Rick Rodriguez (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Rick Rodriguez
position=Pitcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1960|9|21
city-state|Oakland|California
debutdate=September 17
debutyear=by|1986
debutteam=Oakland Athletics
finaldate=August 26
finalyear=by|1990
finalteam=San Francisco Giants
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=3-4
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=5.73
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=22
teams=
*Oakland Athletics (1986-1987)
*Cleveland Indians (1988)
*San Francisco Giants (1990)

Ricardo "Rick" Rodriguez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Rodriguez pitched in parts of four seasons in the major leagues between by|1986 and by|1990. In by|2008, he served as pitching coach for the Sacramento River Cats.

Rodriguez was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of California, Riverside. He spent the next five seasons working his way up through their farm system, reaching the majors for the first time in 1986. He pitched parts of that season and by|1987 for the A's, but was released in December 1987.

In January by|1988, Rodriguez was signed by the Cleveland Indians, pitching one season in their organization with a brief stint in the majors. He became a free agent after the season, then spent a year in the Chicago White Sox organization before spending his final season with the San Francisco Giants in 1990.

In by|1999, Rodriguez was brought back to the Oakland Athletics organization as a minor league pitching coach. He filled that position with the Modesto A's in 1999, then in by|2000 he was promoted to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. He has been their pitching coach in every season since, with the exception of by|2003, when he spent the season back at Modesto as the team's field manager.

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