José Manuel Rodríguez (born July 28, 1982) is a Mexican former

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and current

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for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the

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, and Charros de Jalisco of the

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, where he plays during the winter.

Professional career

Rodríguez began his career for the Chillicothe Paints of the

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in 2004 and joined the Saraperos de Saltillo of the

in 2006. Rodríguez played with the club every year through the 2015 season. On November 6, 2015, Rodríguez was traded to the

Pericos de Puebla The Pericos de Puebla (English: Puebla Parrots) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Puebla. Their home ballpark is the Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán. Established in 1938, the Pericos have won five Mexican League ...

in exchange for Rolando Acosta. On February 21, 2017, Rodríguez was traded to the

Acereros de Monclova The Acereros de Monclova (English: Monclova Steelers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports l ...

alongside Chad Gaudin, Daric Barton, Nyjer Morgan, Rodolfo Amador, and

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in exchange for Joaquin Lara. On April 26, 2018, Rodríguez was assigned to the

Tigres de Quintana Roo The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (). The team has won twelve championships to date: ...

. On April 3, 2019, Rodríguez re-signed with the Tigres for the 2019 season. On May 7, 2019, Rodríguez was loaned to the Saraperos de Saltillo. Rodríguez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the

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. On November 30, 2023, the Saraperos released Rodríguez as a player and added him to their coaching staff.

International career

Rodriguez has played for the

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at the

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and the

2017 World Baseball Classic The 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, composed of 16 competing nations, held from March 6 to 22, 2017. It was the fourth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. The first-round hosts wer ...

Personal life

Rodríguez was born in El Cubilete,

Guasave Municipality Municipality of Guasave is a Municipalities of Sinaloa, municipality in the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Its seat is Guasave, Sinaloa, Guasave city. Political subdivision Guasave Municipality is su ...

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, and moved to the United States at a young age.

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1982 births Living people Acereros de Monclova players Algodoneros de Guasave players Baseball players from Sinaloa Charros de Jalisco players Chillicothe Paints players Lincoln Saltdogs players Mexican emigrants to the United States Mexican League baseball left fielders Mexican League baseball right fielders Mexican League baseball second basemen Mexican League baseball shortstops Mexican League baseball third basemen People from Guasave Municipality Pericos de Puebla players Saraperos de Saltillo players Tigres de Quintana Roo players 2017 World Baseball Classic players World Baseball Classic players of Mexico {{Mexico-baseball-bio-stub