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Rocky Colavito

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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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Contents

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

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

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1958 CLE A 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0
1968 NY A 1 0 1 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 2 0 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 .00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1 0 5 0 0 0

[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).

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