Edwin Rodríguez Morales (born August 14, 1960) is a Puerto Rican minor league manager. He is the former manager of the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball's National League. He also played Major League Baseball briefly in the early 1980s as an infielder.[1]
| Edwin Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Rodríguez with the Nashville Sounds in 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manager / Infielder | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born: August 14, 1960 Ponce, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | ||||||||||||||||||
| September 28, 1982, for the New York Yankees | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
| April 30, 1985, for the San Diego Padres | ||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .227 | |||||||||||||||||
| Runs | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Games managed | 163 | |||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 78–85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Winning % | .479 | |||||||||||||||||
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As manager | ||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees in 1980. He played his first professional season with their Rookie league Gulf Coast Yankees in 1980. He played three seasons for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. His last season as a player was with the Triple-A affiliate of the Padres (Las Vegas Stars) and Minnesota Twins (Portland Beavers) in 1987.
Post-playing career edit
The same year that his playing career was over (1989 in the Puerto Rican Winter League) he became a full-time scout for the Minnesota Twins. He scouted for the Twins from 1989 to 1996. While working as a Scout he earned his BBA (1993) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico with an Accounting degree.[citation needed]
Rodríguez spent two seasons (2007–08) as the manager of the Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers in the South Atlantic League. He had a 66–72 record with the Hoppers in 2008 and was 71–69 in 2007. He previously spent two seasons as manager of the Florida Marlins' Gulf Coast League affiliate from 2005 to 2006 and served as hitting coach for the Double-A Carolina Mudcats in 2004. Before joining the Marlins organization, he was manager of the Princeton Devil Rays of the Class A (Short-Season) Appalachian League from 2000 to 2002, and was skipper for the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York–Penn League in 1999. In 1997 he joined the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as their hitting coach for the GCL Rookie club. Rodriguez was named the manager of the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs on December 30, 2008, becoming the 11th manager in the team's history.
On June 23, 2010, Rodríguez became the interim manager for the Florida Marlins replacing Fredi González and won his first game against the Baltimore Orioles on the same day.[2][3] On June 29, before a Marlins game in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria announced that Rodríguez would remain as manager through the 2010 season.[4] He resigned as manager on June 19, 2011. The team was 32–39 and in last place in the NL East when he resigned.[5]
On November 29, 2012, Rodríguez became the manager for the Double-A Akron Aeros.[6] During 2013.
On January 27, 2017, Rodríguez became the manager for the Class A (Advanced) Lake Elsinore Storm.[7]
Rodríguez currently serves as executive director of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School in Gurabo, Puerto Rico.[8]
On January 9, 2023, Rodríguez was hired as the manager of the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League.[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Report: Marlins fire Fredi Gonzalez - MLB- NBC Sports". Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Marlins Fire Manager Fredi Gonzalez". ESPN.com. ESPN. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "Marlins rally from four down to win third straight". ESPN.com. ESPN. Associated Press. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "Rodriguez to manage through season". ESPN.com. ESPN. Associated Press. 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ Links, Zach. "Marlins Manager Edwin Rodriguez Steps Down". MLBTradeRumors.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Aeros announce 2013 field staff - Club's 14th manager Rodriguez to head all new staff". milb.com. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Cassavell, AJ (2017-01-27). "Padres hire former Marlins skipper Rodriguez - Addition as Lake Elsinore manager one of few changes to Minor League staff". MLB.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Maldonado, Antolín (May 14, 2016). "Crónica: Cubre todas las bases Edwin Rodríguez". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ "Acereros: Edwin Rodriguez será el manager de la Furia Azul en 2023". milb.com. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Edwin Rodríguez managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com