Rocky Colavito

Full Name: Rocco Domenico Colavito	Primary Position: OF,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: September 10, 1955
Birthdate: August 10, 1933	Final Game: September 28, 1968
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Rocky Colavito (Rocco Domenico Colavito) was born on August 10, 1933 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1955 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 21 home runs and 65 RBI. Colavito played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Rocky Colavito's best season was 1961, when he slugged 45 home runs, hit for a .290 average and knocked in 140 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	CLE	A	5	9	3	4	0	0	.444	.444	.667	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1956	CLE	A	101	322	55	89	21	65	.276	.372	.531	11	4	49	46	2	4	0	0	4
1957	CLE	A	134	461	66	116	25	84	.252	.348	.471	26	0	71	80	1	4	1	0	12
1958	CLE	A	143	489	80	148	41	113	.303	.405	.620	26	3	84	89	2	0	0	6	16
1959	CLE	A	154	588	90	151	42	111	.257	.337	.512	24	0	71	86	2	0	3	8	13
1960	DET	A	145	555	67	138	35	87	.249	.317	.474	18	1	53	80	4	1	3	4	17
1961	DET	A	163	583	129	169	45	140	.290	.402	.580	30	2	113	75	2	2	1	2	14
1962	DET	A	161	601	90	164	37	112	.273	.371	.514	30	2	96	68	2	1	2	7	18
1963	DET	A	160	597	91	162	22	91	.271	.358	.437	29	2	84	78	1	2	0	9	18
1964	KC	A	160	588	89	161	34	102	.274	.366	.507	31	2	83	56	5	1	3	4	16
1965	CLE	A	162	592	92	170	26	108	.287	.383	.468	25	2	93	63	3	0	1	11	14
1966	CLE	A	151	533	68	127	30	72	.238	.336	.432	13	0	76	81	3	0	2	4	25
1967	CLE	A	63	191	10	46	5	21	.241	.329	.366	9	0	24	31	1	0	2	0	6
1967	CHI	A	60	190	20	42	3	29	.221	.306	.300	4	1	25	10	0	1	1	2	2
1967	TOT	A	123	381	30	88	8	50	.231	.317	.333	13	1	49	41	1	1	3	2	8
1968	NY	A	39	91	13	20	5	13	.220	.330	.451	2	2	14	17	1	0	0	0	1
1968	LA	N	40	113	8	23	3	11	.204	.295	.310	3	0	15	18	0	0	0	1	6
1968	Total		79	204	21	43	8	24	.211	.311	.373	5	2	29	35	1	0	0	1	7
Total	NL		40	113	8	23	3	11	.204	.295	.310	3	0	15	18	0	0	0	1	6
Total	AL		1801	6390	963	1707	371	1148	.267	.360	.492	280	21	936	862	29	16	19	57	176
Total			1841	6503	971	1730	374	1159	.266	.359	.489	283	21	951	880	29	16	19	58	182

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1955	CLE	A	OF	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	1.000
1956	CLE	A	OF	98	0	0	177	6	6	0	.968
1957	CLE	A	OF	130	125	1126.2	268	12	11	2	.962
1957	CLE	A	RF	130	125	1126.2	266	12	11	2	.962
1958	CLE	A	RF	129	127	1133.2	234	14	5	6	.980
1958	CLE	A	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1958	CLE	A	1B	11	9	78	84	0	4	5	.955
1958	CLE	A	OF	129	127	1134	243	14	5	6	.981
1958	CLE	A	P	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.000
1959	CLE	A	RF	154	154	1381.2	311	7	5	1	.985
1959	CLE	A	OF	154	154	1381.2	319	7	5	1	.985
1960	DET	A	OF	144	143	1300	271	11	7	5	.976
1960	DET	A	RF	144	143	1300	272	9	7	5	.976
1961	DET	A	OF	161	161	1425	329	16	9	4	.975
1961	DET	A	LF	150	144	1266	301	14	8	3	.975
1961	DET	A	RF	20	17	159	30	2	1	1	.970
1962	DET	A	OF	161	161	1434.2	359	10	3	1	.992
1962	DET	A	LF	161	161	1434.2	359	10	3	1	.992
1963	DET	A	LF	141	140	1249.1	281	9	2	0	.993
1963	DET	A	RF	24	19	180	38	1	2	0	.951
1963	DET	A	OF	159	159	1429.1	319	10	4	0	.988
1964	KC	A	RF	157	157	1391.2	277	13	8	1	.973
1964	KC	A	LF	3	2	20	4	0	0	0	1.000
1964	KC	A	OF	159	159	1411.2	275	10	8	1	.973
1965	CLE	A	RF	162	162	1426.1	256	9	0	1	1.000
1965	CLE	A	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	CLE	A	OF	162	162	1428.1	265	9	0	1	1.000
1966	CLE	A	RF	146	145	1277	264	9	5	0	.982
1966	CLE	A	OF	146	145	1277	261	10	5	0	.982
1967	CLE	A	LF	28	20	166.2	27	0	2	0	.931
1967	CLE	A	OF	50	50	417	75	2	3	1	.962
1967	CLE	A	RF	31	30	250.1	51	2	1	1	.981
1967	CHI	A	LF	14	8	76	10	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CHI	A	OF	58	55	461.2	83	2	2	2	.977
1967	CHI	A	RF	51	47	385.2	72	2	2	2	.974
1967	TOT	A	OF	108	105	878.2	158	4	5	3	.970
1967	TOT	A	RF	82	77	636	123	4	3	3	.977
1967	TOT	A	LF	42	28	242.2	37	0	2	0	.949
1968	NY	A	LF	6	4	38	8	1	0	0	1.000
1968	NY	A	OF	27	23	211.1	27	1	2	0	.933
1968	NY	A	P	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	.000
1968	NY	A	RF	21	19	173.1	23	0	2	0	.920
1968	LA	N	RF	13	12	99	17	0	0	0	1.000
1968	LA	N	OF	33	32	264	45	2	0	1	1.000
1968	LA	N	LF	21	20	165	26	2	0	1	1.000
1968	Total		OF	60	55	475.1	72	3	2	1	.974
1968	Total		RF	34	31	272.1	40	0	2	0	.952
1968	Total		LF	27	24	203	34	3	0	1	1.000
Total			1B	11	9	78	84	0	4	5	.955
Total			P	2	0	5.2	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	526	499	4418	1016	36	15	5	.986
Total			RF	1182	1157	10284.1	2111	80	49	20	.978
Total			OF	1773	1656	14702.1	3323	123	70	26	.980

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	W	ERA	K	IP	H	BB
1958	CLE	A	1	0	.00	1	3	0	3
1968	NY	A	1	1	.00	1	2.2	1	2
Total			2	1	.00	2	5.2	1	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1951).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Harvey Kuenn (April 17, 1960).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Anderson and $50000 to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Jerry Lumpe, Ed Rakow and Dave Wickersham (November 18, 1963).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians as part of 3-team trade in which Chicago White Sox sent Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City Athletics; Cleveland Indians sent Tommy John, Tommie Agee and John Romano to Chicago White Sox; Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to Cleveland Indians (January 20, 1965); and Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot to Kansas City Athletics (February 10, 1965).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jim King and a player to be named later (July 29, 1967); Cleveland Indians received Marv Staehle (October 26, 1967).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Los Angeles Dodgers (March 26, 1968).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 11, 1968).
Signed by New York Yankees (July 15, 1968).
Released by New York Yankees (September 30, 1968).