José Rodríguez
Full name: José Rodríguez Castillo
Also known as: El Hombre Goma · El Hombre de Goma · El Mago del Mascotín · Jose · Joseito · José Rodríguez · Pepito
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Height
- 173 cm
- Weight
- 68 kg
- Born
- 1894-02-23 · Havana, La Habana
- Died
- 1953-01-21
- Debut
- 1916-10-05
José Rodríguez was a Cuban baseball player, born on 23 February 1894 in Havana, La Habana. His full name is recorded as José Rodríguez Castillo. He is also listed as El Hombre Goma. He died on 21 January 1953. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 16 seasons in the National League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 1916 and 2025. Most of that was with Camagüey, 13 seasons of it, with the remainder for Granma and New York Giants. His play before 1991 survives only as a single career aggregate, so the season-by-season table begins after it. He appears in 2 postseason campaigns.
He is credited with 59 wins against 51 losses, an earned run average of 3.64, and 538 strikeouts. His highest recorded season average was .168, in 1918 (125 AB). His best recorded season earned run average was 2.57, in 2024 (63.0 IP).
Career summary
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through 1991 (aggregate) | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 22 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .146 | .186 | .195 | .381 |
| 1916 | New York Giants | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1917 | New York Giants | National League | 7 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 |
| 1918 | New York Giants | National League | 50 | 143 | 125 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | .168 | .245 | .200 | .445 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 41 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | .146 | .186 | .195 | .381 |
| Career total | — | National League | 58 | 165 | 145 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | .172 | .248 | .214 | .462 |
Cuban per-season statistics begin with the XXXI Serie Nacional (1991-92). Earlier play is published by the Federación only as a single aggregate.
Pitching
| Season | Team | League | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through 1991 (aggregate) | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 6 | 3.72 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 | 64 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 1.120 |
| 2010-11 | Granma | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 2 | 1 | 7.61 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 | 36.2 | 44 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 17 | — |
| 2010-11 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.610 |
| 2012-13 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 2 | 1 | 5.96 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 51.1 | 63 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 1.580 |
| 2013-14 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 1 | 1.74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.2 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1.400 |
| 2014-15 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 4 | 6.14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29.1 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 1.740 |
| 2015-16 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1 | 4 | 5.65 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.2 | 43 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 1.420 |
| 2016-17 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8 | 8 | 2.72 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 97 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 57 | 61 | 1.290 |
| 2017-18 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3 | 2 | 5.49 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 58 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1.760 |
| 2019-20 · Postseason | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.000 |
| 2019-20 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2020-21 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 2 | 4.81 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 63 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 1.410 |
| 2021-22 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 3 | 3.64 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 101.1 | 112 | 45 | 41 | 8 | 24 | 76 | 1.340 |
| 2023 · Postseason | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0 | 0 | .50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .830 |
| 2023 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6 | 4 | 3.94 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 66 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 21 | 51 | 1.360 |
| 2024 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 3 | 2.57 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 54 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 1.020 |
| 2025-26 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 1.760 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 6 | 3.72 | 17 | — | — | 0 | 75.0 | 64 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 1.120 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 55 | 45 | 3.63 | 177 | — | — | 4 | 827.1 | 870 | 395 | 334 | 56 | 266 | 505 | 1.370 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through 1991 (aggregate) | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 90.0 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 51.1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 20.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 29.1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 36.2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .941 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 119.0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 41.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 · Postseason | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 58.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 101.1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 · Postseason | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 18.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 64.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 63.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Camagüey | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 90.0 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 827.0 | 41 | 129 | 7 | 13 | .960 | 177 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
Frequently asked questions
When was José Rodríguez born?
José Rodríguez was born on 1894-02-23 in Havana, La Habana.
Which teams did José Rodríguez play for?
José Rodríguez appears for Camagüey, Granma, New York Giants across 16 recorded seasons.
What are José Rodríguez's career statistics?
In 16 recorded seasons José Rodríguez batted .146 with 6 hits, 0 home runs and 1 runs batted in.
Sources and licences
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org". custom-permissive (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
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