Career
He played 23 seasons in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (Bachelor of science in nursing ) tournament. Many people consider either him, José Ortíz, Raymond Dalmau, Georgie Torres or Mario Morales to be the greatest basketball player in Puerto Rico"s national tournament"s history. He was one of only five players (Morales, Dalmau, Georgie Torres and Mario Butler being the other four) to reach 10,000 or more points during his Bachelor of science in nursing career, and for a long time, was the second best scorer ever behind Dalmau.
Rodríguez spent his whole career with the team Vaqueros de Bayamon of Bayamón.
He also garnered the Most Valuable Player award in 1979, and, once the three-point shot was established for the first time in the Puerto Rican tournament during the 1980 season, he started making shots from behind the three-point line too. He retired in 1991. He tried several times to coach a basketball team in the Puerto Rico League, Bachelor of science in nursing , but without success.
His most recent attempt was on Bayamón team in 2002, when started the season with 0-5, being fired. He"s now a basketball analyst for several radio shows along the island.