Mickey Rocco
[edit] Biography
Mickey Rocco (Michael Dominick Rocco) was born on March 2, 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He made his Major League debut on June 5, 1943 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 5 home runs and 46 RBI. Rocco played for the Cleveland Indians for his entire 4 year career.
Most people believe that Mickey Rocco's best season was 1944, when he knocked in 70 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 108
| 405
| 43
| 97
| 5
| 46
| .240
| .328
| .331
| 14
| 4
| 51
| 40
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 155
| 653
| 87
| 174
| 13
| 70
| .266
| .325
| .392
| 29
| 7
| 56
| 51
| 1
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 11
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 143
| 565
| 81
| 149
| 10
| 56
| .264
| .326
| .388
| 28
| 6
| 52
| 40
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 12
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 98
| 8
| 24
| 2
| 14
| .245
| .345
| .327
| 2
| 0
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 440
| 1721
| 219
| 444
| 30
| 186
| .258
| .327
| .372
| 73
| 17
| 174
| 146
| 3
| 36
| 6
| 0
| 32
|
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| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 1012
| 61
| 5
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 155
| 0
| 0
| 1467
| 138
| 11
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 1203
| 115
| 10
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 28
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 431
| 0
| 0
| 3883
| 342
| 27
| 399
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Nashville (Southern Association) with Bob Boken and cash to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Les Fleming (December, 1940).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with cash to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Heinz Becker (June 26, 1946).
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