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John Rodriguez

John Joseph Rodriguez

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 20, 1978 in New York, NY
High School: Brandeis (New York, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 2005
Team: Cardinals 2005-2006

Final Game: October 1, 2006
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:19AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1997	19	NYY-min	Rk	46	190	157	31	47	10	2	3	23	7	0	30	32	.299	.405	.446	.851		70	3	0	0	3	1	YNK · GULF
1998	20	NYY-min	A	119	479	408	64	103	18	4	10	49	14	3	64	93	.252	.357	.390	.747		159	7	4	0	3	1	GBO · SALL
1999	21	NYY-min	A+,Rk	74	327	276	38	84	14	4	8	44	2	5	44	52	.304	.402	.471	.873		130	5	3	1	3	7	TAM,YNK · FLOR,GULF
2000	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	122	476	418	63	108	18	2	17	54	3	2	48	103	.258	.347	.433	.780		181	7	9	1	0	5	TAM,NCH · FLOR,EL
2001	23	NYY-min	AA,Rk	105	441	399	66	117	31	1	22	68	2	3	26	117	.293	.352	.541	.893		216	7	11	3	2	2	NCH,YNK · EL,GULF
2002	24	NYY-min	AA	103	405	354	51	76	18	3	15	63	13	3	35	94	.215	.302	.410	.712		145	4	11	1	4	2	NCH · EL
2003	25	NYY-min	AAA	79	261	232	35	61	9	2	10	33	6	0	24	50	.263	.333	.448	.782		104	2	1	3	1	1	CLB · IL
2004	26	NYY-min	AAA	112	438	378	78	111	26	10	16	68	10	3	48	84	.294	.382	.542	.924		205	7	8	1	3	7	CLB · IL
2005	27	CLE-STL-min	AAA	80	333	290	49	83	18	3	22	70	6	1	28	68	.286	.363	.597	.959		173	3	9	2	4	4	BFL,MEM · IL,PCL
2005	27	STL	NL	56	176	149	15	44	6	0	5	24	2	0	19	45	.295	.382	.436	.818	114	65	0	3	3	2	4
2006	28	STL-min	AAA	20	76	64	10	17	4	1	3	7	0	0	11	18	.266	.373	.500	.873		32	1	0	1	0	2	MEM · PCL
2006	28	STL	NL	102	212	183	31	55	12	3	2	19	0	0	21	45	.301	.374	.432	.806	108	79	9	3	1	4	1
2007	29	STL-min	AAA	55	192	160	35	42	12	1	8	27	1	0	23	35	.263	.375	.500	.875		80	2	7	0	2	0	MEM · PCL
2008	30	NYM-TBD-min	AAA	69	244	210	33	58	9	1	10	32	0	1	27	54	.276	.374	.471	.846		99	8	6	1	0	1	NOR,DHM · PCL,IL
2009	31	NYY-min	AAA	93	374	322	47	84	18	2	14	59	0	2	37	85	.261	.352	.460	.812		148	3	10	2	3	3	SWB · IL
2010	32	-min	AAA	31	134	114	20	26	9	1	4	15	2	2	14	15	.228	.331	.430	.761		49	4	4	1	1	1	VCZ · MEX
2 Seasons				158	388	332	46	99	18	3	7	43	2	0	40	90	.298	.378	.434	.811	110	144	9	6	4	6	5
162 Game Avg.				162	398	340	47	102	18	3	7	44	2	0	41	92	.298	.378	.434	.811	110	148	9	6	4	6	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary
2005	27	STL	NL	176	4	-1	1	1	-0	-2	5	7	0.7	8	0.8	-0.1	$
2006	28	STL	NL	212	4	0	-1	0	1	-2	6	8	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$332,000
2 Seasons				388	8	-1	0	1	0	-4	11	15	1.5	15	1.5	0.0	$332,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	SF
2005	27	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2005	27	STL	NL	NLCS	HOU	L	5	5	2	1	1	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	1
2006	28	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2006	28	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2006	28	STL	NL	WS	DET	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 Seasons (5 Series)							12	12	9	1	1	2	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	1
2 NLDS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 NLCS							9	9	6	1	1	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	1	1
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2005	STL	NL	27	OF	45				74	69	3	2	0	.973	-0	-2				1.60	.984		2.16
2005	STL	NL	27	LF	40	32	19	283.1	63	60	2	1	0	.984	0	-1	0	-4	1.97	1.55	.984	1.94	1.92
2005	STL	NL	27	RF	9	4	1	38.1	11	9	1	1	0	.909	-1	-1	-19	-31	2.35	1.11	.980	2.09	2.08
2006	STL	NL	28	OF	51				70	68	1	1	0	.986	1	-1				1.35	.984		2.20
2006	STL	NL	28	LF	41	28	9	227.2	48	47	1	0	0	1.000	1	0	6	0	1.90	1.17	.982	1.97	1.95
2006	STL	NL	28	RF	15	8	4	74.1	22	21	0	1	0	.955	-0	-1	-5	-16	2.54	1.40	.980	2.09	2.09
2006	STL	NL	28	DH	1	1
	2 Seasons			OF	96				144	137	4	3	0	.979	0	-3		-5		1.47	.984		2.18
	2 Seasons			LF	81	60	28	511.0	111	107	3	1	0	.991	1	-1	3	-2	1.94	1.36	.983	1.95	1.94
	2 Seasons			RF	24	12	5	112.2	33	30	1	2	0	.939	-1	-2	-10	-21	2.48	1.29	.980	2.09	2.09
	2 Seasons			TOT	96				144	137	4	3	0	.979	0	-6				1.47	.984		2.18

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Transactions

November 17, 1996: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
March 4, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
June 10, 2005: the Cleveland Indians sent John Rodriguez to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on June 4, 2005. June 4, 2005: The Cleveland Indians sent a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Javier Cardona.
December 1, 2007: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
January 3, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
June 2, 2008: Released by the Tampa Bay Rays.
June 7, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$332,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$332,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

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