 Before the 2004 season Rodríguez signed a 4 @-@ year , $ 40 million contract with the Detroit Tigers . In 2004 , he was selected to the MLB All @-@ Star Game for the 11th time in his career and for his 10th time as a starting player , joining Johnny Bench and Mike Piazza as the only Major League Baseball catchers to start an All @-@ Star game 10 times or more in their career . During the month of June , he batted .500 and was named the American League Player of the Month . He also won his 11th consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award , making him the first player on the Detroit Tigers to win the award since Gary Pettis won it in 1989 . He won his seventh career Silver Slugger Award , tied with Víctor Martínez of the Cleveland Indians . He was fourth in the American League in batting average and fourth among all Major League Baseball catchers . On October 1 , he recorded his 1,000th career RBI in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays . 
