Rod Booker

Roderick Stewart Booker

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1987
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1987-1991

Final Game: July 14, 1991
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1980	21	MIN-min	A	69	287	242	45	68	5	4	0	26	9	4	37	35	.281	.381	.335	.716		81		4	1	3			VIS · CALL
1981	22	MIN-min	AA	111	394	331	56	85	8	3	0	33	10	7	58	44	.257	.367	.299	.666		99		1	2	2	1		ORL · SOUL
1982	23	MIN-min	AAA	104	335	292	38	73	8	1	0	19	5	6	31	36	.250	.323	.284	.607		83		2	7	3	2		TOL · IL
1983	24	STL-min	AA	127	528	469	75	128	15	3	3	60	20	12	47	46	.273	.339	.337	.676		158		2	6	4	2		ARK · TL
1984	25	STL-min	AA,AAA	115	455	394	29	90	7	4	0	36	11	10	46	41	.228	.310	.266	.576		105		1	13	1	2		ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1985	26	STL-min	AA	129	534	466	59	123	18	3	1	47	13	7	55	43	.264	.340	.322	.662		150		1	8	4	4		ARK · TL
1986	27	STL-min	AAA,AA	114	483	440	71	129	18	7	1	50	26	11	39	44	.293	.349	.373	.722		164		0	2	2	2		LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1987	28	STL-min	AAA	34	157	135	25	47	3	1	1	21	5	7	20	24	.348	.429	.407	.837		55		0	1	1	0		LOU · AA
1987	28	STL	NL	44	56	47	9	13	1	1	0	8	2	0	7	7	.277	.370	.340	.711	89	16	0	0	2	0	1	4/56
1988	29	STL-min	AAA	111	419	370	50	96	12	1	4	31	15	7	45	44	.259	.338	.330	.668		122		0	2	2	3		LOU · AA
1988	29	STL	NL	18	39	35	6	12	3	0	0	3	2	2	4	3	.343	.410	.429	.839	141	15	0	0	0	0	0	5/4
1989	30	STL-min	AAA	94	320	276	37	64	9	2	2	30	9	1	38	39	.232	.324	.301	.625		83		0	5	1	0		LOU · AA
1989	30	STL	NL	10	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	/45
1990	31	PHI	NL	73	148	131	19	29	5	2	0	10	3	1	15	26	.221	.301	.290	.591	65	38	7	0	2	0	7	645
1991	32	PHI	NL	28	56	53	3	12	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	7	.226	.236	.245	.482	37	13	1	0	1	1	1	6/5
1992	33	HOU-min	AAA	92	334	283	37	72	6	2	1	21	6	3	34	43	.254	.331	.300	.632		85	7	0	14	3	2		TUC · PCL
5 Yrs				173	307	274	38	68	10	3	0	28	7	3	27	44	.248	.315	.307	.621	73	84	8	0	5	1	9
162 Game Avg.				162	287	257	36	64	9	3	0	26	7	3	25	41	.248	.315	.307	.621	73	79	7	0	5	1	8

STL (3 yrs)				72	103	90	16	27	4	1	0	11	4	2	11	11	.300	.376	.367	.743	104	33	0	0	2	0	1
PHI (2 yrs)				101	204	184	22	41	6	2	0	17	3	1	16	33	.223	.284	.277	.561	57	51	8	0	3	1	8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1987	28	STL	NL	44	56	-1	1	1	-2	0	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.496	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	4/56
1988	29	STL	NL	18	39	2	0	0	-2	0	0	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$70,000	5/4
1989	30	STL	NL	10	8	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/45
1990	31	PHI	NL	73	148	-8	1	-1	-4	2	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.485	.493	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$110,000	645
1991	32	PHI	NL	28	56	-4	-0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.2	0.0	-2	$140,000	6/5
5 Seasons				173	307	-13	2	1	-10	3	-16	-1.7	9	-8	-0.8	.490	.498	0.2	-0.6	2	$320,000

STL (3 yrs)				72	103	0	1	1	-5	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.6	-0.4	6	$70,000
PHI (2 yrs)				101	204	-13	1	-0	-5	3	-14	-1.5	6	-9	-0.9	.484	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$250,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1987	28	STL	NL	56	36	7	5.2	108	.325	.277	.271	.370	.341	.340	.423	.711	.764	89	.543	-0.6	-0.1	.735	.255	.064	.0
1988	29	STL	NL	39	25	6	6.5	90	.375	.343	.257	.410	.321	.429	.378	.839	.699	141	.708	2.1	0.2	.760	.200	.086	.0
1989	30	STL	NL	8	6	1	4.5	93	.286	.250	.257	.250	.325	.250	.383	.500	.708	42	.548	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1990	31	PHI	NL	148	112	10	2.4	97	.276	.221	.263	.301	.329	.290	.395	.591	.724	65	.247	-6.3	-0.6	.500	.198	.069	.0
1991	32	PHI	NL	56	44	3	1.8	93	.255	.226	.256	.236	.324	.245	.384	.482	.708	37	.180	-4.5	-0.5	.333	.038	.019
5 Yrs				307	223	27	3.2	97	.294	.248	.262	.315	.329	.307	.395	.621	.725	73	.368	-10.0	-1.0	.530	.172	.058	.0
162 Game Avg.				287	209	25	3.2	97	.294	.248	.262	.315	.329	.307	.395	.621	.725	73	.368	-10.0	-1.0	.530	.172	.058

STL (3 yrs)				103	67	14	5.6	100	.342	.300	.265	.376	.332	.367	.402	.743	.734	104	.610	0.8	0.1	.708	.211	.067	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				204	156	13	2.2	96	.270	.223	.261	.284	.328	.277	.392	.561	.720	57	.229	-10.8	-1.1	.454	.152	.054	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1987	28	STL	NL	56	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	3.6%	15%	1.00	6.7		5.9		1.90	71%
1988	29	STL	NL	39	0.0%	7.7%	10.3%	7.7%	25%	0.75	11.7		11.7	1.00	1.86	82%	28%	0.0%	19%
1989	30	STL	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0			0.40	0.25	88%	14%	0.0%	40%
1990	31	PHI	NL	148	0.0%	17.6%	10.1%	4.7%	24%	1.73	5.0		13.1	1.32	1.83	71%	20%	0.0%	18%
1991	32	PHI	NL	56	0.0%	12.5%	1.8%	1.8%	8%	7.00	7.6		7.6	1.35	1.64	84%	23%	0.0%	20%
5 Yrs				307	0.0%	14.3%	8.8%	4.2%	19%	1.63	6.2		9.8	1.21	1.71	75%	22%	0.0%	20%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	41.1	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	28	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	59	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.45	0.1	-0.3	1.0	0.1	1.11	-0.0	2.16	19
1988	29	STL	NL	2.1	0.2	43	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	.96	0.1	-0.1	2.2	0.2	1.01	0.8	1.26	6
1989	30	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.61	-0.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.87	-0.5	0.51	2
1990	31	PHI	NL	-6.3	-0.6	153	-0.7	2.5	-3.2	1.26	-0.8	0.3	-9.3	-1.0	1.05	-9.2	1.53	13
1991	32	PHI	NL	-4.5	-0.5	56	-0.1	1.0	-1.2	1.14	-0.3	0.2	-3.4	-0.4	1.05	-4.2	1.16	3
5 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	319	-1.2	5.2	-6.5	1.22	-1.0	-0.0	-10.1	-1.0	1.05	-13.2	1.70	43

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	28	STL	NL	0	45%	23	2	0	100%	2	0	1	2	33%	5	4	1	2	0	2	2	2	0
1988	29	STL	NL	0	38%	20	2	2	50%	2	2	1	1	33%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	1
1989	30	STL	NL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1990	31	PHI	NL	1	43%	53	3	1	75%	3	1	0	1	60%	11	5	5	2	0	2	7	2	5
1991	32	PHI	NL	1	23%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				2	40%	130	7	3	70%	7	3	2	4	49%	22	14	7	6	1	5	13	4	8

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1987	28	STL	NL	56	86%	13			19	4	0	2	2.16	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	0	0%	8	4	50%	49	8	16%	4	2	50%	5	2	40%	0
1988	29	STL	NL	39	90%	12	0	0	6	2	0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	0	0%	27	3	11%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1989	30	STL	NL	8	88%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1990	31	PHI	NL	148	90%	29	5	0	13	2	0	2	1.53	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	36	7	19%	14	3	21%	119	10	8%	9	3	33%	5	3	60%	0
1991	32	PHI	NL	56	91%	12	2	0	3	1	0	0	1.16	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	1	7%	8	2	25%	44	8	18%	5	3	60%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				307	89%	68	7	0	43	9	0	4	1.70	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	71	8	11%	36	10	28%	242	29	12%	21	10	48%	14	7	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	29	STL	NL	39	132	3.38	78	59%	28%	5%	26%	41%	72%	0%	42%	93%	33%	5%	2	0	15%	6	2	10%	4	2	67%	0	0	0
1989	30	STL	NL	8	26	3.25	18	69%	28%	6%	28%	39%	72%	0%	50%	92%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	31	PHI	NL	132	417	3.16	253	61%	33%	9%	19%	39%	67%	13%	41%	86%	30%	5%	6	0	11%	14	5	5%	7	3	43%	16	0	0
1991	32	PHI	NL	57	162	2.84	104	64%	30%	7%	17%	46%	70%	7%	45%	90%	35%	4%	2	1	16%	9	6	4%	2	0	57%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				236	737	3.12	453	61%	31%	8%	20%	41%	69%	9%	42%	88%	33%	4%	10	1	12%	29	13	6%	13	5	47%	15	0	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1987	28	44	56	47	9	13	1	1	8	2	0	7	7	.277	.370	.340	.711	89	16	0	2	0	1
1988	29	62	95	82	15	25	4	1	11	4	2	11	10	.305	.387	.378	.765	110	31	0	2	0	1
1989	30	72	103	90	16	27	4	1	11	4	2	11	11	.300	.376	.367	.743	104	33	0	2	0	1
1990	31	145	251	221	35	56	9	3	21	7	3	26	37	.253	.332	.321	.653	81	71	7	4	0	8
1991	32	173	307	274	38	68	10	3	28	7	3	27	44	.248	.315	.307	.621	73	84	8	5	1	9

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	28	44	56	47	9	13	1	1	8	2	7	7	.277	.370	.340	.711	6	44
1988	29	18	40	36	7	13	3	0	3	2	4	3	.361	.425	.444	.869	7	18
1989	30	10	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	10
1990	31	73	150	132	20	30	5	2	10	3	16	26	.227	.311	.295	.606	12	73
1991	32	28	56	53	3	12	1	0	7	0	1	7	.226	.236	.245	.482	3	28
5 Yrs		173	311	277	41	71	10	3	28	7	28	44	.256	.324	.314	.638	29	173
162 Game Avg.		162	291	259	38	66	9	3	26	7	26	41	.256	.324	.314	.638	27	173

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