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Jim Rooker

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Full Name: James Phillip Rooker Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195 First Game: June 30, 1968
Birthdate: September 23, 1942 Final Game: May 2, 1980
Birthplace: Lakeview, Oregon MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, Oregon, Jim Rooker (James Phillip Rooker) played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 13 year career. Rooker broke into the bigs on June 30, 1968 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 158.1 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Rooker's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1974, when he posted a 2.78 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 139 batters. However, others believe that it was 1973, when he posted a 2.85 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 122 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1968 DET A 2 0 0 0 3.86 4 2 2 0 0 0 4.2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1969 KC A 28 22 4 16 3.75 108 80 66 8 1 0 158.1 136 13 73 3 5 1
1970 KC A 38 29 10 15 3.54 117 99 80 6 3 1 203.2 190 11 102 4 3 1
1971 KC A 20 7 2 7 5.33 31 35 32 1 1 0 54 59 2 24 1 4 1
1972 KC A 18 10 5 6 4.38 44 37 35 4 2 0 72 78 3 24 0 3 1
1973 PIT N 41 18 10 6 2.85 122 59 54 6 3 5 170.1 143 12 52 10 4 2
1974 PIT N 33 33 15 11 2.78 139 93 81 15 1 0 262.2 228 11 83 6 9 4
1975 PIT N 28 28 13 11 2.97 102 80 65 7 1 0 196.2 177 16 76 13 5 3
1976 PIT N 30 29 15 8 3.35 92 83 74 10 1 1 198.2 201 12 72 5 7 2
1977 PIT N 30 30 14 9 3.08 89 87 70 7 2 0 204.1 196 24 64 4 8 0
1978 PIT N 28 28 9 11 4.24 76 94 77 1 0 0 163.1 160 13 81 4 1 3
1979 PIT N 19 17 4 7 4.60 44 58 53 1 0 0 103.2 106 11 39 5 6 0
1980 PIT N 4 4 2 2 3.50 8 7 7 0 0 0 18 16 0 12 0 0 0
Total NL 213 187 82 65 3.29 672 561 481 47 8 6 1317.2 1227 99 479 47 40 14
Total AL 106 68 21 44 3.93 304 253 215 19 7 1 492.2 467 29 224 8 15 4
Total 319 255 103 109 3.46 976 814 696 66 15 7 1810.1 1694 128 703 55 55 18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 DET A P 2 0 4.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1969 KC A P 28 22 158.1 3 24 4 0 0 2 10 3 2 .871
1970 KC A P 38 29 203.2 6 32 2 4 0 1 5 9 0 .950
1970 KC A LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 KC A OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 KC A P 20 7 54 1 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 .857
1972 KC A P 18 10 72 3 16 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 1.000
1973 PIT N P 41 18 170.1 6 29 2 3 0 0 4 1 1 .946
1974 PIT N P 33 33 262.2 14 45 1 3 0 0 18 16 4 .983
1975 PIT N P 28 28 196.2 10 32 4 1 0 1 10 5 0 .913
1976 PIT N P 30 29 198.2 8 29 2 1 0 3 13 8 2 .949
1977 PIT N P 30 30 204.1 6 27 2 2 0 3 14 10 1 .943
1978 PIT N P 28 28 163.1 14 24 0 5 0 2 12 10 4 1.000
1979 PIT N P 19 17 103.2 8 13 2 1 0 0 6 5 1 .913
1980 PIT N P 4 4 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000
Total P 319 255 1810.1 80 282 20 22 0 14 104 71 17 .948
Total LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 DET A 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 KC A 35 57 7 16 4 8 .281 .305 .544 3 0 1 19 1 0 0 0 2
1970 KC A 41 70 12 14 1 13 .200 .230 .300 4 0 2 35 1 2 0 0 3
1971 KC A 21 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1972 KC A 18 20 1 2 0 2 .100 .095 .100 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
1973 PIT N 42 49 5 12 0 5 .245 .288 .245 0 0 2 24 1 5 0 0 0
1974 PIT N 33 95 8 29 0 8 .305 .337 .400 5 2 5 31 0 5 0 0 1
1975 PIT N 28 63 4 6 0 2 .095 .136 .095 0 0 3 20 0 9 0 0 1
1976 PIT N 33 74 9 16 1 6 .216 .224 .311 2 1 1 31 0 5 0 0 1
1977 PIT N 30 70 4 13 0 5 .186 .230 .200 1 0 4 27 0 1 1 0 2
1978 PIT N 32 56 2 9 0 5 .161 .158 .232 2 1 0 17 0 1 2 0 2
1979 PIT N 19 33 1 4 0 0 .121 .147 .121 0 0 1 13 0 2 0 0 1
1980 PIT N 4 7 1 1 1 2 .143 .143 .571 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 221 447 34 90 2 33 .201 .229 .255 10 4 16 165 1 29 3 0 8
Total AL 117 159 20 32 5 23 .201 .232 .340 7 0 5 64 2 3 0 0 6
Total 338 606 54 122 7 56 .201 .230 .277 17 4 21 229 3 32 3 0 14

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 21, 1960).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees (September 30, 1968).
  • Selected by Kansas City Royals from New York Yankees (6th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Gene Garber (October 25, 1972).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 10, 1980).

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