Roberto Rodríguez (baseball)
| Roberto Rodríguez | |||
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Born: November 29, 1941 Caracas, Venezuela |
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Died: September 23, 2012 (aged 70) Maracay, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 13, 1967, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
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| September 26, 1970, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 4–3 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.81 | ||
| Saves | 7 | ||
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Roberto Muñoz Rodríguez (November 29, 1941 – September 23, 2012) was a Venezuelan pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in parts of two seasons spanning 1967–1970. Listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 185 lb (84 kg), he played in the United States under the name of Roberto Rodriguez.
Born in Caracas, Rodríguez carried a varied repertoire that relied on intelligence over raw explosiveness. He had a variable-speed fastball (reaching 90 MPH), a slider, a tough curveball, and a circle change-up as his most effective offering.
Once considered one of the best prospects in the Kansas City Athletics minor league system, he also pitched for the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs organizations.
Rodríguez was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963, spending seven minor league seasons from 1964–1970. He posted a 42–28 record and a 3.15 earned run average in 124 pitching appearances before being promoted to the big team in May 1967. He returned to the minors in early June and was recalled two months later.
He went 1–1 with a 3.57 ERA and two saves in 15 games (five starts). On August 27, he earned his first and only major league victory against the Detroit Tigers, 2–1, allowing four hits to a powerful lineup that included Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, Dick McAuliffe, Eddie Mathews and Jim Northrup.
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