Michel Rodríguez
Full name: Michel Rodríguez López
Also known as: El criollo del ariguanabo
- Position
- Third baseman
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 75 kg
- Born
- 1977-09-03 · San Antonio de los Baños Pinar del Rio
- Debut
- 1996
Michel Rodríguez is a Cuban baseball player. His full name is recorded as Michel Rodríguez López. He is also listed as El criollo del ariguanabo. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 19 seasons in the Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 1995 and 2013. Most of that was with La Habana, 16 seasons of it, with the remainder for Artemisa. He appears in 9 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .309, with 1,374 hits, 78 home runs and 595 runs batted in. His 1,374 hits are the 96th highest total among the 3,806 players holding career records in this database. His highest recorded season average was .339, in 2000-01 (189 AB). His most home runs in a season was 9, in 2005-06.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 29 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .734 |
| 1996-97 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1997-98 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1998-99 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .204 |
| 1999-00 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 40 | 82 | 77 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .260 | .305 | .338 | .643 |
| 2000-01 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .323 | .344 | .581 | .925 |
| 2000-01 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 52 | 217 | 189 | 35 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 84 | .339 | .414 | .444 | .858 |
| 2001-02 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 80 | 343 | 294 | 44 | 91 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 133 | .310 | .379 | .452 | .831 |
| 2002-03 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .467 | .500 | .533 | 1.033 |
| 2002-03 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 74 | 316 | 268 | 50 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 116 | .325 | .413 | .433 | .846 |
| 2003-04 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 49 | 186 | 167 | 23 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | .299 | .368 | .401 | .769 |
| 2004-05 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 16 | 72 | 64 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .328 | .403 | .406 | .809 |
| 2004-05 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 90 | 414 | 357 | 56 | 114 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 162 | .319 | .403 | .454 | .857 |
| 2005-06 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .529 | .526 | .647 | 1.173 |
| 2005-06 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 85 | 401 | 330 | 71 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 144 | .306 | .420 | .436 | .856 |
| 2006-07 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .304 | .360 | .435 | .795 |
| 2006-07 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 86 | 390 | 314 | 36 | 83 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 98 | .264 | .378 | .312 | .690 |
| 2007-08 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .300 | .333 | .350 | .683 |
| 2007-08 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 88 | 407 | 331 | 65 | 98 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 152 | .296 | .422 | .459 | .881 |
| 2008-09 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 16 | 70 | 59 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .356 | .443 | .542 | .985 |
| 2008-09 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 87 | 394 | 330 | 62 | 104 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 145 | .315 | .403 | .439 | .842 |
| 2009-10 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .333 | .388 | .356 | .744 |
| 2009-10 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 87 | 396 | 327 | 46 | 111 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 152 | .339 | .444 | .465 | .909 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 |
| 2010-11 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 73 | 339 | 283 | 51 | 92 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 133 | .325 | .422 | .470 | .892 |
| 2011-12 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 91 | 379 | 324 | 52 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 130 | .290 | .388 | .401 | .789 |
| 2012-13 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 71 | 301 | 245 | 31 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 90 | .298 | .419 | .367 | .786 |
| 2013-14 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 79 | 329 | 286 | 39 | 89 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 124 | .311 | .399 | .434 | .833 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 4450 | 713 | 1374 | 244 | 21 | 78 | 595 | 44 | 36 | 645 | 720 | 80 | 56 | 44 | 42 | — | .309 | .402 | .426 | .828 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 66.1 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 39.0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999-00 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 212.2 | 44 | 75 | 5 | 13 | .960 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 71.0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 423.2 | 51 | 118 | 9 | 17 | .949 | 178 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 614.1 | 41 | 164 | 16 | 16 | .928 | 221 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 544.0 | 51 | 135 | 15 | 16 | .925 | 201 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 331.0 | 25 | 79 | 6 | 12 | .945 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 139.0 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 781.0 | 80 | 212 | 12 | 30 | .961 | 304 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 35.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 741.2 | 124 | 272 | 18 | 48 | .957 | 414 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 18.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 667.0 | 101 | 261 | 21 | 47 | .945 | 383 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 57.1 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 91.0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 316.0 | 19 | 86 | 4 | 7 | .963 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 98.0 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 522.0 | 34 | 107 | 10 | 10 | .934 | 151 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 53.1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | La Habana | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 597.0 | 43 | 143 | 10 | 13 | .949 | 196 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 742.1 | 64 | 186 | 12 | 18 | .954 | 262 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 413.0 | 85 | 98 | 10 | 17 | .948 | 193 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Artemisa | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 598.0 | 83 | 140 | 15 | 23 | .937 | 238 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8187.1 | 906 | 2301 | 178 | 303 | .947 | 3385 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
Transactions
Moves are inferred from a change of club between consecutive seasons in the same competition. No transfer date is recorded because none is published.
Frequently asked questions
When was Michel Rodríguez born?
Michel Rodríguez was born on 1977-09-03 in San Antonio de los Baños Pinar del Rio.
Which teams did Michel Rodríguez play for?
Michel Rodríguez appears for Artemisa, La Habana across 19 recorded seasons.
What are Michel Rodríguez's career statistics?
In 19 recorded seasons Michel Rodríguez batted .309 with 1374 hits, 78 home runs and 595 runs batted in.
What position did Michel Rodríguez play?
Michel Rodríguez is recorded as Tercera base.
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)
