Iván's first job involved delivering flyers in the shopping malls in Puerto Rico. His father, Juan, worked for a U.S.-based construction company, and his mother, Eva Torres, was an elementary school teacher. Rodríguez was born in Manatí, Puerto Rico and raised in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. 3.1 World Baseball Classic (Puerto Rico).Most recently, Rodríguez has served as a Shadow Representative from Puerto Rico. On January 18, 2017, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, receiving 76% of the votes cast, and was officially inducted on July 30, 2017. During his career, he had the best caught stealing percentage of any major league catcher, at 45.68% (versus a league average of 31%), and he had nine seasons with a caught stealing rate of 50% or higher. On June 17, 2009, Rodríguez set an MLB record by catching his 2,227th game, passing Carlton Fisk (coincidentally also known by the nickname "Pudge"). He is second on the major league career leader list in putouts by catchers.
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Rodríguez won the 2003 World Series with the Florida Marlins over the Yankees, and also played in the 2006 World Series while with the Tigers. Rodríguez was awarded the AL MVP award in 1999 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in MLB history. He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed " Pudge" and " I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher.
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