José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894)
| José Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||
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| Second Baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: February 23, 1894 Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
| Died: January 21, 1953 (aged 58) Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| October 5, 1916, for the New York Giants | |||||||||||||||
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| September 2, 1918, for the New York Giants | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .166 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Cuban | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Induction | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
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José Rodríguez (February 23, 1894 – January 21, 1953), nicknamed "Joseíto" or "El Hombre Goma" in Spanish and "Joe" in English, was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939. In the majors, he played for the New York Giants and was primarily a second baseman, while in the Cuban League and the U.S. minor leagues he mostly played first base. A defensive specialist, according to Roberto González Echevarría, Rodríguez "was considered the best defensive first baseman in Cuba" of his time. He was also a long-time manager in the Cuban League and managed for one season in the minors. He was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.