Eduardo Rodríguez Reyes 'Volanta''(March 6, 1952 – March 6, 2009) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball

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. He played in

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from through for the

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(1973–78) and

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(1979), mostly as a

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. He also pitched in the

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for the Criollos de Caguas and

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. Listed at and , Rodríguez batted and threw

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. He was born in

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. In a seven-season career, Rodríguez posted a 42–36 record with a 3.89

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and 32 saves in 264 appearances, including 39 starts, one

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and seven

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s, giving up 317 earned runs on 681 hits and 323 walks while

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430 in 734 innings of work. As a hitter, Rodríguez belted a

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(and scored on an error) in his first and only at bat, joining

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(1958),

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(1980), and

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(2000) as the only players to accomplish this feat in major league history. Rodríguez died at his Barceloneta home of a heart attack on his 57th birthday.Obituary
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