Larry Rodríguez

Larry Rodriguez

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
• Born September 9, 1974 in Guanajay, Artemisa Cuba

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Biographical information

Larry Rodgriguez is a former minor league baseball pitcher who played from 1996 to 1998 in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system.

He defected from Cuba at the same time as Vladimir Nunez.

Signed by the Diamondbacks as a free-agent in 1996, he began his professional career that very same year. A starter, he split time between the Lethbridge Black Diamonds and Visalia Oaks, going 9-6 with a 4.55 ERA. He was ranked the club's #5 prospect going into 1997 by Baseball America. In 1997, he played for the South Bend Silver Hawks, going 4-11 with a 3.62 ERA. 1998 would end up being his final season. He played for both South Bend and the High Desert Mavericks, and he went a combined 0-4 with a 5.86 ERA in 43 innings of work.

Overall, Larry Rodriguez went 13-21 with a 4.40 ERA in 53 career games (46 starts). In 258 innings, he walked 72 and struck out 181.