Rodriguez Captures June Honors
Published on July 2, 2003 under Canadian American League (Can-Am) News Release
DURHAM, N.C. â Québec centerfielder Carlos Rodriguez has been named the Rawlings Northeast League Player of the Month for June.
Rodriguez, who turned 26 last month, signed June 2 with Les Capitales after being released by the Boston Red Sox. He went 35-for-108 (.324) with 23 runs, six doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 32 runs batted in. He also walked 12 times, stole three bases, recorded a .731 slugging percentage and posted a .408 on-base percentage in the month. Despite starting 11 days after the rest of the league, Rodriguez leads the league in homers, RBIs and slugging percentage. He won back-to-back Daktronics Northeast League Player of the Week honors on June 8 and June 15.
Québec signed Rodriguez after his five-year stint with the Red Sox in which he compiled a .251 batting average, 66 homers, 298 RBIs and 77 stolen bases over 1,988 at bats in rookie and Single-A ball. He was an 11th-round choice of Boston out of the University of Louisville in 1998.
Rawlings is the official baseball of the Central League. Rawlings Sporting Goods of Fenton, Mo., is the industry leader in baseball equipment, producing top-flight baseball bats, balls, gloves, jackets and team apparel. Rawlings can be reached at rawlings.com. Players of the month receive a complimentary glove from Rawlings.
The Rawlings Player of the Month is selected by league statistician SportsTicker Boston.
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