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b. December 28, 1947 · California Angels 1967–1970, Washington Senators 1970, Detroit Tigers 1971–1979, San Diego Padres 1980, New York Yankees 1980–1981, Chicago White Sox 1982–1983, Baltimore Orioles 1983

Brooks Robinson had won the Gold Glove at third base every year from 1960 through 1975. In 1976 it went to Rodríguez, who was in his sixth season in Detroit and had one of the strongest arms anyone had seen at the position. Nobody else interrupted Robinson; the award went straight from him to Rodríguez to Graig Nettles.

Seventeen seasons gave him 2,017 games, 1,570 hits, 124 home runs, 648 runs batted in and a .237 average, with 1,983 of those games at third base. He hit 19 home runs and drove in 76 for the 1970 Washington Senators, his one full season there, and was traded to Detroit that winter.

He played out the end with the Yankees, the White Sox and Baltimore, then managed and coached in Mexico for years. He was standing on a sidewalk in Detroit in September 2000 when a car left the road and struck him. He was fifty-two.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Gold Glove	1	1976

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1967	CAL	29	130	14	31	3	1	1	8	2	21	1	.238
1968	CAL	76	223	14	54	10	1	1	16	17	36	0	.242
1969	CAL	159	561	47	130	17	2	7	49	32	88	5	.232
1970	CAL/WSA	159	610	70	152	33	7	19	83	40	87	15	.249
1971	DET	154	604	68	153	30	7	15	39	27	93	4	.253
1972	DET	153	601	65	142	23	5	13	56	28	104	2	.236
1973	DET	160	555	46	123	27	3	9	58	31	85	3	.222
1974	DET	159	571	54	127	23	5	5	49	26	70	2	.222
1975	DET	151	507	47	124	20	6	13	60	30	63	1	.245
1976	DET	128	480	40	115	13	2	8	50	19	61	0	.240
1977	DET	96	306	30	67	14	1	10	32	16	36	1	.219
1978	DET	134	385	40	102	25	2	7	43	19	37	0	.265
1979	DET	106	343	27	87	18	0	5	36	11	40	0	.254
1980	NYY/SDP	141	339	21	71	13	3	5	27	13	61	1	.209
1981	NYY	27	52	4	18	2	0	2	8	2	10	0	.346
1982	CHW	118	257	24	62	15	1	3	31	11	35	0	.241
1983	BAL/CHW	67	87	1	12	1	0	1	3	0	16	0	.138
Career	—	2017	6611	612	1570	287	46	124	648	324	943	35	.237

On this day & linked events

1947

Born December 28, 1947

Cananea, Sonora, México

2000

Died September 23, 2000

1967

Major-league debut: Aurelio Rodríguez

Aurelio Rodríguez made a major-league debut on September 1, 1967.

1983

Final major-league game: Aurelio Rodríguez

Aurelio Rodríguez played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.

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