382 -0.9 2009 HOU N
2009 TEX A Daily Splits 28 98 14 24 8 0 2 13 5 0 18 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 0 .245 .279 .388 0.2 2009 TEX A
2009 Total 121 425 55 106 23 2 10 47 18 0 92 1 1 3 0 4 20 1 2 .249 .280 .384 -0.7 2009 Total
2010 WAS N Daily Splits 111 398 32 106 18 1 4 49 16 2 66 1 2 4 0 6 25 2 3 .266 .294 .347 0.1 2010 WAS N
2011 WAS N Daily Splits 44 124 14 27 7 0 2 19 10 2 28 1 2 0 0 4 6 0 0 .218 .281 .323 0.3 2011 WAS N
Total NL ( 4 Years) 392 1360 177 367 76 6 30 187 94 10 260 9 6 11 0 18 62 12 11 .270 .319 .401 2.2 Total NL
Total AL (18 Years) 2151 8232 1177 2477 496 45 281 1145 419 57 1214 49 25 65 0 107 275 115 53 .301 .336 .474 38.7 Total AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 2543 9592 1354 2844 572 51 311 1332 513 67 1474 58 31 76 0 125 337 127 64 .296 .334 .464 40.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1996 TEX A Daily Splits 4 16 1 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .444 .438 1996 TEX A
1998 TEX A Daily Splits 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 1998 TEX A
1999 TEX A Daily Splits 3 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .250 .250 .333 1999 TEX A
2003 FLA N Daily Splits 4 17 3 6 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .450 .588 2003 FLA N
2006 DET A Daily Splits 4 13 3 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .313 .308 2006 DET A
Total NL ( 1 Year ) 4 17 3 6 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .450 .588 Total NL
Total AL ( 4 Years) 14 51 4 13 3 0 0 6 4 0 13 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 .255 .304 .314 Total AL
Total ( 5 Years) Splits 18 68 7 19 4 0 1 12 7 0 14 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 .279 .342 .382 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2003 FLA N Daily Splits 7 28 5 9 2 0 2 10 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 .424 .607 2003 FLA N
2006 DET A Daily Splits 4 16 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .176 .313 2006 DET A
Total NL ( 1 Year ) 7 28 5 9 2 0 2 10 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 .424 .607 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year ) 4 16 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .176 .313 Total AL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 11 44 7 11 2 0 3 11 6 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .340 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2003 FLA N Daily Splits 6 22 2 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .292 .364 2003 FLA N
2006 DET A Daily Splits 5 19 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .158 .158 .211 2006 DET A
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 11 41 3 9 3 0 0 2 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .220 .233 .293 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1992 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 AL
1993 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1993 AL
1994 AL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1994 AL
1995 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1995 AL
1996 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1996 AL
1997 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1997 AL
1998 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .750 .750 .750 1998 AL
1999 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1999 AL
2000 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 2000 AL
2001 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2001 AL
2004 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 2004 AL
2005 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 2005 AL
2006 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2006 AL
2007 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2007 AL
Total (14 Years) Splits 14 36 4 11 1 1 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .306 .324 .389 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1991 TEX A Daily Splits C 88 81 59 684 517 62 10 6 0 8 36 34 2 .983
1992 TEX A Daily Splits C 116 112 98 982.2 763 85 15 10 0 10 53 57 5 .983
1992 TEX A DH 2 0 0 -
1993 TEX A Daily Splits C 134 130 114 1117 801 76 8 6 0 14 64 51 5 .991
1993 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
1994 TEX A Daily Splits C 99 96 86 837.2 600 44 5 3 0 7 37 23 4 .992
1995 TEX A Daily Splits C 127 120 112 1065 707 67 8 8 0 8 40 37 6 .990
1995 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
1996 TEX A Daily Splits C 146 140 127 1223.1 850 81 10 11 0 10 46 48 12 .989
1996 TEX A DH 6 6 5 -
1997 TEX A Daily Splits C 143 139 127 1201 821 75 7 11 0 3 37 49 9 .992
1997 TEX A DH 5 5 5 -
1998 TEX A Daily Splits C 139 137 126 1197.1 864 72 6 7 0 10 38 49 7 .994
1998 TEX A DH 6 6 6 -
1999 TEX A Daily Splits C 141 141 125 1208.1 850 83 7 13 0 1 34 41 10 .993
1999 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
2000 TEX A Daily Splits C 87 85 78 736.1 507 34 2 10 0 2 20 19 1 .996
2000 TEX A DH 1 1 1 -
2001 TEX A Daily Splits C 106 101 83 855.1 631 52 7 11 0 2 23 35 3 .990
2001 TEX A DH 5 5 4 -
2002 TEX A Daily Splits C 100 97 80 836.1 632 45 7 6 0 6 26 15 7 .990
2002 TEX A DH 6 6 6 -
2003 FLA N Daily Splits C 138 134 112 1132.1 915 47 8 9 0 10 40 20 2 .992
2003 FLA N DH 1 1 1 -
2004 DET A Daily Splits C 124 123 106 1051 770 52 11 6 0 3 40 19 2 .987
2004 DET A DH 8 8 8 -
2005 DET A Daily Splits C 123 121 102 1032.2 702 60 4 4 0 4 33 35 6 .995
2005 DET A DH 3 3 3 -
2006 DET A Daily Splits C 123 121 107 1054.1 740 59 2 7 0 4 25 26 2 .998
2006 DET A 1B 7 7 2 55 56 6 1 6 0 .984
2006 DET A DH 5 5 5 -
2006 DET A 2B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2007 DET A Daily Splits C 127 119 113 1052.2 834 50 6 7 0 7 47 21 2 .993
2007 DET A DH 1 1 1 -
2008 DET A Daily Splits C 81 79 77 706.1 447 44 4 8 0 4 32 18 0 .992
2008 NY A Daily Splits C 31 26 21 223.2 173 14 1 1 0 2 20 7 1 .995
2008 NY A DH 2 0 0 -
2008 TOT A C 112 105 98 930 620 58 5 9 0 6 52 25 1 .993
2009 HOU N Daily Splits C 90 83 78 748 618 41 4 4 0 5 34 16 1 .994
2009 TEX A Daily Splits C 25 25 22 214 168 11 3 1 0 2 7 6 0 .984
2009 TEX A DH 3 3 3 -
2009 Total C 115 108 100 962 786 52 7 5 0 7 41 22 1 .992
2010 WAS N Daily Splits C 102 102 96 884 709 55 4 5 0 2 42 22 2 .995
2011 WAS N Daily Splits C 37 34 32 304.2 245 18 3 4 0 3 12 13 0 .989
2011 WAS N 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (21 Years) Splits C 2427 2346 2081 20348 14864 1227 142 158 0 127 786 661 89 .991
Total (17 Years) DH 57 53 51 -
Total ( 2 Years) 1B 8 7 2 56 57 6 1 6 0 .984
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1996 TEX A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 38 21 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1.000
1998 TEX A Daily Splits C 3 3 3 25 27 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1.000
1999 TEX A Daily Splits C 3 3 3 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2003 FLA N Daily Splits C 4 4 4 37 30 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
2006 DET A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 35 25 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits C 18 18 18 160 124 10 0 2 0 1 5 6 3 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2003 FLA N Daily Splits C 7 7 6 64 58 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .983
2006 DET A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits C 11 11 10 100 87 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .989
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2003 FLA N Daily Splits C 6 6 5 55 49 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1.000
2006 DET A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 42 36 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits C 11 11 10 97 85 8 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1992 AL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1994 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1996 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
1997 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1998 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
2000 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2004 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2005 AL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2006 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
2007 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits C 14 12 1 74 59 5 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-22-1993 BOX TEX A Larry Barnett Balls and strikes
4-14-2001 BOX TEX A Laz Diaz Balls and strikes
9-16-2002 BOX TEX A Mark Carlson Called third strike
7-29-2003 BOX FLA N Scott Nelson Called third strike
8- 3-2003 BOX FLA N Justin Klemm Balls and strikes
8-12-2003 BOX FLA N Hunter Wendelstedt Call at HP
5-28-2004 BOX DET A Paul Schrieber Called third strike
7- 7-2004 BOX DET A Angel Hernandez Called third strike
7-30-2005 BOX DET A Ted Barrett Balls and strikes
8-13-2006 BOX DET A Tim Timmons Called third strike
7-12-2007 BOX DET A Mike Winters Interference non-call (Bumped umpire)
8-26-2007 BOX DET A Sam Holbrook Balls and strikes
7- 4-2008 BOX DET A Brian Knight Balls and strikes
9- 8-2008 BOX NY A Ted Barrett Fighting
4-25-2009 BOX HOU N Mike DiMuro Balls and strikes
8-17-2010 BOX WAS N Sam Holbrook Foul tip call (slammed bat on ground)
Transaction Information
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Texas Rangers (July 27, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2002 ).
Signed by Florida Marlins (January 28, 2003 ).
Granted free agency (November 2, 2003 ).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (February 6, 2004 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees in exchange for Kyle Farnsworth (July
30, 2008 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2008 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (March 20, 2009 ).
Traded by Houston Astros to Texas Rangers in exchange for Matt Nevarez and a player
to be named later (August 18, 2009 ); Houston Astros received Jose Vallejo (August
20, 2009 ).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2009 ).
Signed by Washington Nationals (December 7, 2009 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2011 ).
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