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- Andre_Rodgers abstract "Kenneth Andre Ian Rodgers (December 2, 1934 – December 13, 2004) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the New York and San Francisco Giants (1957–60), Chicago Cubs (1961–64) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1965–67). He also played one season in Japan for the Taiyo Whales (1969). He batted and threw right-handed.A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Rodgers was the first Bahamian to play in the major leagues. He was a talented cricket player who paid his own way for a tryout with the Giants in 1954. Rodgers failed to make the team that year. He had to learn the rules of baseball, not to jump away from curveballs, and consequently, he adjusted and made his debut in 1957. Rodgers was a part of the Giants roster until October 1960 when he was traded to the Milwaukee Braves for Alvin Dark, who ultimately became the San Francisco manager at the time.Before the 1961 season started, the Braves traded Rodgers to the Cubs. In 1962, he became the regular Cubs shortstop when Ernie Banks moved to first base. In that season, Rodgers, second baseman Ken Hubbs and Banks set a league record for double plays. After four productive seasons for the Cubs, Rodgers was traded to the Pirates.In an 11-year career, Rodgers compiled a .249 batting average with 45 home runs and 245 RBI in 854 games. But even more important than the success he accomplished in his career was the fact that he opened the door for countrymen to follow such as Ed Armbrister, Tony Curry, Wenty Ford and Wil Culmer. Indeed, in the immediate years following his success, baseball began to emerge as the most popular sport in Bahamas, and in the 1960s had become even more popular than cricket.Andre Rodgers died in Nassau, Bahamas at age of 70.".
- Andre_Rodgers birthDate "1934-12-02".
- Andre_Rodgers birthPlace Nassau,_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers deathDate "2004-12-13".
- Andre_Rodgers deathPlace Nassau,_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers debutTeam History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(NL).
- Andre_Rodgers position Shortstop.
- Andre_Rodgers thumbnail Andre_Rodgers_1964.jpg?width=300.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageLength "3384".
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageRevisionID "704052396".
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Category:1934_births.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Category:2004_deaths.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bahamian_baseball_players.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Category:Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Category:Taiyō_Whales_players.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Cricket.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Curveball.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Double_play.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Ed_Armbrister.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Ernie_Banks.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink First_baseman.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(NL).
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Ken_Hubbs.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink List_of_countries_with_their_first_Major_League_Baseball_player.
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- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Second_baseman.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Shortstop.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Tony_Curry.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Wenty_Ford.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Wil_Culmer.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLink Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars.
- Andre_Rodgers wikiPageWikiLinkText "Andre Rodgers".
- Andre_Rodgers bats "Right".
- Andre_Rodgers birthDate "1934-12-02".
- Andre_Rodgers birthPlace Nassau,_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers caption "Rodgers in 1964".
- Andre_Rodgers deathDate "2004-12-13".
- Andre_Rodgers deathPlace Nassau,_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers debutdate "--04-16".
- Andre_Rodgers debutleague "MLB".
- Andre_Rodgers debutteam "New York Giants".
- Andre_Rodgers debutyear "1957".
- Andre_Rodgers finaldate "--09-30".
- Andre_Rodgers finalleague "MLB".
- Andre_Rodgers finalteam "Pittsburgh Pirates".
- Andre_Rodgers finalyear "1967".
- Andre_Rodgers name "Andre Rodgers".
- Andre_Rodgers position Shortstop.
- Andre_Rodgers stat1label Batting_average.
- Andre_Rodgers stat1value "0.249".
- Andre_Rodgers stat2label "Home runs".
- Andre_Rodgers stat2value "45".
- Andre_Rodgers stat3label Run_batted_in.
- Andre_Rodgers stat3value "245".
- Andre_Rodgers statleague "MLB".
- Andre_Rodgers teams "*New York Giants *San Francisco Giants *Chicago Cubs *Pittsburgh Pirates *Taiyo Whales".
- Andre_Rodgers throws "Right".
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- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:1934_births.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:2004_deaths.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Bahamian_baseball_players.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Chicago_Cubs_players.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Major_League_Baseball_players_from_the_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Major_League_Baseball_shortstops.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:New_York_Giants_(NL)_players.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:People_from_Nassau,_Bahamas.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Pittsburgh_Pirates_players.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:San_Francisco_Giants_players.
- Andre_Rodgers subject Category:Taiyō_Whales_players.
- Andre_Rodgers hypernym Shortstop.
- Andre_Rodgers type Agent.
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- Andre_Rodgers type BaseballPlayer.
- Andre_Rodgers type Person.
- Andre_Rodgers type Person.
- Andre_Rodgers type Agent.
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