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Rocky Coppinger
John Thomas Coppinger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 245 lb.

Debut June 11, 1996
  vs. DET 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, W
Final Game October 4, 2001
Born March 19, 1974 in ElPaso, TX

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 19th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed May 25, 1994. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1996 22 BAL AL  10   6  23  22   0   0   1  0  125.0  126   76   72  25   60  104   2   4   548   1   0  5.18  4.95   95 1.488 RoY-4
 1997 23 BAL AL   1   1   5   4   0   0   1  0   20.0   21   14   14   2   16   22   1   1    95   1   0  6.30  4.39   70 1.850
 1998 24 BAL AL   0   0   6   1   0   0   3  0   15.7   16    9    9   3    7   13   0   0    72   1   0  5.17  4.52   87 1.468
 1999 25 TOT      5   4  40   2   0   0  17  0   58.3   60   37   35  13   42   56   0   2   269   3   0  5.40  4.58   85 1.749
         BAL AL   0   1  11   2   0   0   7  0   21.7   25   21   20   8   19   17   0   0   105   0   0  8.31  4.68   56 2.031
         MIL NL   5   3  29   0   0   0  10  0   36.7   35   16   15   5   23   39   0   2   164   3   0  3.68  4.52  123 1.582
 2001 27 MIL NL   1   0   8   3   0   0   2  0   22.7   24   17   17   5   15   15   1   2   104   0   0  6.75  4.32   64 1.721
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .607  17  11  82  32   0   0  24  0  241.7  247  153  147  48  140  210   4   9  1088   6   0  5.47  4.73   86 1.601
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   6  48  19   0   0  14  0  144.0  147   91   87  28   83  125   2   5   648   3   0  5.47  4.73   86 1.601
 Career High     10   6  40  22   0   0  17  0  125.0  126   76   72  25   60  104   2   4   548   3   0  5.18  4.95   95 1.488

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 25 TOT     31    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   72    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  424    1   0   0   0   0   0
         MIL NL  29    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 27 MIL NL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       73    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -35    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         18    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   7  .125  .125  .125  -35    2   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     31    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2                           1   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 25 TOT       3    2    1  13.4   113| .333  .273| .333  .347| .333  .439| .666  .786|  72  .843  -0.1  -0.1   0%
         BAL AL    1    0    1         110|1.000  .270|1.000  .342|1.000  .432|2.000  .774| 424         0.5   0.0   0%
         MIL NL    2    2    0   0.0   115| .000  .274| .000  .350| .000  .442| .000  .792|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2001 27 MIL NL    6    6    0   0.0   110| .000  .266| .000  .337| .000  .436| .000  .773|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         9    8    1   3.3   111| .125  .269| .125  .341| .125  .437| .250  .778| -35  .313  -1.6  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 22 BAL AL P 23 6 8 0 1 1.000 .959 0.61 0.52 1.01 1.77 22 125.0 1997 23 BAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.48 0.90 1.71 4 20.0 1998 24 BAL AL P 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.50 0.57 1.78 1 15.7 1999 25 TOT P 40 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 0.15 0.48 0.92 1.71 2 58.4 BAL AL P 11 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.47 1.66 1.70 2 21.7 MIL NL P 29 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.07 0.48 0.49 1.72 0 36.7 2001 27 MIL NL P 8 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 0.25 0.46 0.79 1.74 3 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 22 BAL AL P 23 6 8 0 1 1.000 .959 0.61 0.52 1.01 1.77 22 125.0 1997 23 BAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.48 0.90 1.71 4 20.0 1998 24 BAL AL P 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.50 0.57 1.78 1 15.7 1999 25 TOT P 40 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 0.15 0.48 0.92 1.71 2 58.4 BAL AL P 11 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.47 1.66 1.70 2 21.7 MIL NL P 29 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.07 0.48 0.49 1.72 0 36.7 2001 27 MIL NL P 8 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 0.25 0.46 0.79 1.74 3 22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 82 14 11 2 2 .926 .958 0.30 0.49 0.93 1.75 32 241.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 82 14 11 2 2 .926 .958 0.30 0.49 0.93 1.75 32 242
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1996   ALCS  BAL NYY     L   1   1   8.44  0  1  0  0   5.1   6   5   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   ALCS  BAL NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1996 AL-.625-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 19th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed May 25, 1994.

July 16, 1999: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Al Reyes (July 21, 1999) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

October 27, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

October 30, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

November 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1996Baltimore Orioles$109,000
1997Baltimore Orioles$185,000
2000Milwaukee Brewers$201,500
Career (may be incomplete)$495,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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