In many of those years they sent a single player on to the pros. In others, they sent more. But the 1990 San Mateo season is in a class all its own.
After the 1990 San Mateo season, a total of six Bulldogs advanced to the pros, the most of any year on the college list. Among those six was Armando Rodriguez.
Rodriguez went on from San Mateo to the Braves organization. His pro career, though, was brief. He played just two seasons.
Rodriguez' career began that year in 1990, taken by the Braves in the eighth round of the draft out of San Mateo. He played his high school ball at Burlingame High in California. His name has also been spelled Armondo Rodriguez.
Rodriguez started with the Braves at rookie Pulaski. He got into 46 games mostly in the outfield. He hit .277 with two home runs and 19 RBI.
He moved to rookie Idaho Falls for 1991. He got into 36 games there and hit .294. He also hit three home runs and had 16 RBI. It was his final season as a pro.
- CollegeofSanMateo.edu: CSM Pros
Players/Coaches Featured: 2,092
Made the Majors: 910-43.5%
Never Made Majors:1,182-56.5%-X
5+ Seasons in the Majors: 387
10+ Seasons in the Minors:224
Note the name Niccole on the bat knob. Perhaps his daughter?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wondered about that, too. I even looked at the rest of the roster and the one from the year before, just to see if that was somebody else's last name. None matched.
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