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Tuffy Rhodes | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | August 21, 1968|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: August 7, 1990, for the Houston Astros | |
NPB: March 30, 1996, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: June 8, 1995, for the Boston Red Sox | |
NPB: November 5, 2009, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .224 |
Home runs | 13 |
Runs batted in | 44 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .286 |
Home runs | 464 |
Runs batted in | 1,269 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Karl Derrick "Tuffy" Rhodes (born August 21, 1968) is a retired American professional baseball player. He played six years in Major League Baseball in the US, and thirteen years in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Rhodes is the all-time NPB home run leader among foreign-born players, and he is 13th overall with 464 home runs in Japan. He hit 55 home runs in 2001, tying the NPB single-season mark set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964.