Rudy Pemberton

{{Short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rudy Pemberton

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1969|12|17}}

|birth_place=San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 26

|debutyear=1995

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 2

|finalyear=1997

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=July 15

|debut2year=1997

|debut2team=Seibu Lions

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=October 26

|final2year=1998

|final2team=Seibu Lions

|debut3league = KBO

|debut3date=June 8

|debut3year=2002

|debut3team=Kia Tigers

|final3league = KBO

|final3date=November 1

|final3year=2002

|final3team=Kia Tigers

|debut4league = CPBL

|debut4date=April 29

|debut4year=2006

|debut4team=Macoto Cobras

|final4league = CPBL

|final4date=May 28

|final4year=2006

|final4team=Macoto Cobras

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.336

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=23

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.227

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=6

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=20

|stat3league = KBO

|stat31label=Batting average

|stat31value=.255

|stat32label=Home runs

|stat32value=11

|stat33label=Runs batted in

|stat33value=48

|stat4league = CPBL

|stat41label=Batting average

|stat41value=.269

|stat42label=Home runs

|stat42value=4

|stat43label=Runs batted in

|stat43value=13

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1995}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
• Seibu Lions ({{npby|1997}}–{{npby|1998}})
• Kia Tigers ({{by|2002}})
• Macoto Cobras ({{by|2006}})

}}

{{family name hatnote|Pemberton|Pérez|lang=Spanish}}

Rudy Héctor Pemberton Pérez (born December 17, 1969) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, from {{mlby|1995}} through {{mlby|1997}}, for the Detroit Tigers (1995) and Boston Red Sox (1996–1997), playing mainly as a right fielder. He also played for the Seibu Lions in Japan at the end of 1997 and in {{Baseball year|1998}}, and for the Kia Tigers in Korea in {{baseball year|2002}}. Listed at 6' 1", 185 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.

Pemberton spent six years in the Tigers minor league system before joining the big team in 1995, hitting for a .300 batting average (9-for-30) in 12 games. He entered the baseball record books with the 1996 Red Sox, after recording 21 hits in 41 at-bats for a .512 batting average, to collect the highest batting average for any player who had 30 or more at-bats in a major league season.

In a three-season career, Pemberton was a .336 hitter (45-for-134) with three home runs and 23 RBI in 52 games, including 22 runs, 13 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases.

Following his major league career, Pemberton played with the Oklahoma City 89ers (1996), Pawtucket Red Sox (1996), Birmingham Barons (1999) and Memphis Redbirds (1999), being named the Triple-A All-Star outfielder during the 1996 season. He also played in the Mexican League in 2000–03 and 2005. In 11 minor league seasons he hit .336 with 113 home runs with 509 RBI in 930 games.