A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, he was selected by Boston in the fifth-round of the 1992 draft out of Pepperdine.

Rodríguez was hired as the 19th head coach of the Baylor University baseball team on June 12, 2015.

[1][4] Then, in 1992, Rodríguez was named one of the West Coast Conference's Top Fifty Athletes of all time.

He also played in the Red Sox, Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos minor league systems from 1992 to 1998, hitting .263 with 16 home runs and 205 RBI in 613 games.

On July 7, 2022, Rodriguez joined the staff of the Texas Longhorns as the team's hitting coach.