José Rodríguez
Cuban baseball player
Died when: 58 years 333 days (706 months)Star Sign: Pisces
José Rodríguez (February 23, 1894 – January 21, 1953), nicknamed "Joseíto" or "El Hombre Goma" in Spanish and "Joe" in English, was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939.
In the majors, he played for the New York Giants and was primarily a second baseman, while in the Cuban League and the U.S. minor leagues he mostly played first base.
A defensive specialist, according to Roberto González Echevarría, Rodríguez "was considered the best defensive first baseman in Cuba" of his time.
He was also a long-time manager in the Cuban League and managed for one season in the minors.He was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.
Rodríguez was born in Havana in 1894.His younger brother Oscar also became a baseball player and manager in the Cuban League and the minor leagues and joined José as a member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1960.
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