Maels Rodríguez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Corrales.

Maels Rodríguez
Pitcher
Born: (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 Báez, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Medals Men's baseball Representing Cuba Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Baseball World Cup 2001 Taipei Team 2003 Havana Team Intercontinental Cup 2002 Havana Team Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team

Maels Rodríguez Corrales (born 15 October 1979) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic silver medalist. He set the Cuban National Series record for strikeouts in one season after he struck out 263 players in just 178.1 innings of play during the 2000–2001 Cuban National Series season. In that season he won 15 games while also leading in walks granted with 76. He led the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus to the playoffs that year and was eventually awarded the Cuban National Series Most Valuable Player Award, the second player from that team to ever win the award.

In six seasons of play in Cuba he went 65-45, having 1,148 strikeouts in 938 innings of work while having a 2.29 ERA. He allowed a batting average of .177. He attempted to defect from Cuba to play in Major League Baseball, but a subsequent arm injury derailed his chances. He was the second pitcher in Cuban player history to throw 100 mph or more and his mark of 100.5 mph; Aroldis Chapman is the only pitcher with a higher mark, having thrown 101.2 miles per hour.

External links

• Cuban Baseball Career statistics