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Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher. A member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Rodríguez is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in MLB history.
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The numbers are staggering for Iván Rodríguez, including the 14 All-Star Game selections and 13 Gold Glove Awards – both tops for any catcher in history. But the best indicator of Rodríguez’s excellence may be his 2,427 games behind the plate.
- The best of everything. 1991-2011. If you don’t view Rodriguez as the finest all-around catcher in history, at least consider the evidence. At the time of his retirement, he held catchers’ records for games (2,427), hits (2,749), doubles (551), runs (1,316) and RBIs (1,290).
- Ground control. 1991-2011. With the possible exception of Bench and Molina, no catcher has halted an opponent’s running game as completely as Rodriguez.
- Rough road to Cooperstown. 2017. Rumors of performance-enhancing drug use almost hampered Rodriguez’s Hall of Fame candidacy. He nevertheless won induction in the first year he was eligible, though it was a struggle.
- Another tough vote. 1999. Rodriguez was innocently caught in the crossfire of controversy when he won the 1999 American League Most Valuable Player election.
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Jan 19, 2017 · How Iván Rodríguez Captured an Era of Baseball. The all-time great catcher, soon to be inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame, embodies the qualities of his time—for better and for worse. By ...
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