Rocky Childress
Rodney Osborne Childress
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 18, 1962 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1985
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1985 23 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.21 16 1 3 0 0 0 33.1 45 23 23 3 9 3 14 0 0 1 151 60 1.620 12.2 0.8 2.4 3.8 1.56
1986 24 PHI NL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 57 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1987 25 HOU NL 1 2 .333 2.98 32 0 12 0 0 0 48.1 46 17 16 4 18 6 26 0 0 0 201 132 1.324 8.6 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.44
1988 26 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 6.17 11 0 3 0 0 0 23.1 26 17 16 3 9 2 24 1 0 0 103 54 1.500 10.0 1.2 3.5 9.3 2.67
4 Seasons 2 3 .400 4.76 61 1 18 0 0 0 107.2 121 60 57 10 37 11 65 1 0 1 467 78 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .400 4.76 67 1 20 0 0 0 118 133 66 63 11 41 12 71 1 0 1 512 78 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76
PHI (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.25 18 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 49 26 25 3 10 3 15 0 0 1 163 60 1.639 12.3 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.50
HOU (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.02 43 0 15 0 0 0 71.2 72 34 32 7 27 8 50 1 0 0 304 93 1.381 9.0 0.9 3.4 6.3 1.85

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 23 PHI NL 16 151 138 23 45 12 3 3 4 1 9 14 .326 .362 .522 .884 .341 72 3 0 2 2 3
1986 24 PHI NL 2 12 11 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .364 .417 .545 .962 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0
1987 25 HOU NL 32 201 177 17 46 6 2 4 3 1 18 26 .260 .323 .384 .707 .280 68 3 0 3 3 6
1988 26 HOU NL 11 103 93 17 26 5 0 3 2 0 9 24 .280 .350 .430 .780 .348 40 3 1 0 0 2
4 Seasons 61 467 419 60 121 25 5 10 10 2 37 65 .289 .344 .444 .788 .318 186 10 1 5 5 11
162 Game Avg. 67 512 460 66 133 27 5 11 11 2 41 71 .289 .344 .444 .788 .318 204 11 1 5 5 12
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 23 PHI NL 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 7 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0
1 Season 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 7 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 23 PHI NL 16 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 4 27% 8 0.642 0 6 9 4 1 10 8 7 9 3 9 2 5.5
1986 24 PHI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.161 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1987 25 HOU NL 32 32 12 1 2 4 0 4 0% 4 0 23 14 61% 7 0.844 8 5 18 7 3 22 13 19 19 5 21 5 4.5
1988 26 HOU NL 11 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 6 0.292 0 4 6 1 0 10 3 8 8 0 8 0 6.4 35
4 Seasons 61 60 18 2 2 4 0 4 0% 6 2 45 21 47% 0.639 8 15 35 12 4 44 25 35 37 9 39 7 5.1 35

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 23 PHI NL 151 49% 2.0% 9.3% 6.0% 11.9% 40% 1.50 81% 25 3 12%
1986 24 PHI NL 12 58% 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 16.7% 50% 0.75 83% 1 1 100%
1987 25 HOU NL 201 48% 2.0% 12.9% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 1.27 75% 44 3 7%
1988 26 HOU NL 103 47% 2.9% 23.3% 8.7% 7.8% 31% 0.82 1.09 64% 23% 12.5% 37% 18 3 17%
4 Seasons 467 48% 2.1% 13.9% 7.9% 8.6% 33% 0.82 1.29 75% 23% 12.5% 37% 88 10 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 HOU NL 103 389 3.78 245 63% 22% 19% 31% 28% 78% 4% 49% 76% 56% 3% 3 2 23% 24 12 1 33% 5 0 0 0 0
1 Season 103 389 3.78 245 63% 22% 19% 31% 28% 78% 4% 49% 76% 56% 3% 3 2 23% 24 12 1 33% 5 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 23 PHI NL 151 45 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 14 7 1 50% 1 1 0 59 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 24 PHI NL 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 25 HOU NL 201 46 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 17 10 0 59% 0 0 0 81 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 26 HOU NL 103 26 2 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 9 5 1 56% 2 0 0 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 467 121 2 0 10 0 13 7 3 4 6 42 23 2 55% 3 1 0 174 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1985 23 0 1 .000 6.21 16 1 3 0 0 0 33.1 45 23 23 3 9 3 14 0 0 1 151 60 1.620 12.2 0.8 2.4 3.8 1.56 60
1986 24 0 1 .000 6.25 18 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 49 26 25 3 10 3 15 0 0 1 163 60 1.639 12.3 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.50 60
1987 25 1 3 .250 4.38 50 1 15 0 0 0 84.1 95 43 41 7 28 9 41 0 0 1 364 88 1.458 10.1 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.46 88
1988 26 2 3 .400 4.76 61 1 18 0 0 0 107.2 121 60 57 10 37 11 65 1 0 1 467 78 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 23 1 2 .333 6.75 32.0 47 27 24 3 9 13 0 1.750 13.2 2.5 3.7 1.44 0.8 16
1986 24 0 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1987 25 3 2 .600 3.40 45.0 47 19 17 4 18 24 0 1.444 9.4 3.6 4.8 1.33 0.8 32
1988 26 0 2 .000 8.14 21.0 28 21 19 3 10 22 1 1.810 12.0 4.3 9.4 2.20 1.3 11
4 Seasons 4 6 .400 5.58 100.0 126 69 62 10 38 60 1 1.640 11.3 5.4 1.58 0.9 61

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