Eduardo
Rodriguez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 6, 1952 in P.R., , BARCELONETA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
All-Star Selections 1982    1983    1986   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 21 NYG NL   7 5 6 5 4 6 5 6 7 6
1974 22 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 7 8 7
1975 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 4 6 5 8 9 8
1976 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 4 6 5 8 9 8
1977 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 7 8 7 4 6 5 8 9 8
1978 26 NYG NL $ 4,421,429 9 7 8 7 4 6 5 8 9 8
1979 27 NYG NL $ 4,421,429 9 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 9
1980 28 NYG NL $ 5,071,429 9 6 7 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1981 29 NYG NL $ 10,500,000 9 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 10
1982 30 NYG NL $ 10,500,000 9 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 10
1983 31 NYG NL $ 10,500,000 9 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 10
1984 32 NYG NL $ 10,500,000 9 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 10 9
1985 33 PHN NL $ 8,500,000 9 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 10 9
1986 34 PHN NL $ 8,500,000 9 7 8 7 4 5 4 8 10 9
1987 35 PHN NL $ 8,500,000 8 6 7 6 4 5 4 8 9 8
1988 36 CLN NL $ 8,500,000 8 6 7 6 3 4 3 7 8 8
1989 37 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 2 4 3 7 8 8
1990 38 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 2 3 2 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 5 5 2 3 2 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,500,000 9 7 8 7 5 6 5 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 21 AAA   2 3 .400 64 1 0 0 9 73.7 59 21 1 41 68 2.57 .216 .318 .275 .593  
1974 22 NYG NL 6 2 .750 11 11 3 0 0 81.0 71 22 6 19 38 2.44 .233 .277 .351 .628 10.4
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 29.7 34 11 1 11 28 3.34 .286 .346 .353 .699  
1975 23 NYG NL 16 11 .593 33 33 10 0 0 249.0 248 113 12 98 127 4.08 .259 .328 .381 .709 18.7
1976 24 NYG NL 13 12 .520 33 33 5 1 0 241.3 243 122 22 109 152 4.55 .266 .344 .407 .751 15.5
1977 25 NYG NL 15 11 .577 32 32 11 0 0 248.3 220 93 9 104 155 3.37 .237 .315 .336 .652 18.5
1978 26 NYG NL 15 17 .469 36 36 10 3 0 283.0 241 107 13 115 192 3.40 .230 .307 .327 .634 19.2
1979 27 NYG NL 19 8 .704 34 34 5 2 0 270.7 221 96 12 122 157 3.19 .222 .310 .310 .620 20.3
1980 28 NYG NL 16 10 .615 35 35 9 2 0 254.7 233 104 13 113 164 3.68 .241 .322 .351 .672 13.6
1981 29 NYG NL 18 9 .667 37 37 11 2 0 292.0 249 111 8 131 185 3.42 .232 .315 .326 .640 18.9
1982 30 NYG NL 20 8 .714 34 34 13 6 0 267.0 210 70 8 95 165 2.36 .214 .281 .293 .574 25.3
1983 31 NYG NL 14 8 .636 29 29 8 3 0 218.0 189 86 9 109 160 3.55 .233 .324 .324 .648 14.1
1984 32 NYG NL 18 11 .621 35 35 11 3 0 271.7 238 104 11 118 174 3.45 .236 .317 .333 .650 18.4
1985 33 PHN NL 15 10 .600 31 31 9 1 0 239.0 213 95 17 101 155 3.58 .237 .315 .363 .678 13.0
1986 34 PHN NL 26 9 .743 37 37 10 0 0 297.7 229 92 15 130 211 2.78 .209 .295 .296 .591 28.3
1987 35 PHN NL 16 10 .615 33 33 0 0 0 219.3 217 99 15 109 155 4.06 .259 .344 .379 .723 12.3
1988 36 PHN NL 7 5 .583 19 10 0 0 0 113.3 109 58 8 78 83 4.61 .255 .370 .369 .740 5.3
  CLN NL 1 4 .200 25 13 1 1 2 56.7 64 38 4 29 40 6.04 .286 .370 .406 .776 0.0
  TOT   8 9 .471 44 23 1 1 2 170.0 173 96 12 107 123 5.08 .265 .370 .382 .752 5.3
1989 37 CLN NL 5 9 .357 42 11 0 0 1 123.3 123 64 6 68 73 4.67 .261 .354 .358 .712 5.5
1990 38 CLN NL 1 2 .333 24 1 0 0 2 47.0 53 23 3 29 31 4.40 .282 .379 .404 .783 2.6
17 Years Sim 241 156 .607 560 485 116 24 5 3773.0 3371 1497 191 1677 2417 3.57 .238 .320 .343 .663 260.1
2 Years AAA 4 5 .444 69 6 0 0 9 103.3 93 32 2 52 96 2.79 .237 .327 .298 .625  
Season Average 14 9 .609 32 28 6 1 0 221.9 198 88 11 98 142 3.57 .238 .320 .343 .663  
Career Highs 26 17 .750 44 37 13 6 2 297.7 249 122 22 131 211 5.08 .282 .379 .407 .783  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1552 718 85 706 1392   .223 .294 .321 .615
vs LH   1819 779 106 971 1025   .254 .343 .364 .706
Home 117 80 .594 284 248 48 10 2 1936.6 1735 792 107 860 1260 3.68 .239 .319 .348 .667
Away 124 76 .620 276 237 68 14 3 1836.3 1636 705 84 817 1157 3.46 .238 .319 .337 .656
Mar/Apr 40 33 .548 88 86 19 3 0 653.9 583 237 28 287 415 3.26 .239 .319 .336 .655
May 40 30 .571 105 98 22 5 0 737.9 659 310 49 332 461 3.78 .238 .319 .353 .673
June 35 29 .547 89 79 19 1 0 599.6 592 280 34 272 380 4.20 .258 .336 .379 .715
July 34 25 .576 94 73 14 5 3 571.6 487 245 30 298 373 3.86 .230 .325 .329 .654
August 46 25 .648 97 77 21 5 2 626.3 583 239 29 234 406 3.43 .247 .314 .344 .659
Sep/Oct 46 14 .767 87 72 28 6 0 583.3 467 186 21 254 382 2.87 .217 .300 .309 .609
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 22 NYG NL P 11 11 81.0 5 16 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1975 23 NYG NL P 33 33 249.0 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.45    
1976 24 NYG NL P 33 33 241.3 14 31 2 5 .957 1.68    
1977 25 NYG NL P 32 32 248.3 10 33 2 3 .956 1.56    
1978 26 NYG NL P 36 36 283.0 20 35 2 3 .965 1.75    
1979 27 NYG NL P 34 34 270.7 15 37 0 5 1.000 1.73    
1980 28 NYG NL P 35 35 254.7 17 34 4 3 .927 1.80    
1981 29 NYG NL P 37 37 292.0 8 34 1 3 .977 1.29    
1982 30 NYG NL P 34 34 267.0 22 36 3 1 .951 1.96    
1983 31 NYG NL P 29 29 218.0 6 24 1 1 .968 1.24    
1984 32 NYG NL P 35 35 271.7 13 36 1 4 .980 1.62    
1985 33 PHN NL P 31 31 239.0 10 39 1 3 .980 1.85    
1986 34 PHN NL P 37 37 297.7 19 33 1 1 .981 1.57    
1987 35 PHN NL P 33 33 219.3 17 20 0 1 1.000 1.52    
1988 36 PHN NL P 19 10 113.3 6 16 1 1 .957 1.75    
  CLN NL P 25 13 56.7 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.75    
  TOT   P 44 23 170.0 9 24 1 2 .971 1.75    
1989 37 CLN NL P 42 11 123.3 12 16 1 0 .966 2.04    
1990 38 CLN NL P 24 1 47.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.15    
Career Totals   560 485 3773.0 212 479 20 36 .972 1.65    
Career Highs   44 37 297.7 22 39 4 5 1.000 2.33    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 27 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 15 5 0 11 7 2.76 .234 .347 .266 .612
1980 28 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 32.3 26 3 0 11 21 0.84 .218 .285 .269 .554
1981 29 NYG NL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 35.7 36 16 3 18 25 4.04 .261 .346 .391 .737
1982 30 NYG NL 1 1 .500 3 3 2 0 0 25.0 20 7 1 16 9 2.52 .230 .350 .287 .637
1983 31 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 14 7 0 7 11 3.94 .255 .339 .327 .666
1984 32 NYG NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 15 7 0 5 7 3.71 .231 .286 .277 .563
1985 33 PHN NL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.3 23 13 4 15 11 6.38 .295 .409 .500 .909
1986 34 PHN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 12 5 1 3 5 5.87 .353 .405 .529 .935
1987 35 PHN NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 8 1 0 2 4 1.35 .308 .357 .346 .703
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 8 .529 23 23 7 1 0 175.0 169 64 9 88 100 3.29 .254 .341 .345 .686
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1982-2-2.36
1986-3-2.78
Wins
1979-3-19
1981-4-18
1982-3-20
1984-6-18
1986-1-26
1987-3-16
CAR-31-241
Losses
1978-6-17
Winning Pct
1979-5-.704
1981-7-.667
1982-7-.714
1986-2-.743
1987-8-.615
CAR-47-.607
Games Started
1975-10-33
1978-1-36
1979-8-34
1980-3-35
1981-1-37
1984-8-35
1986-2-37
Complete Games
1975-10-10
1977-10-11
1978-9-10
1980-9-9
1981-5-11
1982-4-13
1984-4-11
1985-10-9
1986-5-10
Shutouts
1978-3-3
1979-8-2
1981-5-2
1982-1-6
1983-3-3
1984-4-3
1988-9-1
CAR-32-24
Innings Pitched
1978-3-283.0
1979-4-270.7
1980-8-254.7
1981-2-292.0
1982-5-267.0
1984-3-271.7
1986-2-297.7
CAR-48-3773.0
Hits Allowed
1981-10-249
Strikeouts
1978-2-192
1979-10-157
1980-9-164
1981-6-185
1982-10-165
1986-5-211
CAR-47-2417
Walks Allowed
1975-9-98
1976-6-109
1977-10-104
1978-5-115
1979-4-122
1980-5-113
1981-1-131
1982-6-95
1983-4-109
1984-4-118
1985-5-101
1986-1-130
1987-5-109
1988-2-107
CAR-16-1677
Hits per 9IP
1977-10-8.0
1978-7-7.7
1979-4-7.3
1981-10-7.7
1982-1-7.1
1986-2-6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1978-9-6.1
1983-10-6.6
WHiP
1982-8-1.14
OAVG
1977-9-.237
1978-7-.230
1979-4-.222
1982-1-.214
1986-2-.209
OOBP
1982-6-.281
OSLG
1977-10-.336
1978-8-.327
1979-4-.310
1981-9-.326
1982-1-.293
1983-7-.324
1984-9-.333
1986-2-.296
CAR-40-.343
OOPS
1978-9-.634
1979-4-.620
1982-3-.574
1986-2-.591
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 140    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1973
Injured on 6/12/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Earned first career win on 5/2/1974
Injured on 6/25/1974 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 9/23/1975 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 9/18/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/3/1977 with a Strained Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,421,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,421,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,071,429 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1980, going 5-0, 2.14
10/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $10,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Pitched NO-HITTER against Milwaukee on 8/15/1981, striking out 1
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Injured on 7/19/1982 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1982, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1983, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 7/28/1983 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1984, winning 2 games with a 1.62 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1984, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
10/3/1984: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Philadelphia on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: 3B Jackie Gutierrez. Going to PHN: P Eduardo Rodriguez)
Injured on 6/13/1985 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1986, going 5-1, 1.13
Won Platinum Arm in 1986, going 26-9, 2.78 ERA
Traded from Philadelphia to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1988 (Going to CLN: P Eduardo Rodriguez. Going to PHN: P Juan Agosto, CF Bill Sample, P Dan Morogiello)
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 8/28/1990 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season