Tuffy Rhodes

Biography

Karl Derrick "Tuffy" Rhodes (born August 21, 1968) is an American former professional baseball player. He played six years in Major League Baseball and 13 years in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Rhodes is the all-time NPB home run leader among foreign-born players, and is 14th overall with 464 home runs in Japan. He hit 55 home runs in 2001, tying the then NPB single-season record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964. Rhodes holds the NPB record for most career ejections with 14, surpassing previous record holder Masaichi Kaneda who had eight.

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