Rougned Roberto Odor…owns and rides horses in Maracaibo, Venezuela in the off-season...played amateur baseball in his hometown of Maracaibo, Venezuela… was selected as the all-tournament 2B in the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship…his uncle, Rouglas Odor, played in the Cleveland and Milwaukee organizations and was a Carolina League All-Star in 1990…Rouglas is currently manager for High-A Lynchburg of the Carolina League, and he is in his 31st season as a player or coach in the Cleveland Indians organization.
2017
Ranked among team leaders in HR (2nd, 30), TB (T2nd, 241), GW RBI (T2nd, 10), XBH (3rd, 54), SB (3rd, 15), runs (4th, 79), RBI (5th, 75), and 2B (5th, 21)…with .204/.252/.397/.649 slash line, saw lowest career figures in each of those 4 percentage categories for any of his 4 ML seasons…set career high with 32 BB, 13 more than in 2016... Joined 4 other ML players to appear in each of his team's games in 2017: KC's Alcides Escobar and Eric Hosmer, PHI's Freddy Galvis, and CIN's Joey Votto…became the 10th Ranger to appear in each of team's games in a season, 1st since 2006 (Mark Teixeira and Michael Young)…started 159 games at 2B (157) and DH (2), with nonstarts on 7/2 at CWS, 8/9 at NYM, and 9/28 vs. OAK.
BATTING // Had MLB's 2nd-lowest qualifying batting average at .204 (TOR's Jose Bautista-.203), 2nd-lowest in club history (.199 by Jim Sundberg in 1975), and 4th-lowest figure in MLB history for a player in a 30-HR season…avg. never reached as high as .225 after season's 1st 10 games…his .252 OBP was 2nd-lowest by any ML qualifier since 1995 (.248 by LAA's Vernon Wells in 2011) and the lowest ever for a Texas qualifier (previously .266 by Benji Gil in 1995)…after season-opening 5-G hit streak (.389, 7-18), batted .194 (56-289) next 72 G from 4/9-6/27 to sit at .205…compiled a career-best 10-G hit streak from 6/28-7/8 (.371, 13-35) to rise to .222, and built a .254 (44-173) figure from 6/28- 8/20 to bring season mark to .223 at that point…from 8/21-end of the year, hit .134 (17-127) with 43 SO in final 39 G to finish at .204.
NOTES // Played 6 G for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, batting .263 (5-19) with 2 HR, a 2B, and 4 RBI… drove in all 4 Rangers' runs on 9/14 vs. SEA (SF, 3-R HR), 1st time Rangers with all of team's 4+ RBI in a game since 9/28/15 vs. DET (Prince Fielder had all 4 RBI in a 7-4 loss)…batted .188 (26-138) with RISP, 7th-lowest among A.L. qualifiers (min. 100 PA's) and lowest in MLB among 44 players with as many AB with RISP in 2017…had 241 players left on base, 3rd-most in MLB (304-Adam Duvall, 277-Albert Pujols)…his career-high 162 SO were T12thmost in the A.L.
2016
Continued to establish himself as one of the game's premier young players, posting career highs in nearly every category while batting .271 (164-605) with 33 HR and 88 RBI over 150 games in his 1st full ML season…joined Juan Gonzalez (43/109 in 1992) as the only players in club history with 33+ HR and 88+ RBI in an age 22-or-younger season…over the last 4 seasons (2013-16), the only other ML players with such a season were Bryce Harper (42/99 in 2015) and Mike Trout (36/111 in 2014)…led Texas in HR and 2B (33)…T12th in A.L. with 70 XBH, T13th with 304 total bases…5th-hardest in league to double up (100.8 AB/GIDP)…2nd player in MLB history with fewer than 20 walks in a 30-HR season (also Andres Galarraga - 31 HR/19 BB for 1994 Rockies).
2015
Club's Opening Day second baseman batted .261 (111- 426) with 21 doubles, nine triples, 16 HR, and 61 RBI in 120 games, surpassing his 2014 rookie totals in every significant offensive category…was optioned to Class AAA Round Rock after just 29 games, but reclaimed the second base job upon his return on June 15 and posted the sixth-highest OPS (.781) among all second basemen last season…had two stints with the Rangers: Opening Day- May10 and June 15-end of season.
2014
Was purchased from Frisco (AA) on May 8 and went on to start 106 games at 2B and one as the DH the rest of the season as the majors' youngest player...was selected as the Rangers Rookie of the Year...tied for 8th in the A.L. in triples (7), matching the 2nd most on the club, and placed 3rd on Rangers in RBI (48)...ranked among the A.L. rookie leaders in triples (T2nd), RBI (4th), hits (6th, 100) and multi-hit games (6th, 23)...was just the 2nd Texas rookie ever with 7 or more 2B (14), 3B (7), and HR (9) in a season, joining Ruben Sierra in 1986.
2013
Named organization's Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year after combining to hit a career-best .305 (156-511) with 41 doubles, 6 triples, 11 HR, and 78 RBI in 130 games with Myrtle Beach (High-A) and Frisco (AA)…the .305 figure was highest among all full season Texas farmhands…finished T3rd among all minor league players with 41 doubles…ranked in both the Carolina League (3rd) and Texas League (4th) seasonending prospect lists by Baseball America.
2012
Spent entire campaign with Hickory as the youngest regular in the South Atlantic League..tabbed the 20th-best prospect and the top defensive second baseman in the SAL by Baseball America..…appeared in 85 games at second and 15 contests at shortstop…named the SAL Player of the Week for May 21-27, batting .364 (8-22) with 5 doubles, a home run, 4 RBI, and 7 runs over 7 games…..compiled a 26-game onbase streak from April 28-May 30, batting .327 (33-101) with 9 walks…..batted .293 (56-191) with 14 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs, and 29 RBI over 49 games prior to the All-Star break, .232 (56-241) over 60 games in the second half…..selected as the organization's Defender of the Month for July.
2011
Assigned to Spokane in Northwest League after signing, a circuit usually reserved for college draftees…named the 7th-best prospect in the NWL by Baseball America…recorded the most putouts by any second baseman in the circuit and ranked 2nd on club in steals (10)…batted .304 (55-181) over first 43 games and .109 (6-55) over final 15 contests…hit first career grand slam on July 17 at Everett.
