Rocky Coppinger
[edit] Biography
Born on March 19, 1974 in El Paso, Texas, Rocky Coppinger (John Thomas Coppinger) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 5 year career. Coppinger broke into the bigs on June 11, 1996 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 5.18 ERA in 125 innings pitched in 1996, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rocky Coppinger's best season was 1996, when he won 10 games and struck out 104 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1996
| BAL
| A
| 23
| 22
| 10
| 6
| 5.18
| 104
| 76
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 126
| 25
| 60
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| 1997
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 6.30
| 22
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 21
| 2
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1998
| BAL
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5.17
| 13
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.2
| 16
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 29
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 3.68
| 39
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 36.2
| 35
| 5
| 23
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 8.31
| 17
| 21
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.2
| 25
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| Total
|
| 40
| 2
| 5
| 4
| 5.40
| 56
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 58.1
| 60
| 13
| 42
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 2001
| MIL
| N
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 6.75
| 15
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.2
| 24
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 37
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 4.85
| 54
| 33
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 59.1
| 59
| 10
| 38
| 3
| 4
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 45
| 29
| 11
| 8
| 5.68
| 156
| 120
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 182.1
| 188
| 38
| 102
| 3
| 5
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 82
| 32
| 17
| 11
| 5.47
| 210
| 153
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 241.2
| 247
| 48
| 140
| 6
| 9
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1996
| BAL
| A
| P
| 23
| 22
| 125
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| BAL
| A
| P
| 5
| 4
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| BAL
| A
| P
| 6
| 1
| 15.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 36.2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| .667
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| P
| 11
| 2
| 21.2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| Total
|
| P
| 40
| 2
| 58.1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 2001
| MIL
| N
| P
| 8
| 3
| 22.2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 82
| 32
| 241.2
| 14
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 44
| 9
| 1
| .926
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1996
| BAL
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| BAL
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| Total
|
| 40
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| MIL
| N
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 37
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 45
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 82
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed May 25, 1994).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for a player to be named later (July 16, 1999); Baltimore Orioles received Alberto Reyes (July 21, 1999).
- Granted free agency (October 27, 2000).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (October 30, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (November 7, 2001).
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