 In 1992 , Rodríguez started 112 games behind the plate and was the youngest player in the major leagues for the second year in a row . Playing in the Puerto Rico Winter League , he had a .262 batting average playing in 17 games for Mayagüez . In the 1993 season , Rodríguez batted .273 , had 66 runs batted in and hit 10 home runs , ranking fourth , fifth , and fifth on his team respectively . He had a stretch of eight straight hits over two games facing the Kansas City Royals on July 26 and July 28 . He played the final month of the regular season in the Puerto Rican Winter league , where he had a .425 batting average and 14 runs batted in for Mayagüez . Rodríguez was named to the Puerto Rican Winter League all @-@ star team and was also the league Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) . 
