As you have seen, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have also chosen to honor those who have been selected to any of the “Big Four” sports franchises Hall of Fame. As such, we would like to take the time to recognize that the Texas Rangers have announced that Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez will be the latest member of their Hall of Fame.
For Rodriguez, this may be the only Hall of Fame he gets into, as he has been alleged to have been a PED user in his career, and we have all seen what the Baseball Hall of Fame has done with those associated with them. Statistically speaking, Ivan should have been a lock, as he is amongst the best all around Catchers in both offensive and defensive metrics, and he will be ranked very high on our list once eligible, though again, we won’t be expecting Rangers fans to do any pilgrimage to Cooperstown to check out his plaque.
Overall, the best seasons of Ivan Rodriguez’ career were in Arlington. In his twelve seasons with Texas, he won the MVP (in 1999), was both an All Star and Golden Glove winner ten times, and a Silver Slugger six times. He had 217 Home Runs, 1,747 Hits, a .304 Batting Average and a 49.4 WAR while playing there.
We congratulate Ivan Rodriguez on his latest accomplishment.
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