Juan Francisco "Chico" Rodríguez (born 12 September 1960) is a Mexican former professional baseball

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and

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and current bench coach for the Leones de Yucatán.

Career

Juan Francisco Rodríguez was born in

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

on 12 September 1960. He made his professional debut in the Mexican League for the

Cafeteros de Córdoba The Cafeteros de Córdoba or Córdoba Coffee Growers was a Mexican League baseball team that played on-and-off from 1937 to 2006. The team played on and off for a duration not last more than a decade: * 1937 to 1939 * 1972 to 1979 * 1984 to ...

in 1977, aged 16. In 1980, he moved to the Broncos de Reynosa, where played the next four seasons. In 1983, Rodríguez joined the

Bravos de León The Bravos de León (English: León Braves) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. History Cachorros de León (1979–80) Mexican League baseball in León began in 1979 when the Alijador ...

, where he played until 1987. In 1988 and 1989, Rodríguez played for the Leones de Yucatán. In 1990, Rodríguez transferred to his hometown club

Sultanes de Monterrey The Sultanes de Monterrey ( en, Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Monterrey, Mexico. They compete in the Northern Division. The team also joined the Mexican Pacific League for the 2019–20 season f ...

, where he was part of the team that won the

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. In 1993, Rodríguez was signed by the Rieleros de Aguascalientes and spent the 1994 season split between Aguascalientes and Industriales de Monterrey. In 1995, he played for Rojos del Águila de Veracruz and Reynosa. Rodríguez retired in 1995. He played 1924 games, scored 1030 runs with an average of .293 and 1948 hits. He batted 34 home runs, 666 RBIs and stole 196 bases. Rodríguez also spent fifteen seasons playing in the

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...

for the

Cañeros de Los Mochis The Cañeros de Los Mochis ( en, Los Mochis Sugar Cane Growers) are a Mexican baseball team in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. They play in Los Mochis in the state of Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, ...

and retired in 2005. While playing for Los Mochis, Rodríguez participated in the

1984 Caribbean Series The twenty-sixth edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champion teams from Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey), Mexico ( Cañeros de Los Mochis), Puerto Rico ...

, where he was selected as part of the All-Star Team. In September 2012, Rodríguez was elected to the

Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México (in English, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), commonly called the Salón de la Fama (Hall of Fame) is a baseball hall of fame and museum located in Monterrey, Nuevo León. ...

Coaching career

In 2003, Rodríguez won the

championship with the

as manager. Rodríguez replaced Mario Mendoza as manager of the Cañeros and led the team to their third championship after defeating

Yaquis de Obregón The Yaquis de Obregón ( en, Obregón Yaquis) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The “Yaquis” are the only team in league history to have won three consecutive league championships ...

4–1 in the final series. Rodríguez managed the Cañeros at the

2003 Caribbean Series The forty-fifth edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was held from February 2 through February 8 of at Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It featured the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Águila ...

, where the team finished last losing all the six games. In January 2011, Rodríguez was appointed manager of Vaqueros Laguna, ahead of the 2011 season. In June 2021, Rodríguez joined Yucatán again, this time as bench coach.

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