Fernando Rodney, baseball player, 2002-2019

Fernando Rodney

Born: 3/18/1977 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

MLB Debut: 2002-05-04 | Final Game: 2019-09-28

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 240 lbs

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Biography

Fernando Rodney, born in 1977, was a prominent pitcher in Major League Baseball, whose career spanned from 2002 to 2019. Renowned for his distinctive pitching style and charismatic presence on the mound, Rodney became a key figure in the game during his tenure. With a career record of 48-71 and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.8, he showcased his ability to handle pressure, particularly in late-game situations. His impressive strikeout total of 943 underscored his effectiveness as a strikeout pitcher, while his 327 saves highlighted his role as a reliable closer. Rodney's contributions to the sport were recognized with three All-Star selections, reflecting his status among the elite pitchers of his era. He played during a time when the game was evolving, with an increasing emphasis on the importance of bullpens and specialized roles. Known for his signature "bow and arrow" celebration after securing saves, Rodney left a lasting impression on fans and players alike. His career achievements and unique flair contributed to his legacy, making him a memorable figure in the annals of baseball history.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
48 71 951 0 0 0 327 933.0 817 394 73 464 943 3.80 0

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 9.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2002 DET AL 1 3 20 0 0 0 0 18.0 25 12 10 10 6.00 4.28 (-40%) -308.9
2003 DET AL 1 3 27 0 0 0 3 29.7 35 20 17 33 6.07 4.40 (-38%) 668.8
2005 DET AL 2 3 39 0 0 0 9 44.0 39 14 17 42 2.86 4.29 (+33%) 452.1
2006 DET AL 7 4 63 0 0 0 7 71.7 51 28 34 65 3.52 4.53 (+22%) 631.9
2007 DET AL 2 6 48 0 0 0 1 50.7 46 24 21 54 4.26 4.47 (+5%) 846.1
2008 DET AL 0 6 38 0 0 0 13 40.3 34 22 30 49 4.91 4.32 (-14%) 203.4
2009 DET AL 2 5 73 0 0 0 37 75.7 70 37 41 61 4.40 4.32 (-2%) -465.5
2010 LAA AL 4 3 72 0 0 0 14 68.0 70 32 35 53 4.24 4.08 (-4%) 52.0
2011 LAA AL 3 5 39 0 0 0 3 32.0 26 16 28 26 4.50 3.94 (-14%) -620.4
2012 TBR AL 2 2 76 0 0 0 48 74.7 43 5 15 76 0.60 4.01 (+85%) -
2013 TBR AL 5 4 68 0 0 0 37 66.7 53 25 36 82 3.37 3.87 (+13%) -
2014 SEA AL 1 6 69 0 0 0 48 66.3 61 21 28 76 2.85 3.74 (+24%) 1529.5
2015 SEA AL 5 5 54 0 0 0 16 50.7 51 32 25 43 5.68 3.96 (-43%) -1668.5
2015 CHC NL 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 12.0 8 1 4 15 0.75 3.96 (+81%) -
2016 SDP NL 0 1 28 0 0 0 17 28.7 13 1 12 33 0.31 4.19 (+93%) -
2016 MIA NL 2 3 39 0 0 0 8 36.7 41 24 25 41 5.89 4.19 (-41%) -724.0
2017 AZ NL 5 4 61 0 0 0 39 55.3 40 26 26 65 4.23 4.36 (+3%) -
2018 MIN AL 3 2 46 0 0 0 25 43.7 42 15 19 50 3.09 4.15 (+25%) 382.2
2018 OAK AL 1 1 22 0 0 0 0 20.7 20 9 13 20 3.92 4.15 (+6%) -190.2
2019 OAK AL 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 14.3 20 15 12 14 9.42 4.51 (-109%) -388.6
2019 WAS NL 0 3 38 0 0 0 2 33.3 29 15 16 35 4.05 4.51 (+10%) 655.3

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
951 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS 0.000 vs. league average 0.739 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2002 DET AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 DET AL 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2007 DET AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 DET AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 LAA AL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 LAA AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 TBR AL 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 TBR AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 SEA AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 SEA AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 CHC NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 MIA NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 AZ NL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 MIN AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 OAK AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 WAS NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2019 NLCS WAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 NLDS1 WAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 WS WAS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALWC OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLWC ARI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 NLCS CHN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 NLDS1 CHN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 ALDS1 TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 ALWC TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 ALCS DET 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 WS DET 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 0 20 0 0 17.3 16 11 19 23 5.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2019 NLCS WAS 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2019 NLDS1 WAS 0 0 2 0 0 1.7 2 0 3 3 0.00
2019 WS WAS 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 2 2 6 0 9.00
2018 ALWC OAK 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 2 2 0 0 0.00
2017 NLWC ARI 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 2 9.00
2015 NLCS CHN 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 2 18.00
2015 NLDS1 CHN 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 1 1 0.00
2013 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 2 0 0 1.3 1 2 3 2 13.50
2013 ALWC TBA 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2006 ALCS DET 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 1 0 1 4 0.00
2006 WS DET 0 0 4 0 0 4.0 5 2 4 5 4.50

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 951 0 59 103 8 5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2002 DET P 20 0 1 1 0 0
2003 DET P 27 0 0 3 0 0
2005 DET P 39 0 3 3 1 0
2006 DET P 63 0 5 9 1 0
2007 DET P 48 0 2 12 1 0
2008 DET P 38 0 4 2 0 0
2009 DET P 73 0 6 10 0 0
2010 LAA P 72 0 7 10 0 0
2011 LAA P 39 0 2 3 1 1
2012 TBA P 76 0 13 13 0 1
2013 TBA P 68 0 4 7 2 1
2014 SEA P 69 0 3 6 1 0
2015 SEA P 54 0 2 4 0 0
2015 CHN P 14 0 1 3 0 0
2016 SDN P 28 0 0 4 1 0
2016 MIA P 39 0 0 3 0 0
2017 ARI P 61 0 0 1 0 0
2018 MIN P 46 0 3 5 0 1
2018 OAK P 22 0 1 1 0 0
2019 OAK P 17 0 1 1 0 1
2019 WAS P 38 0 1 2 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 951

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2012 Comeback Player of the Year
2012 This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 SDN NL $1,600,000
2015 SEA AL $7,000,000
2014 SEA AL $7,000,000
2013 TBA AL $2,500,000
2012 TBA AL $1,750,000
2011 LAA AL $5,500,000
2010 LAA AL $5,500,000
2009 DET AL $2,700,000
2008 DET AL $1,700,000
2007 DET AL $1,000,000
2006 DET AL $385,000
2005 DET AL $318,500
2004 DET AL $304,000
Total Career Earnings $37,257,500

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2012 Cy Young Award AL 5th 38.0 196 1
2012 Most Valuable Player AL 13th 24.0 392 0