What years did Fernando Rodney play?

Fernando Rodney played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2019.

Was Fernando Rodney a pitcher?

Yes. Fernando Rodney pitched in the major leagues, recording 48 wins and 943 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Fernando Rodney hit?

Fernando Rodney hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Fernando Rodney play for?

Fernando Rodney played for 11 teams: the Detroit Tigers (2002–2003, 2005–2009), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2010–2011), the Tampa Bay Rays (2012–2013), the Seattle Mariners (2014–2015), the Chicago Cubs (2015), the San Diego Padres (2016), the Miami Marlins (2016), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017), the Minnesota Twins (2018), the Oakland Athletics (2018–2019), and the Washington Nationals (2019).

Did Fernando Rodney win a Cy Young Award?

No. Fernando Rodney did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Fernando Rodney win?

Fernando Rodney was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Fernando Rodney's career stats?

In 951 games, Fernando Rodney went 48-71 with a 3.80 ERA, 943 strikeouts, 933.0 innings pitched, and 327 saves.

What was Fernando Rodney's salary?

Fernando Rodney's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $304,000, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2004 to 2016.

What position did Fernando Rodney play?

Fernando Rodney played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Fernando Rodney and how much did he weigh?

Fernando Rodney was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 240 pounds.

What was Fernando Rodney's career ERA?

Fernando Rodney finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 48-71 with 943 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Fernando Rodney have?

Fernando Rodney recorded 943 career strikeouts.

Is Fernando Rodney in the Hall of Fame?

No. Fernando Rodney has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Fernando Rodney

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2019)

Fernando Rodney was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2019 for 11 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 18 seasons. Across 951 career appearances, he went 48-71 with a 3.80 ERA, 943 strikeouts, and 327 saves. Fernando Rodney was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9760.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 48–71

ERA 3.80

WHIP 1.37

SO 943

Pitcher PIV 9760.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 240 lb
Born: 3/18/1977 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2002-05-04
Last Game: 2019-09-28
Awards: 3× All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Fernando Rodney — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
48	71	951	0	0	0	327	933.0	817	394	73	464	943	3.80	9760.2

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 9.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Fernando Rodney Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	DET	AL	1	3	20	0	18.0	25	12	10	10	6.00	4.28 (-40%)	-307.8
2003	DET	AL	1	3	27	3	29.2	35	20	17	33	6.07	4.40 (-38%)	668.8
2005	DET	AL	2	3	39	9	44.0	39	14	17	42	2.86	4.29 (+33%)	452.1
2006	DET	AL	7	4	63	7	71.2	51	28	34	65	3.52	4.53 (+22%)	631.9
2007	DET	AL	2	6	48	1	50.2	46	24	21	54	4.26	4.47 (+5%)	846.1
2008	DET	AL	0	6	38	13	40.1	34	22	30	49	4.91	4.32 (-14%)	203.4
2009	DET	AL	2	5	73	37	75.2	70	37	41	61	4.40	4.32 (-2%)	-458.3
2010	LAA	AL	4	3	72	14	68.0	70	32	35	53	4.24	4.08 (-4%)	52.0
2011	LAA	AL	3	5	39	3	32.0	26	16	28	26	4.50	3.94 (-14%)	-616.4
2012	TBA	AL	2	2	76	48	74.2	43	5	15	76	0.60	4.01 (+85%)	3571.2
2013	TBA	AL	5	4	68	37	66.2	53	25	36	82	3.37	3.87 (+13%)	1736.2
2014	SEA	AL	1	6	69	48	66.1	61	21	28	76	2.85	3.74 (+24%)	1529.5
2015	SEA	AL	5	5	54	16	50.2	51	32	25	43	5.68	3.96 (-43%)	-1651.3
2015	CHN	NL	2	0	14	0	12.0	8	1	4	15	0.75	3.96 (+81%)	148.7
2016	SDN	NL	0	1	28	17	28.2	13	1	12	33	0.31	4.19 (+93%)	1355.7
2016	MIA	NL	2	3	39	8	36.2	41	24	25	41	5.89	4.19 (-41%)	-718.6
2017	ARI	NL	5	4	61	39	55.1	40	26	26	65	4.23	4.36 (+3%)	1856.4
2018	MIN	AL	3	2	46	25	43.2	42	15	19	50	3.09	4.15 (+25%)	382.2
2018	OAK	AL	1	1	22	0	20.2	20	9	13	20	3.92	4.15 (+6%)	-189.4
2019	OAK	AL	0	2	17	0	14.1	20	15	12	14	9.42	4.51 (-109%)	-387.4
2019	WAS	NL	0	3	38	2	33.1	29	15	16	35	4.05	4.51 (+10%)	655.3
Career · 21 seasons			48	71	951	327	933.0	817	394	464	943	3.80	—	9,760

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Fernando Rodney — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
951	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Fernando Rodney Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	DET	AL	20	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	DET	AL	27	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	DET	AL	39	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	DET	AL	63	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	DET	AL	48	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	DET	AL	38	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	DET	AL	73	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	LAA	AL	72	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	LAA	AL	39	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TBA	AL	76	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TBA	AL	68	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SEA	AL	69	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SEA	AL	54	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHN	NL	14	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SDN	NL	28	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIA	NL	39	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	ARI	NL	61	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	MIN	AL	46	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	22	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	17	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	WAS	NL	38	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			951	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Fernando Rodney — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Fernando Rodney — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2019	NLCS	WAS	1	.000
2019	NLDS1	WAS	2	.000
2019	WS	WAS	3	.000
2018	ALWC	OAK	1	.000
2017	NLWC	ARI	1	.000
2015	NLCS	CHN	1	.000
2015	NLDS1	CHN	1	.000
2013	ALDS1	TBA	2	.000
2013	ALWC	TBA	1	.000
2006	ALCS	DET	3	.000
2006	WS	DET	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Fernando Rodney — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	20	0	0	17.1	16	11	19	23	5.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Fernando Rodney — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	NLCS	WAS	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2019	NLDS1	WAS	0	2	1.2	2	0	3	3	0.00
2019	WS	WAS	0	3	2.0	2	2	6	0	9.00
2018	ALWC	OAK	0	1	0.0	2	2	0	0	0.00
2017	NLWC	ARI	0	1	1.0	2	1	0	2	9.00
2015	NLCS	CHN	0	1	1.0	1	2	1	2	18.00
2015	NLDS1	CHN	0	1	0.2	0	0	1	1	0.00
2013	ALDS1	TBA	1	2	1.1	1	2	3	2	13.50
2013	ALWC	TBA	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2006	ALCS	DET	0	3	3.2	1	0	1	4	0.00
2006	WS	DET	0	4	4.0	5	2	4	5	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Fernando Rodney — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	514	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	436	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Fernando Rodney — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	514	521.2	438	186	217	506	3.21
Away	436	408.1	375	206	244	436	4.54

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Fernando Rodney — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2019-09-28	WAS	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	0
2019-09-26	WAS	PHI	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-24	WAS	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2019-09-23	WAS	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-21	WAS	MIA	—	0.1	4	4	4	1	1
2019-09-20	WAS	MIA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2019-09-17	WAS	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2019-09-14	WAS	ATL	—	1.0	3	2	2	2	2
2019-09-12	WAS	MIN	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	2
2019-09-11	WAS	MIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Fernando Rodney — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	951	0	59	103	8	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Fernando Rodney — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2002	DET	P	20	1	1	0	0
2003	DET	P	27	0	3	0	0
2005	DET	P	39	3	3	1	0
2006	DET	P	63	5	9	1	0
2007	DET	P	48	2	12	1	0
2008	DET	P	38	4	2	0	0
2009	DET	P	73	6	10	0	0
2010	LAA	P	72	7	10	0	0
2011	LAA	P	39	2	3	1	1
2012	TBA	P	76	13	13	0	1
2013	TBA	P	68	4	7	2	1
2014	SEA	P	69	3	6	1	0
2015	SEA	P	54	2	4	0	0
2015	CHN	P	14	1	3	0	0
2016	SDN	P	28	0	4	1	0
2016	MIA	P	39	0	3	0	0
2017	ARI	P	61	0	1	0	0
2018	MIN	P	46	3	5	0	1
2018	OAK	P	22	1	1	0	0
2019	OAK	P	17	1	1	0	1
2019	WAS	P	38	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Fernando Rodney Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	951

Awards & Honors

Fernando Rodney — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Comeback Player of the Year
2012	This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Fernando Rodney's recorded salaries total $37,257,500 over 13 seasons, 2004 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rodney's career ran from 2002 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2002 and 2003.

Fernando Rodney — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SDN	NL	$1,600,000
2015	SEA	AL	$7,000,000
2014	SEA	AL	$7,000,000
2013	TBA	AL	$2,500,000
2012	TBA	AL	$1,750,000
2011	LAA	AL	$5,500,000
2010	LAA	AL	$5,500,000
2009	DET	AL	$2,700,000
2008	DET	AL	$1,700,000
2007	DET	AL	$1,000,000
2006	DET	AL	$385,000
2005	DET	AL	$318,500
2004	DET	AL	$304,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$37,257,500

Award Voting History

Fernando Rodney — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2012	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	38.0	196	1
2012	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	24.0	392	0

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Fernando Rodney: the record in brief

The profile opens with Fernando Rodney's first major league game on May 4, 2002; the last one listed came on September 28, 2019. The team column moves through the Detroit Tigers (2002 to 2009), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2010 to 2011), the Tampa Bay Rays (2012 through 2013), the Seattle Mariners (2014 to 2015), the Chicago Cubs (2015), the San Diego Padres (2016), the Miami Marlins (2016), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017), with further stops in the season rows. At 5 feet, 11 inches and 240 pounds, Rodney is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Rodney threw and hit right-handed. Rodney was born on March 18, 1977, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

Rodney's career pitching line is 48 wins, 71 losses and a 3.80 ERA over 951 appearances. Rodney had 943 strikeouts and 327 saves. That 3.80 ERA compares with a 4.20 league average across the same seasons, 9.5% better. The best win total was 7, in 2006.

Frequently Asked Questions about Fernando Rodney

What years did Fernando Rodney play?: Fernando Rodney played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2019.
Was Fernando Rodney a pitcher?: Yes. Fernando Rodney pitched in the major leagues, recording 48 wins and 943 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Fernando Rodney hit?: Fernando Rodney hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Fernando Rodney play for?: Fernando Rodney played for 11 teams: the Detroit Tigers (2002–2003, 2005–2009), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2010–2011), the Tampa Bay Rays (2012–2013), the Seattle Mariners (2014–2015), the Chicago Cubs (2015), the San Diego Padres (2016), the Miami Marlins (2016), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2017), the Minnesota Twins (2018), the Oakland Athletics (2018–2019), and the Washington Nationals (2019).
Did Fernando Rodney win a Cy Young Award?: No. Fernando Rodney did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Fernando Rodney win?: Fernando Rodney was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Fernando Rodney's career stats?: In 951 games, Fernando Rodney went 48-71 with a 3.80 ERA, 943 strikeouts, 933.0 innings pitched, and 327 saves.
How much did Fernando Rodney earn in his career?: Fernando Rodney's recorded salaries total $37,257,500 over 13 seasons, 2004 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rodney's career ran from 2002 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2002 and 2003.
What was Fernando Rodney's salary?: Fernando Rodney's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $304,000, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2004 to 2016.
What position did Fernando Rodney play?: Fernando Rodney played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Fernando Rodney and how much did he weigh?: Fernando Rodney was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 240 pounds.
What was Fernando Rodney's career ERA?: Fernando Rodney finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 48-71 with 943 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Fernando Rodney have?: Fernando Rodney recorded 943 career strikeouts.
Is Fernando Rodney in the Hall of Fame?: No. Fernando Rodney has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.