Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2002
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2002
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 948
- W
- 52
- L
- 53
- ERA
- 2.86
- IP
- 976.0
- K
- 1,142
- BB
- 389
- WHIP
- 1.15
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | LAA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | 13 | 2 | 0.88 |
| 2003 | LAA | 59 | 8 | 3 | 3.03 | 86.0 | 95 | 35 | 0.99 |
| 2004 | LAA | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1.82 | 84.0 | 123 | 33 | 1.00 |
| 2005 | LAA | 66 | 2 | 5 | 2.67 | 67.1 | 91 | 32 | 1.14 |
| 2006 | LAA | 69 | 2 | 3 | 1.73 | 73.0 | 98 | 28 | 1.10 |
| 2007 | LAA | 64 | 5 | 2 | 2.81 | 67.1 | 90 | 34 | 1.25 |
| 2008 | LAA | 76 | 2 | 3 | 2.24 | 68.1 | 77 | 34 | 1.29 |
| 2009 | NYM | 70 | 3 | 6 | 3.71 | 68.0 | 73 | 38 | 1.31 |
| 2010 | NYM | 53 | 4 | 2 | 2.20 | 57.1 | 67 | 21 | 1.15 |
| 2011 |  NYM/MIL | 73 | 6 | 2 | 2.64 | 71.2 | 79 | 26 | 1.30 |
| 2012 | MIL | 78 | 2 | 7 | 4.38 | 72.0 | 72 | 31 | 1.33 |
| 2013 |  MIL/BAL | 48 | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | 46.2 | 54 | 14 | 1.20 |
| 2014 | MIL | 69 | 5 | 5 | 3.04 | 68.0 | 73 | 18 | 0.99 |
| 2015 | MIL | 60 | 1 | 3 | 2.21 | 57.0 | 62 | 11 | 0.86 |
| 2016 | DET | 61 | 3 | 4 | 3.24 | 58.1 | 52 | 21 | 1.13 |
| 2017 | DET | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7.82 | 25.1 | 23 | 11 | 1.66 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 26
- W
- 5
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 2.95
- IP
- 36.2
- K
- 49
- BB
- 18
- WHIP
- 1.36
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.5
- GB
- 1,006
- FB
- 1,247
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 68
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 80 | 97 | 0.8 | 5 |
| 2005 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 72 | 84 | 0.9 | 8 |
| 2006 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 68 | 101 | 0.7 | 10 |
| 2007 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 73 | 87 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2008 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 75 | 100 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2009 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 70 | 113 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2010 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 64 | 82 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2011 | NYM/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 106 | 94 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2012 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 85 | 116 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2013 | MIL/BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 51 | 73 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2014 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 80 | 96 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2015 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 68 | 74 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2016 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 89 | 72 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 25 | 58 | 0.4 | 2 |
What were Francisco Rodriguez's career stats?
Francisco Rodriguez played 16 seasons for the Angels, the Mets, the Brewers and the Tigers. He had 52 wins and 1,142 strikeouts with a 2.86 ERA over 976.0 innings. His best season was 2003: 8 wins, a 3.03 ERA and 95 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2002 to 2017
Francisco Rodriguez led MLB in saves (2006, 2008); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times; sits top 10 all time in saves.
Championships
- 2002 World Series with the Los Angeles Angels
All-time career rank
- 6th in saves (437)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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