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Revision as of 04:35, 24 April 2008 by Wizardman (talk | contribs) (expand a bit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Eliseo (Delgado) Rodriguez (born May 24, 1946 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico), is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1968-1976 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
His professional baseball career began in 1964 when he was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent. He spent the 1964 in the rookie and A-class Minor league baseball teams of the Athletics. at the end of the season, on November 30, 1964, he was drafted by the New York Yankees from the Athletics in the 1964 first-year player draft. Rodriguez spent the next few years moving up the Yankees farm system, eventually making it to the AAA-level Syracuse Chiefs in 1967. A year later, Rodriguez made his major league debut for the Yankees.
Rodriguez debuted for the Yankees on May 26, 1968 against the Chicago White Sox. He played nine games over the course of the season while also spending time in Syracuse as well. On October 15, 1968, Rodriguez was drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the New York Yankees as the 13th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. In his first season with the expansion Royals, he made his first all-star appearance, though he did not play in the game. He finished the season with a batting average of .236 in 95 games. The following season he split time at catcher with Ed Kirkpatrick. At the end of the 1970 Kansas City Royals season on February 2, 1971, the Royals traded Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carl Taylor. He regained his starting role as the 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season began.
He made the American League All-Star team in 1972 while with the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not play in the game.
See also
References
- ^ "Ellie Rodriguez Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ "Ellie Rodriguez Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
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