Rod Booker
Roderick Stewart Booker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Pasadena (Pasadena, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1987
Final Game: July 14, 1991
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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
5 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .547 -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 Seasons 307 223 27 3.2 97 .294 .248 .262 .315 .329 .307 .395 .621 .725 73 .368 -10.0 -1.1 .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 -1.1 .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 0.0 .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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 28 STL NL 0 0 45% 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 5 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 0
1988 29 STL NL 0 0 38% 20 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1
1989 30 STL NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 31 PHI NL 1 0 43% 53 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 11 5 5 2 0 2 7 2 5
1991 32 PHI NL 1 0 23% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 Seasons 2 0 40% 130 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 49% 22 14 7 6 1 5 13 4 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 6 1 17% 0
1988 29 STL NL 39 90% 12 0 0 6 2 0 0 1.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 4 0 0% 27 3 11% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1989 30 STL NL 8 88% 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 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% 3 2 67% 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% 2 1 50% 0
5 Seasons 307 89% 68 7 0 43 9 0 4 1.72 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 71 8 11% 36 10 28% 242 29 12% 21 10 48% 15 5 33% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 56 161 2.88 104 65% 30% 7% 17% 46% 70% 7% 45% 90% 36% 4% 2 1 16% 9 6 4% 2 0 57% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 235 736 3.13 453 62% 31% 8% 20% 41% 69% 9% 42% 88% 33% 4% 10 1 12% 29 13 6% 13 5 47% 16 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 28 44 56 47 9 13 1 1 0 8 2 0 7 7 .277 .370 .340 .711 89 16 0 0 2 0 1
1988 29 62 95 82 15 25 4 1 0 11 4 2 11 10 .305 .387 .378 .765 110 31 0 0 2 0 1
1989 30 72 103 90 16 27 4 1 0 11 4 2 11 11 .300 .376 .367 .743 104 33 0 0 2 0 1
1990 31 145 251 221 35 56 9 3 0 21 7 3 26 37 .253 .332 .321 .653 81 71 7 0 4 0 8
1991 32 173 307 274 38 68 10 3 0 28 7 3 27 44 .248 .315 .307 .621 73 84 8 0 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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 28 44 56 48 9 14 1 1 0 8 2 8 7 .292 .393 .354 .747 7 44
1988 29 18 40 36 7 13 3 0 0 3 2 4 3 .361 .425 .444 .869 7 18
1989 30 10 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10
1990 31 73 144 130 20 28 5 2 0 11 3 14 26 .215 .292 .285 .576 11 73
1991 32 28 55 53 3 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 7 .226 .236 .245 .482 3 28
5 Seasons 173 303 275 41 67 10 3 0 29 7 27 44 .244 .310 .302 .612 29 173
162 Game Avg. 162 284 258 38 63 9 3 0 27 7 25 41 .244 .310 .302 .612 27 173

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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