Rocky Coppinger
John Thomas Coppinger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 245 lb.

Born: March 19, 1974 in ElPaso, TX
High School: Coronado (El Paso, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 19th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1996
Final Game: October 4, 2001
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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
1996 22 BAL AL 10 6 .625 5.18 23 22 1 0 0 0 125.0 126 76 72 25 60 1 104 2 0 4 548 95 1.488 9.1 1.8 4.3 7.5 1.73 RoY-4
1997 23 BAL AL 1 1 .500 6.30 5 4 1 0 0 0 20.0 21 14 14 2 16 1 22 1 0 1 95 70 1.850 9.5 0.9 7.2 9.9 1.38
1998 24 BAL AL 0 0 5.17 6 1 3 0 0 0 15.2 16 9 9 3 7 1 13 0 0 0 72 87 1.468 9.2 1.7 4.0 7.5 1.86
1999 25 TOT MLB 5 4 .556 5.40 40 2 17 0 0 0 58.1 60 37 35 13 42 3 56 0 0 2 269 85 1.749 9.3 2.0 6.5 8.6 1.33
1999 25 BAL AL 0 1 .000 8.31 11 2 7 0 0 0 21.2 25 21 20 8 19 0 17 0 0 0 105 56 2.031 10.4 3.3 7.9 7.1 0.89
1999 25 MIL NL 5 3 .625 3.68 29 0 10 0 0 0 36.2 35 16 15 5 23 3 39 0 0 2 164 123 1.582 8.6 1.2 5.6 9.6 1.70
2001 27 MIL NL 1 0 1.000 6.75 8 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 24 17 17 5 15 0 15 1 0 2 104 64 1.721 9.5 2.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
5 Seasons 17 11 .607 5.47 82 32 24 0 0 0 241.2 247 153 147 48 140 6 210 4 0 9 1088 86 1.601 9.2 1.8 5.2 7.8 1.50
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .607 5.47 49 19 14 0 0 0 144 147 91 88 29 84 4 125 2 0 5 649 86 1.601 9.2 1.8 5.2 7.8 1.50
BAL (4 yrs) 11 8 .579 5.68 45 29 12 0 0 0 182.1 188 120 115 38 102 3 156 3 0 5 820 85 1.590 9.3 1.9 5.0 7.7 1.53
MIL (2 yrs) 6 3 .667 4.85 37 3 12 0 0 0 59.1 59 33 32 10 38 3 54 1 0 4 268 92 1.635 8.9 1.5 5.8 8.2 1.42
AL (4 yrs) 11 8 .579 5.68 45 29 12 0 0 0 182.1 188 120 115 38 102 3 156 3 0 5 820 85 1.590 9.3 1.9 5.0 7.7 1.53
NL (2 yrs) 6 3 .667 4.85 37 3 12 0 0 0 59.1 59 33 32 10 38 3 54 1 0 4 268 92 1.635 8.9 1.5 5.8 8.2 1.42

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1996 22 BAL AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.313 10.1 5.1 1.7 5.1 3.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.313 10.1 5.1 1.7 5.1 3.00

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
1996 22 BAL AL 23 548 479 76 126 22 2 25 21 3 60 104 .263 .344 .474 .818 .285 227 9 2 2 5 1
1997 23 BAL AL 5 95 77 14 21 4 0 2 10 2 16 22 .273 .400 .403 .803 .352 31 0 1 0 1 1
1998 24 BAL AL 6 72 65 9 16 4 0 3 2 0 7 13 .246 .319 .446 .766 .265 29 0 0 0 0 1
1999 25 BAL AL 11 105 85 21 25 2 0 8 1 1 19 17 .294 .419 .600 1.019 .279 51 1 0 0 1 0
1999 25 MIL NL 29 164 140 16 35 3 1 5 9 1 23 39 .250 .354 .393 .747 .309 55 1 0 0 1 3
1999 25 TOT MLB 40 269 225 37 60 5 1 13 10 2 42 56 .267 .379 .471 .850 .297 106 2 0 0 2 3
2001 27 MIL NL 8 104 85 17 24 6 2 5 1 2 15 15 .282 .392 .576 .969 .288 49 1 1 2 1 0
5 Seasons 82 1088 931 153 247 41 5 48 44 9 140 210 .265 .361 .475 .835 .292 442 12 4 4 9 6
162 Game Avg. 49 649 555 91 147 24 3 29 26 5 84 125 .265 .361 .475 .835 .292 264 7 2 2 5 4
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
1996 22 BAL AL 23 22 9 6 7 5 3 14 8 .636 2 3 0 0 9 41% 47 76 10 11 3 6 4 6.7 6.8 5.6 100 1 5 10 1 125
1997 23 BAL AL 5 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 41 71 23 9 6 0 2 7.0 7.3 4.0 84 2 0 1 0 109
1998 24 BAL AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 3 1 0 1 13.5 15.8 5.0 91 0 1 0 0 91
1999 25 TOT MLB 40 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 28 16 6 0 2 6.0 3.0 3.3 73 1 1 0 0 88
1999 25 BAL AL 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 34 28 7 3 0 2 6.0 3.0 3.3 73 1 1 0 0 88
2001 27 MIL NL 8 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0% 48 50 46 2 0 0 0 6.9 6.4 5.0 89 0 3 0 0 97
5 Seasons 53 32 11 8 13 6 3 20 12 .625 4 6 0 0 10 31% 45 76 10 32 13 6 9 6.9 6.9 5.2 95 4 10 11 1 125
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
1996 22 BAL AL 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.949 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 22
1997 23 BAL AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.904 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1998 24 BAL AL 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.418 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 3 0 4 0 6.4 38
1999 25 TOT MLB 40 38 17 5 3 2 0 2 0% 11 9 22 9 41% 1.052 14 8 16 15 6 17 9 29 19 7 20 2 4.1 22
1999 25 BAL AL 11 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 0.383 0 0 9 3 0 6 1 8 5 1 5 0 5.0 29
1999 25 MIL NL 29 29 10 5 3 2 0 2 0% 11 9 19 8 42% 8 1.481 14 8 7 12 6 11 8 21 14 6 15 2 3.8 20
2001 27 MIL NL 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0.703 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 4.6 27
5 Seasons 82 50 24 6 3 2 0 2 0% 12 10 24 9 38% 0.912 14 10 23 16 6 28 10 40 27 8 29 3 4.5 25

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%
1996 22 BAL AL 548 49% 4.6% 19.0% 11.0% 8.9% 39% 0.41 0.53 65% 23% 12.3% 24% 105 9 9%
1997 23 BAL AL 95 47% 2.1% 23.2% 16.8% 6.3% 29% 0.67 0.84 57% 21% 10.5% 37% 17 0 0%
1998 24 BAL AL 72 47% 4.2% 18.1% 9.7% 9.7% 44% 0.49 0.48 68% 13% 10.7% 20% 17 0 0%
1999 25 TOT MLB 269 46% 4.8% 20.8% 15.6% 7.1% 32% 0.52 0.61 59% 19% 14.3% 18% 44 2 5%
1999 25 BAL AL 105 48% 7.6% 16.2% 18.1% 9.5% 40% 0.47 0.74 58% 20% 20.0% 15% 21 1 5%
1999 25 MIL NL 164 46% 3.1% 23.8% 14.0% 5.5% 26% 0.56 0.53 59% 19% 9.8% 20% 23 1 4%
2001 27 MIL NL 104 35% 4.8% 14.4% 14.4% 12.5% 54% 0.22 0.34 63% 32% 10.6% 13% 18 1 6%
5 Seasons 1088 47% 4.4% 19.3% 12.9% 8.6% 38% 0.44 0.54 63% 22% 12.4% 22% 201 12 6%
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
1996 22 BAL AL 422 1730 4.10 1021 59% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 1% 43% 76% 54% 6% 25 10 22% 92 35 5 23% 12 14 126 0 0
1997 23 BAL AL 57 257 4.51 131 52% 29% 15% 29% 24% 69% 3% 35% 75% 40% 19% 11 7 21% 12 6 1 18% 1 2 38 5 3
1998 24 BAL AL 72 280 3.89 172 61% 32% 16% 22% 30% 68% 1% 42% 76% 61% 4% 3 2 21% 15 6 0 15% 1 1 0 0 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 269 1060 3.94 603 57% 27% 20% 25% 28% 73% 2% 42% 73% 46% 9% 23 13 19% 50 30 3 20% 11 9 0 0 0
1999 25 BAL AL 105 407 3.88 227 56% 27% 17% 26% 30% 73% 1% 41% 77% 46% 9% 9 4 14% 15 9 0 29% 5 5 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL 164 653 3.98 376 58% 27% 22% 25% 27% 73% 3% 42% 71% 46% 9% 14 9 21% 35 21 3 15% 6 4 0 0 0
2001 27 MIL NL 104 402 3.87 235 58% 20% 20% 29% 31% 80% 0% 47% 76% 61% 8% 8 4 14% 15 4 2 20% 0 4 0 0 0
5 Seasons 924 3729 4.04 2162 58% 27% 18% 26% 28% 73% 1% 42% 75% 52% 8% 70 36 20% 184 81 11 21% 25 30 164 5 3
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
1996 22 BAL AL 548 126 13 0 25 1 12 11 14 11 14 29 16 4 55% 2 4 1 193 21 3 88% 17 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1997 23 BAL AL 95 21 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 38 10 2 83% 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 24 BAL AL 72 16 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 0 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 269 60 5 0 13 0 14 8 5 11 2 11 6 3 55% 1 2 3 99 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1999 25 BAL AL 105 25 1 0 8 0 4 6 2 8 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 25 MIL NL 164 35 4 0 5 0 10 2 3 3 2 8 4 2 50% 1 2 3 58 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2001 27 MIL NL 104 24 0 0 5 0 1 5 0 3 2 5 5 0 100% 0 2 0 38 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
5 Seasons 1088 247 22 0 48 1 29 26 22 30 18 49 29 8 59% 5 9 4 399 44 9 83% 38 7 6 2 0 0 2 1 25 0
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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+
1996 22 10 6 .625 5.18 23 22 1 0 0 0 125.0 126 76 72 25 60 1 104 2 0 4 548 95 1.488 9.1 1.8 4.3 7.5 1.73 95
1997 23 11 7 .611 5.34 28 26 2 0 0 0 145.0 147 90 86 27 76 2 126 3 0 5 643 91 1.538 9.1 1.7 4.7 7.8 1.66 91
1998 24 11 7 .611 5.32 34 27 5 0 0 0 160.2 163 99 95 30 83 3 139 3 0 5 715 91 1.531 9.1 1.7 4.6 7.8 1.67 91
1999 25 16 11 .593 5.34 74 29 22 0 0 0 219.0 223 136 130 43 125 6 195 3 0 7 984 89 1.589 9.2 1.8 5.1 8.0 1.56 89
2000 26 16 11 .593 5.34 74 29 22 0 0 0 219.0 223 136 130 43 125 6 195 3 0 7 984 89 1.589 9.2 1.8 5.1 8.0 1.56 89
2001 27 17 11 .607 5.47 82 32 24 0 0 0 241.2 247 153 147 48 140 6 210 4 0 9 1088 86 1.601 9.2 1.8 5.2 7.8 1.50 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996 22 5 8 .385 4.68 123.0 120 71 64 24 57 102 2 1.439 8.8 4.2 7.5 1.79 1.8 23
1997 23 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 21 16 14 2 16 21 1 1.947 9.9 7.6 9.9 1.31 0.9 5
1998 24 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 16 9 8 3 7 13 0 1.438 9.0 3.9 7.3 1.86 1.7 6
1999 25 2 4 .333 5.05 57.0 58 36 32 13 41 55 0 1.737 9.2 6.5 8.7 1.34 2.1 40
2001 27 1 1 .500 6.55 22.0 23 18 16 5 14 15 1 1.682 9.4 5.7 6.1 1.07 2.0 8
5 Seasons 9 15 .375 5.09 237.0 238 150 134 47 135 206 4 1.574 9.0 7.8 1.53 1.8 82

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