Baseball
Rodriguez, Steve
Steve Rodriguez
- Title:
- Director of Baseball Operations
Steve Rodriguez completed his third year as the UCLA baseball program’s Director of Operations in 2019. Rodriguez played for the Bruins from 2009-11 and played in the minor leagues from 2011-16 for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves.
Rodriguez’s duties include handling all day-to-day operations, specializing in statistical analysis, working with the organization and breakdown of game video, and assisting with facility upgrades. He also serves as a liaison between the baseball program and pro scouts.
Rodriguez, a native of Lomita, Calif., played in 147 games at catcher, making 137 starts, in three seasons in Westwood. He holds a career .215 batting average with 10 home runs and drove in 64 runs. Rodriguez also served as catcher for first-round Major League Baseball draft selections Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer and helped the UCLA pitching staff compile a 3.33 ERA with over 1,700 strikeouts during his career. Also during his time at UCLA he played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2010.
Rodriguez was selected in the 15th round of the of the 2011 MLB amateur draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks and made it to as high as Double-A with both the Diamondbacks and the Braves. He hit .221 in his professional career with four home runs and 79 RBIs. Rodriguez had one of his best seasons in 2014 when he was promoted to Double-A Mobile and hit .267 with a .352 slugging percentage and scored 11 runs in 60 games for the BayBears.
Rodriguez’s duties include handling all day-to-day operations, specializing in statistical analysis, working with the organization and breakdown of game video, and assisting with facility upgrades. He also serves as a liaison between the baseball program and pro scouts.
Rodriguez, a native of Lomita, Calif., played in 147 games at catcher, making 137 starts, in three seasons in Westwood. He holds a career .215 batting average with 10 home runs and drove in 64 runs. Rodriguez also served as catcher for first-round Major League Baseball draft selections Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer and helped the UCLA pitching staff compile a 3.33 ERA with over 1,700 strikeouts during his career. Also during his time at UCLA he played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2010.
Rodriguez was selected in the 15th round of the of the 2011 MLB amateur draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks and made it to as high as Double-A with both the Diamondbacks and the Braves. He hit .221 in his professional career with four home runs and 79 RBIs. Rodriguez had one of his best seasons in 2014 when he was promoted to Double-A Mobile and hit .267 with a .352 slugging percentage and scored 11 runs in 60 games for the BayBears.
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