Steve Rodriguez

Steve Rodriguez
Rodriguez with Pepperdine in 2010
Second baseman/Shortstop/Coach
Born: (1970-11-29) November 29, 1970 (age 53)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 30, 1995, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1995, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.179
Runs scored5
Stolen bases2
Teams
Player

Coach

Steven James Rodríguez (born November 29, 1970) is an American baseball coach and former second baseman/shortstop. He played college baseball for the Pepperdine Waves from 1991 to 1992. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1995 season. He served as the head coach of the Pepperdine Waves (2004–2015) and the Baylor Bears (2016–2022).

A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, he was selected by Boston in the fifth-round of the 1992 draft out of Pepperdine.[1] He would play briefly for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers during the 1995 season. Rodríguez was hired as the 19th head coach of the Baylor University baseball team on June 12, 2015.[2] In 2022 Rodriguez joined Texas as a hitting coach until 2024.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pepperdine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Baylor Hires Pepperdine's Rodriguez As New Head Baseball Coach". kwtx.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.