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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 STL NL 28 2B 18 5 71.2 50 24 24 2 3 .960 -2.9 -48.6 -1.9 -1.4 -0.5 -1 6.03 2.67 .982 5.19 4.44
1987 STL NL 28 3B 4 0 7.0 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 5.14 1.00 .950 2.83 2.35
1987 STL NL 28 SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.50 3.90
1988 STL NL 29 3B 13 6 69.2 18 2 14 2 0 .889 -2.1 -36.2 -2.1 -2.3 0.3 0 2.07 1.23 .950 2.78 2.35
1988 STL NL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1989 STL NL 30 2B 5 1 18.0 15 4 9 2 2 .867 -0.4 -26.7 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 6.50 2.60 .980 5.10 4.44
1989 STL NL 30 3B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1990 PHI NL 31 SS 27 21 187.0 84 35 47 2 11 .976 -2.1 -13.5 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 0 3.95 3.04 .967 4.59 4.00
1990 PHI NL 31 2B 23 5 88.1 40 17 22 1 4 .975 -2.0 -27.2 -2.0 -2.4 0.4 0 3.97 1.70 .982 5.01 4.28
1990 PHI NL 31 3B 10 3 29.2 11 5 5 1 0 .909 -0.3 -12.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 3.03 1.00 .945 2.73 2.31
1991 PHI NL 32 SS 20 11 115.0 45 16 29 0 2 1.000 -1.3 -13.6 -0.3 -0.6 0.3 -1 3.52 2.25 .964 4.67 3.88
1991 PHI NL 32 3B 3 1 12.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.4 40.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 3.75 1.67 .940 2.78 2.30
3 Seasons SS 48 32 304.0 130 51 77 2 13 .985 -3.4 -13.4 -2.4 -0.2 -2.2 -1 3.79 2.67 .966 4.62 3.95
4 Seasons 2B 47 11 179.0 107 46 56 5 9 .953 -5.0 -33.5 -4.0 -4.0 0.0 -1 5.13 2.17 .982 5.09 4.36
5 Seasons 3B 31 10 119.0 38 9 26 3 2 .921 -1.5 -15.1 -1.5 -2.0 0.6 0 2.65 1.13 .947 2.77 2.33
5 Seasons TOT 126 53 602.0 275 106 159 10 24 .964 -9.9 -19.7 -7.9 -6.2 -1.6 -2 3.96 2.10 .933 4.40 3.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 STL NL 28 44 5 44 23 0 0 0 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 6
1988 STL NL 29 18 6 18 13 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1989 STL NL 30 10 1 10 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1990 PHI NL 31 73 29 73 57 0 0 0 23 10 27 0 0 0 0 0 17 6
1991 PHI NL 32 28 12 28 23 0 0 0 0 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
5 Seasons 173 53 173 122 0 0 0 46 32 48 0 0 0 0 0 57 18
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 STL NL 28 13 46% 77% 31% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PHI NL 31 834 58% 72% 29% 68 87% 0 32 16 13 3 49 38 10 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 11 4 0 5 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1
1991 PHI NL 32 547 57% 74% 24% 53 75% 0 16 12 3 1 29 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1394 57% 73% 27% 122 82% 0 48 28 16 4 79 60 18 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 13 6 0 5 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 STL NL 28 332 65% 82% 36% 27 93% 0 23 6 13 4 23 18 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1988 STL NL 29 3 33% 100% 67% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 30 72 47% 82% 31% 11 82% 0 4 1 3 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1990 PHI NL 31 382 65% 78% 33% 31 90% 0 19 8 8 3 23 19 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 789 64% 80% 34% 71 90% 0 47 16 24 7 56 46 9 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 9 5 1 1 1 9 2 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 STL NL 28 27 74% 89% 48% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1988 STL NL 29 303 63% 79% 35% 18 83% 0 2 1 0 1 15 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 30 3 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PHI NL 31 141 43% 79% 33% 8 88% 1 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 PHI NL 32 55 47% 58% 35% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 529 56% 77% 35% 34 88% 1 8 5 0 3 27 19 5 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 87% 67%

* 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.

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