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njury which kept him from playing for the rest of the season 10 1995 texas rangers 7 ivan rodriguez home jersey playing for the rangers during the 1995 season rodríguez led his team in batting total bases and doubles at 303 221 and 32 respectively he was named the texas rangers player of the year rodríguez also had his first multi home run game while playing the boston red sox on july 13 hitting both off all star pitcher roger clemens he also played for caguas in the puerto rican winter league during the offseason 10 in 1996 rodríguez set an mlb record for most doubles by a catcher amassing 47 over the course of the season this broke the previous mark of 42 set by mickey cochrane in 1930 he also set the major league record for at bats by a catcher in a single season with 639 which surpassed johnny bench s record of 621 in 1970 he led the texas rangers in doubles at bats hits and runs scored he was selected to the major league baseball all star team that played a series in japan against the japanese all stars after the season was over he again played in the puerto rican winter league this season 10 in the 1997 season rodríguez also placed first among catchers in many categories in major league baseball these categories were hits runs runs batted in and doubles he placed second in home runs among catchers below only sandy alomar jr of the cleveland indians who had 20 home runs he appeared on the cover of sports illustrated on the week of august 4 this marked the fourth time a player from the texas rangers had been on the cover of sports illustrated rodríguez played in the puerto rican winter league yet again where he had a 285 batting average four home runs and 18 runs batted in over the course of 32 games playing for caguas 10 in the 1998 season rodríguez led the texas rangers in batting average at 325 which placed eighth in the american league he also had 75 multi hit games and 186 hits finishing seventh and ninth in mlb respectively he finished second on the rangers in hits total bases triples and slugging percentage rodríguez was third on the team in doubles home runs and stolen bases and fourth in runs batted in he recorded his 1 000th career hit in a game facing the cleveland indians on may 10 of that season rodríguez also became the first catcher in the history of major league baseball to have two or more seasons with 40 or more doubles he was selected to the american league all star team again and he was also named to all star teams by the associated press the sporting news and baseball america 10 in 1999 rodríguez was selected as the american league mvp rodríguez was also the first catcher to have more than 30 home runs 100 runs batted in and 100 runs scored in the history of major league baseball in addition he holds the distinction of being the first catcher in the history of the league to amass more than 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases from may 8 to june 1 1999 rodríguez had a career high 20 game hitting streak he had 25 stolen bases which was fifth most among catchers in the history of the league he led the league in times grounded into a double play with 31 rodríguez was only the ninth catcher in the history of major league baseball to win the most valuable player award and he was the first to win it since thurman munson in 1976 he was named on all of the ballots getting seven first place votes and six second place votes rodríguez was the sixth puerto rican to win the award and the fourth player from the texas rangers to win it he also won the silver slugger award for the sixth time in a row and was selected most valuable player by baseball digest he was again named to all star teams by the associated press the sporting news and baseball america 10 while he was hitting home runs he rarely drew walks he is one of only six players active in 2009 who have had at least 30 home runs in a season in which they had more homers than walks 34 home runs 24 walks in 1999 the others are alfonso soriano 39 23 in 2002 36 33 in 2005 33 31 in 2007 garret anderson 35 24 in 2000 ryan braun 34 29 in 2007 joe crede 30 28 in 2006 and josé guillén 31 24 in 2003 13 in 2000 rodríguez suffered a season ending injury in a game against the anaheim angels while trying to make a throw to second base his thumb made contact with the swing of mo vaughn s bat he fractured his right thumb and underwent surgery the next day this injury caused him to miss the rest of the season rodríguez appeared in just 91 games which was the fewest that he appeared in since his first season in the league 1991 his nine home runs in april matched a team record that was shared through 2008 with alex rodriguez 2002 carl everett 2003 and ian kinsler 2007 even though he was injured he was still named to the second team of baseball america s major league baseball all star team 10 rodríguez returned to full action in 2001 and had another all star season he was selected to his ninth straight mlb all star game which tied the all time record set by johnny bench he also tied bench s record of ten straight rawlings gold glove awards in a row he batted 308 making 2001 his seventh straight season with a batting average of over 300 he had 25 home runs 136 hits and 65 rbi 10 he also posted a career best 60 3 caught stealing rate in a year when the league average was 29 rodríguez s final year in his first stint with the texas rangers came in 2002 his 314 batting average was seventh best among american league players this was his eighth season in a row with batting average of 300 or above he also had 32 doubles two triples and 60 runs batted in while playing in 108 games for the rangers rodríguez was placed on the disabled list on april 23 after suffering a herniated disk on april 15 the injury did not require surgery and he rehabilitated while playing for class a charlotte he later returned to the rangers and played there for the remainder of the season after the 2002 season his contract with texas expired and he became a free agent florida marlins 2003 edit on january 22 2003 rodríguez signed a one year 10 million contract with the florida marlins 14 by then a major league veteran of over a decade he helped lead the young team to victory in the world series 10 during the 2003 regular season he set many marlins single season records for a catcher such as batting average at 297 and runs batted in at 85 on march 31 rodríguez became the tenth marlins player ever to hit a home run in the team s first game of the season on april 8 he set a marlins single game record by drawing five walks in a game against the new york mets he had a nine game hitting streak from june 24 to july 2 during which he batted 500 with seven doubles two triples and four home runs from june 24 to july 1 he drove in a run in eight consecutive games another single season record for the marlins in the postseason he was named national league championship series most valuable player for the first time in his career he also closed out the national league division series by holding onto the ball during a dramatic game ending collision at the plate with j t snow in game 4 he chose not to return to the marlins following the 2003 season detroit tigers 2004 2008 edit rodríguez talking with mike maroth while playing for the detroit tigers july 11 2005 before the 2004 season rodríguez signed a four year 40 million contract with the detroit tigers 15 in 2004 he was selected to the mlb all star game for the 11th time in his career and for his 10th time as a starting player joining johnny bench and mike piazza as the only major league baseball catchers to start an all star game 10 times or more in their career during the month of june he batted 500 and was named the american league player of the month 16 he also won his 10th consecutive rawlings gold glove award making him the first player on the detroit tigers to win the award since gary pettis won it in 1989 he won his seventh career silver slugger award tied with víctor martínez of the cleveland indians he was fourth in the american league in batting average and fourth among all major league baseball catchers on october 1 he recorded his 1 000th career rbi in a game against the tampa bay devil rays 10 prior to the 2005 season jose canseco in his controversial book juiced claimed to have personally injected rodríguez with anabolic steroids during their time as teammates on the texas rangers 17 rodríguez denied the allegations and said he was in shock over canseco s claims 18 rodríguez arrived at spring training in 2005 weighing 193 lbs his 2004 playing weight had been 215 lbs 19 given that major league baseball implemented a more stringent regime of testing for performance enhancing drugs in 2005 20 the significant weight loss experienced by rodríguez 21 raised more than a few eyebrows 19 rodríguez asserted that his weight loss was the result of changes in his diet and exercise 21 asked by a reporter in 2009 whether his name was on the list of 104 players who tested positive for steroids during baseball s 2003 survey testing rodríguez responded only god knows 22 despite the off season controversy the 2005 season turned out to be another all star year for rodríguez he was selected to the major league baseball all star game for the 12th time in his career and he participated in the century 21 home run derby on the day before the all star game finishing second to bobby abreu of the philadelphia phillies in his home stadium of comerica park for the season he batted 276 with 14 home runs and 50 runs batted in 10 on october 26 2005 major league baseball named him the catcher on their latino legends team in 2006 rodríguez returned to throwing out runners attempting to steal a base at a very high percentage as he did in his earlier career he was first in the league in this category throwing out 45 7 percent of all runners attempting to steal a base 10 on may 9 2006 rodríguez played first base for the tigers that game a 7 6 loss to the baltimore orioles was the first time that he played a position other than catcher in his 1 914 major league games 23 on august 15 2006 he also made his first major league appearance at second base after regular second baseman plácido polanco was injured in a game in boston rodríguez was honored with a fielding bible award as the best fielding catcher in mlb in 2006 24 rodríguez would help the tigers upset the yankees in the 2006 alds and the a s in the 2006 alcs to help detroit win the pennant rodríguez as a tiger in 2007 on april 16 2007 he batted in six runs on the way to a 12 5 victory over the kansas city royals on june 12 he caught justin verlander s first no hitter the second no hitter he caught in his career in 2007 rodríguez walked in only 1 8 percent of his plate appearances the lowest percentage in the major leagues 25 on october 9 the tigers announced that they were picking up the fifth year 13 million option on rodríguez s contract keeping him on the tigers team through at least the 2008 season the team could have bought out the option for 3 million and allowed him to become a free agent in spring training in 2008 he led the major leagues with eight home runs on april 10 against boston he got his 2 500th hit 26 27 new york yankees 2008 edit rodríguez with the new york yankees in 2008 on july 30 2008 rodríguez was traded to the new york yankees for relief pitcher kyle farnsworth after starting yankee catcher jorge posada had season ending surgery 28 while rodríguez wanted to leave detroit due to tigers manager jim leyland s decision to use rotating catchers he wound up sharing catching duties with back up yankee catcher josé molina starting only 26 of the remaining 55 games of the 2008 season with his customary number 7 having been retired by the yankees for mickey mantle rodríguez changed his jersey number to 12 he finished the year with a 278 batting average with his time on the yankees being his worst part of the season return to puerto rican league edit in preparation for the 2009 world baseball classic rodríguez returned to the puerto rico baseball league formerly lbppr during the offseason following ten years of absence 29 playing for the criollos de caguas he gathered a batting average of 370 with three runs batted in and one home run in six games during the regular season upon leaving the team on vacation rodríguez noted that his intention was to return to action if the criollos advanced to the playoffs 30 he returned to action in a sudden death game for the final postseason space but the team lost and was eliminated on january 8 2008 the leones de ponce reclaimed rodríguez in the last turn of a special post season draft where players from eliminated teams were selected to reinforce those that qualified 31 in the first week of december 2009 rodríguez re joined the criollos de caguas in the prbl 32 houston astros 2009 edit rodríguez during his tenure with the houston astros in 2009 on march 20 2009 rodríguez signed a one year deal worth 1 5 million with the houston astros rodríguez was given the opportunity to make an additional 1 5 million in performance bonuses 33 in a situation similar to his tenure with the yankees his customary number 7 had been retired by the astros in honor of craig biggio so rodríguez initially wore jersey number 12 then later changed to number 77 mid season on may 17 2009 rodríguez hit his 300th career home run off of chicago cubs pitcher rich harden at wrigley field on june 17 2009 rodríguez caught his 2 227th career game passing carlton fisk for the most games caught in a career the game was against his former team the rangers at rangers ballpark in arlington 34 35 second stint with rangers 2009 edit on august 18 2009 rodríguez was traded to the texas rangers for minor league reliever matt nevarez and two ptbnl 36 teammate david murphy switched his uniform number to 14 so rodríguez could wear the 7 he previously wore with the rangers 36 in his first game back with the rangers rodríguez went 3 for 4 with an rbi double and two singles 37 he hit his first home run with the rangers since 2002 on august 29 a solo shot against minnesota twins reliever josé mijares 38 he finished the 2009 season ranked first in major league history with 13 910 putouts as a catcher ahead of brad ausmus 12 671 39 washington nationals 2010 2011 edit rodríguez during batting practice while with the nationals following the 2009 season rodríguez filed for free agency declining the rangers offer of salary arbitration 40 on december 11 2009 rodríguez signed a two year 6 million contract with the washington nationals 41 rodríguez hit his first home run as a member of the nationals on may 6 against tim hudson of the atlanta braves 42 facing the new york mets at citi field four days later he went 4 for 4 and drove in the eventual game winning rbi 43 on may 24 rodríguez was hitting 325 but was placed on the 15 day disabled list due to a back sprain 44 rodríguez returned from the dl in time to 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