Tuffy Rhodes

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Tuffy Rhodes
Outfielder
Born: (1968-08-21) August 21, 1968 (age 55) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Professional debut
MLB: August 7, 1990, for the Houston Astros
NPB: March 30, 1996, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last appearance
MLB: June 8, 1995, for the Boston Red Sox
NPB: November 5, 2009, for the Orix Buffaloes
MLB statistics
Batting average	.224
Home runs	13
Runs batted in	44
NPB statistics
Batting average	.286
Home runs	464
Runs batted in	1,269
Teams
Houston Astros (1990–1993) Chicago Cubs (1993–1995) Boston Red Sox (1995) Kintetsu / Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1996–2003) Yomiuri Giants (2004–2005) Orix Buffaloes (2007–2009)
Career highlights and awards
10× NPB All-Star (1997–2004, 2007, 2008) Pacific League MVP (2001) 7× Best Nine Award (1997, 1999, 2001–2004, 2008) 4× NPB home run leader (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004) 3× NPB RBI leader (1999, 2002, 2008)

Karl Derrick "Tuffy" Rhodes (born August 21, 1968) is a retired American professional baseball player. He played six years in Major League Baseball in the US, and thirteen years in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Rhodes is the all-time NPB home run leader among foreign-born players, and he is 13th overall with 464 home runs in Japan. He hit 55 home runs in 2001, tying the NPB single-season mark set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964.