Kenny Rogers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: November 10, 1964 in Savannah, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Plant City HS (Plant City, FL).

High School: Plant City HS (Plant City, FL)

Last Game: September 14, 2008 (Age 43-309d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Kenneth Scott Rogers

Nicknames: The Gambler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.5

219

156

ERA

4.27

762

474

3302.2

1968

WHIP

1.403

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1982	17	-2.9	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
1983	18	-1.7	Rangers	GULF	Rk	TEX	4	1	.800	2.36	3.54	15	6	2	0	0	1	53.1	40	21	14	0	20	0	36	4	0	7		1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	6.1	1.80
1984	19	-2.9	Burlington	MIDW	A	TEX	4	7	.364	3.98	5.05	39	4	16	1	1	3	92.2	87	52	41	9	33	3	93	4	0	8		1.295	8.4	0.9	3.2	9.0	2.82
1985	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	TEX	2	6	.250	3.26	3.69	39	4	13	2	1	4	105.0	79	43	38	3	73	10	105	7	1	8		1.448	6.8	0.3	6.3	9.0	1.44
1985	20	-1.9	Burlington	MIDW	A	TEX	2	5	.286	2.84	3.22	33	4	12	2	1	4	95.0	67	34	30	3	62	9	96	6	1	5		1.358	6.3	0.3	5.9	9.1	1.55
1985	20	-2.5	Daytona Beach	FLOR	A		0	1	.000	7.20	8.10	6	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	12	9	8	0	11	1	9	1	0	3		2.300	10.8	0.0	9.9	8.1	0.82
1986	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	TEX	2	10	.167	7.31	8.19	22	16	2	0	0	0	92.1	114	84	75	13	44	1	69	1	2	5		1.711	11.1	1.3	4.3	6.7	1.57
1986	21	-2.5	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	0	3	.000	9.91	10.25	10	4	2	0	0	0	26.1	39	30	29	4	18	1	23	0	1	3		2.165	13.3	1.4	6.2	7.9	1.28
1986	21	-1.3	Salem	CARL	A	TEX	2	7	.222	6.27	7.36	12	12	0	0	0	0	66.0	75	54	46	9	26	0	46	1	1	2		1.530	10.2	1.2	3.5	6.3	1.77
1987	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	TEX	1	8	.111	5.23	6.70	33	9	9	0	0	2	86.0	97	64	50	6	43	3	73	3	0	16		1.628	10.2	0.6	4.5	7.6	1.70
1987	22	-2.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	1	5	.167	5.35	6.65	28	6	8	0	0	2	69.0	80	51	41	5	35	3	59	2	0	14		1.667	10.4	0.7	4.6	7.7	1.69
1987	22	-0.7	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A	TEX	0	3	.000	4.76	6.88	5	3	1	0	0	0	17.0	17	13	9	1	8	0	14	1	0	2		1.471	9.0	0.5	4.2	7.4	1.75
1988	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	TEX	6	6	.500	3.19	3.87	21	19	1	2	0	1	118.2	95	51	42	7	45	0	102	5	6	4		1.180	7.2	0.5	3.4	7.7	2.27
1988	23	-1.2	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	4	6	.400	4.00	4.64	13	13	0	2	0	0	83.1	73	43	37	6	34	0	76	3	4	3		1.284	7.9	0.6	3.7	8.2	2.24
1988	23	0.4	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A	TEX	2	0	1.000	1.27	2.04	8	6	1	0	0	1	35.1	22	8	5	1	11	0	26	2	2	1		0.934	5.6	0.3	2.8	6.6	2.36
1989	24	-4.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	3	4	.429	2.93	3.42	73	0	24	0	0	2	73.2	60	28	24	2	42	9	63	4	0	6	314	1.385	7.3	0.2	5.1	7.7	1.50
1990	25	-3.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	10	6	.625	3.13	3.69	69	3	46	0	0	15	97.2	93	40	34	6	42	5	74	1	0	5	428	1.382	8.6	0.6	3.9	6.8	1.76
1991	26	-2.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	10	10	.500	5.42	6.57	63	9	20	0	0	5	109.2	121	80	66	14	61	7	73	6	1	3	511	1.660	9.9	1.1	5.0	6.0	1.20
1992	27	-1.9	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	3	6	.333	3.09	3.66	81	0	38	0	0	6	78.2	80	32	27	7	26	8	70	0	1	4	337	1.347	9.2	0.8	3.0	8.0	2.69
1993	28	-0.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	16	10	.615	4.10	4.67	35	33	0	5	0	0	208.1	210	108	95	18	71	2	140	4	5	6	885	1.349	9.1	0.8	3.1	6.0	1.97
1994	29	-0.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	11	8	.579	4.46	5.00	24	24	0	6	2	0	167.1	169	93	83	24	52	1	120	3	1	3	714	1.321	9.1	1.3	2.8	6.5	2.31
1995	30	1.2	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	17	7	.708	3.38	3.76	31	31	0	3	1	0	208.0	192	87	78	26	76	1	140	2	1	8	877	1.288	8.3	1.1	3.3	6.1	1.84
1996	31	2.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	8	.600	4.68	4.88	30	30	0	2	1	0	179.0	179	97	93	16	83	2	92	8	0	5	786	1.464	9.0	0.8	4.2	4.6	1.11
1997	32	3.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	7	.462	5.65	6.21	31	22	4	1	0	0	145.0	161	100	91	18	62	1	78	7	2	2	651	1.538	10.0	1.1	3.8	4.8	1.26
1998	33	3.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	16	8	.667	3.17	3.62	34	34	0	7	1	0	238.2	215	96	84	19	67	0	138	7	2	5	970	1.182	8.1	0.7	2.5	5.2	2.06
1999	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	OAK	10	4	.714	4.19	4.65	31	31	0	5	1	0	195.1	206	101	91	16	69	1	126	13	1	4	845	1.408	9.5	0.7	3.2	5.8	1.83
1999	34	4.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	5	3	.625	4.30	4.98	19	19	0	3	0	0	119.1	135	66	57	8	41	0	68	9	1	3	528	1.475	10.2	0.6	3.1	5.1	1.66
1999	34	5.6	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	1	.833	4.03	4.14	12	12	0	2	1	0	76.0	71	35	34	8	28	1	58	4	0	1	317	1.303	8.4	0.9	3.3	6.9	2.07
2000	35	6.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	13	.500	4.55	4.99	34	34	0	2	0	0	227.1	257	126	115	20	78	2	127	11	1	1	998	1.474	10.2	0.8	3.1	5.0	1.63
2001	36	7.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	7	.417	6.19	6.56	20	20	0	0	0	0	120.2	150	88	83	18	49	2	74	8	1	4	552	1.649	11.2	1.3	3.7	5.5	1.51
2002	37	8.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	8	.619	3.84	4.31	33	33	0	2	1	0	210.2	212	101	90	21	70	1	107	6	1	5	892	1.339	9.1	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.53
2003	38	9.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	13	8	.619	4.57	4.98	33	31	0	0	0	0	195.0	227	108	99	22	50	5	116	11	4	6	851	1.421	10.5	1.0	2.3	5.4	2.32
2004	39	10.0	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	18	9	.667	4.76	4.97	35	35	0	2	1	0	211.2	248	117	112	24	66	0	126	9	1	2	935	1.483	10.5	1.0	2.8	5.4	1.91
2005	40	10.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	14	8	.636	3.46	3.96	30	30	0	1	1	0	195.1	205	86	75	15	53	1	87	8	0	0	828	1.321	9.4	0.7	2.4	4.0	1.64
2006	41	12.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	17	8	.680	3.84	4.28	34	33	1	0	0	0	204.0	195	97	87	23	62	2	99	9	0	5	849	1.260	8.6	1.0	2.7	4.4	1.60
2007	42		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	DET	0	1	.000	1.04	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	3	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	36	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2	3.00
2007	42	15.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	4.9
2007	42	20.3	West Michigan	MIDW	A	DET	0	1	.000	1.80	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	1.800	12.6	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
2007	42	13.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	4	.429	4.43	5.14	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.0	65	36	31	8	25	0	36	1	0	1	275	1.429	9.3	1.1	3.6	5.1	1.44
2008	43	14.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	9	13	.409	5.70	6.12	30	30	0	0	0	0	173.2	212	118	110	22	71	3	82	9	1	4	782	1.630	11.0	1.1	3.7	4.2	1.15
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		219	156	.584	4.27	4.74	762	474	133	36	9	28	3302.2	3457	1739	1568	339	1175	53	1968	127	23	79	14280	1.403	9.4	0.9	3.2	5.4	1.67
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		19	39	.328	4.20	5.11	173	60	43	5	2	11	559.2	522	318	261	38	260	17	488	24	9	49	36	1.397	8.4	0.6	4.2	7.8	1.88
All Levels (27 Seasons)							238	195	.550	4.26	4.79	935	534	176	41	11	39	3862.1	3979	2057	1829	377	1435	70	2456	151	32	128	14316	1.402	9.3	0.9	3.3	5.7	1.71

AAA (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	4.9
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		5	14	.263	5.39	6.25	51	23	10	2	0	2	178.2	192	124	107	15	87	4	158	5	5	20		1.562	9.7	0.8	4.4	8.0	1.82
A (6 seasons)					Minors		10	24	.294	3.93	4.85	104	30	31	3	2	8	321.0	287	173	140	23	153	13	288	15	4	22	23	1.371	8.0	0.6	4.3	8.1	1.88
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.24	3.36	17	6	2	0	0	1	56.1	40	21	14	0	20	0	40	4	0	7		1.065	6.4	0.0	3.2	6.4	2.00