The Venezuelan pitcher, Francisco Rodriguez, one day like but in 2002 he made his debut in the Major Leagues – MLB with the Anaheim Angels team.
Francisco Rodríguez was a flagship pitcher in Venezuelan baseball as well as MLB, turning 19 today on his debut in the best baseball in the world.
K-Rod was without a doubt one of the best Venezuelan pitchers to come through the major leagues, reaching records for Venezuelans and Latinos who have transcended the history of world baseball.
The Venezuelan MLB pitcher wore the uniforms of:
Anaheim Angels from 2002 to 2008 New York Mets from 2009 to 2011 Baltimore Orioles in 2013 Milwuakee Brewers in 2014 and 2015 Detroit Tigers in 2016-2017
K-Rod has marks such as being the youngest pitcher to win a World Series game at 20 years and 285 days.
Record of throwers with the most games saved.
In the list of all the pitchers with the most saves in the major leagues, there are only two Latin figures who are the immortal Mariano Rivera with 652 saves and Francisco Rodriguez with 437.
Numbers for life in Las Mayores.
In 16 seasons, “K-Rod” played in 976 innings, among teams Anaheim, Mets, Brewers, Tigers, Oriols to set a record for most games saved with 62 in 2008, being the fourth pitcher. with the most saves in MLB history, striking out 1,142 batters and posting a 2.86 ERA.
