Eduardo Rodríguez

Eduardo Rodríguez Reyes [Volanta] (March 6, 1952 – March 6, 2009) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from through for the Milwaukee Brewers (1973–78) and Kansas City Royals, mostly as a relief pitcher. He also pitched in the Puerto Rico Baseball League for the Criollos de Caguas and Indios de Mayagüez. Listed at and , Rodríguez batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.

In a seven-season career, Rodríguez posted a 42–36 record with a 3.89 ERA and 32 saves in 264 appearances, including 39 starts, one shutout and seven complete games, giving up 317 earned runs on 681 hits and 323 walks while striking out 430 in 734 innings of work. As a hitter, Rodríguez belted a triple (and scored on an error) in his first and only major league at bat, joining Don Bennett (1930), Chuck Lindstrom (1958), Scott Munninghoff (1980), and Eric Cammack (2000) as the only players to accomplish this feat in major league history. He is also, along with the players mentioned before, tied for first in career slugging percentage (minimum 1 career plate appearance) at 3.000.

Rodríguez died at his Barceloneta home of a heart attack on his 57th birthday.