Rocco Baldelli

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: September 25, 1981 in Woonsocket, RI us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (6th) of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bishop Hendricken HS (Warwick, RI).

High School: Bishop Hendricken HS (Warwick, RI)

Debut: March 31, 2003 (Age 21-187d, 18,211th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 29-008d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Casey Close • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: Rocco Dan Baldelli

Nicknames: Woonsocket Rocket

Pronunciation: \ROCK-o Ball-deli\

Twitter: @roccodbaldelli

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.2

1910

531

.278

281

RBI

262

OBP

.323

SLG

.443

OPS

.766

OPS+

101

Summary of 60 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

6 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 26 go ahead

2 Tms
TBD/TBR	53
BOS	7

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	21

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	20

Outs
0	32
1	14
2	14

20 Opps
NYY	8
OAK	7
BAL	6
TOR	6
BOS	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
TBR	2
ANA/LAA	2
DET	2
KCR	2
PHI	2
WSN	2
ARI	1
SFG	1
TEX	1
SEA	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
FLA	1

54 Pitchers
Miguel Batista	2
Curt Schilling	2
Jeff Karstens	2
Dan Haren	2
Bartolo Colón	2
Roy Halladay	2
Matt Riley	1
Jimmy Gobble	1
Brian Tallet	1
Dave Borkowski	1
Jarrod Washburn	1
David Price	1
Trever Miller	1
Cha-Seung Baek	1
Jon Garland	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Tyler Clippard	1
Josh Johnson	1
Dennys Reyes	1
Cory Lidle	1
Octavio Dotel	1
Brad Radke	1
Carlos Silva	1
Dallas Braden	1
Kirk Rueter	1
Ryan Drese	1
Mike O'Connor	1
Chien-Ming Wang	1
Érik Bédard	1
Jonathan Johnson	1
Jon Lieber	1
Rodrigo López	1
Mike Gonzalez	1
Jim Johnson	1
Jeff Weaver	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Brian Slocum	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
Mike Maroth	1
Mike Porzio	1
Justin Duchscherer	1
Zach Miner	1
Juan Rincón	1
Scott Mathieson	1
Josh Beckett	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
J.A. Happ	1
Kei Igawa	1
Mark Mulder	1
Pedro Martinez	1
José Contreras	1
B.J. Ryan	1
Tim Hudson	1

17 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	19
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	5
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	44
78	8
8	7
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	23
1	10
4	7
3	7
5	6
6	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	9
12-	5
-2-	3
--3	2
123	1

87 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	40
1 on	14
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	20

Inning
1	14
2	6
3	11
4	6
5	7
6	2
7	4
8	5
9	5

1-3	31
4-6	15
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	22
-1	6
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	8

Ahead	16
Tied	22
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	14
0-0	10
0-1	9
2-1	7
1-1	6
3-2	5
2-2	5
1-2	2
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	42
DH	10
RF	5
PH	1
PH/DH	1
LF	1

OrderPos
3rd	18
1st	15
2nd	10
4th	9
6th	3
7th	2
8th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-04-30	TBD	@	MIN	Brad Radke	behind 1-6	t 3	0	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	2	8	0.132	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ordóñez Scores; C. Crawford Scores
2	2	2	1	2003-05-13	TBD	@	TOR	Trever Miller	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) BBSCFBX	1	3	8	0.092	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2003-05-23	TBD	@	ANA	Jarrod Washburn	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	0.113	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	2003-06-07	TBD	@	HOU	Jonathan Johnson	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	8	0.084	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2003-06-24	TBD		NYY	Jeff Weaver	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	8	0.100	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2003-07-10	TBD	@	OAK	Mark Mulder	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	8	0.097	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2003-07-20	TBD		TEX	Ryan Drese	ahead 6-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	4	8	0.024	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	2003-07-26	TBD	@	CHW	Mike Porzio	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFFFBX	1	3	8	0.068	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	2003-07-27	TBD	@	CHW	Bartolo Colón	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.094	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	2003-09-14	TBD	@	NYY	José Contreras	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.145	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	2003-09-17	TBD	@	BOS	Jeff Suppan	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.095	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2004-04-21	TBD	@	BAL	Matt Riley	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	0.081	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	2	1	2004-04-30	TBD		OAK	Arthur Rhodes	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	3	8	0.025	5%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	2004-05-02	TBD		OAK	Tim Hudson	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	8	0.172	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Huff Scores
15	15	4	1	2004-05-27	TBD		MIN	Carlos Silva	behind 2-4	b 4	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	DH	0.336	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sánchez Scores; C. Crawford Scores
16	16	5	1	2004-06-06	TBD	@	BAL	Rodrigo López	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0.107	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	2004-06-10	TBD		SFG	Kirk Rueter	tied 1-1	b 5	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBC>X	3	3	DH	0.305	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Crawford Scores; J. Lugo Scores
18	18	7	1	2004-07-05 (2)	TBD	@	BAL	Dave Borkowski	behind 0-8	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	2004-07-22	TBD	@	MIN	Juan Rincón	behind 1-5	t 8	0	123	6,(2-2) C*BSBFX	4	3	8	0.304	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Sánchez Scores; C. Crawford Scores; T. Martinez Scores
20	20	9	1	2004-07-23	TBD	@	TOR	Miguel Batista	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2,(0-1) F>X	2	3	8	0.140	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Gathright Scores
21	21	10	1	2004-08-03	TBD		BOS	Curt Schilling	behind 0-5	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0.031	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	11	1	2004-09-07	TBD	@	NYY	Jon Lieber	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	5,(2-2) B1*BFSX	2	2	8	0.144	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lugo Scores
23	23	12	1	2004-09-11	TBD	@	KCR	Jimmy Gobble	behind 3-4	t 4	2	-2-	6,(2-2) FBFFBX	2	3	8	0.213	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Lugo Scores
24	24	13	1	2004-09-14	TBD	@	BOS	Pedro Martinez	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	8	0.097	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	14	1	2004-09-16	TBD	@	BOS	Curt Schilling	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	4	8	0.046	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	15	1	2004-09-21	TBD		KCR	Dennys Reyes	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	8	0.144	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
27	27	16	1	2004-10-01	TBD	@	DET	Mike Maroth	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	7,(3-2) BBBCFFX	1	3	8	0.067	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2006-06-17	TBD	@	PHI	Scott Mathieson	tied 2-2	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	0.110	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	2	1	2006-06-20	TBD		ARI	Miguel Batista	ahead 5-0	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	8	0.023	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	2006-06-26	TBD	@	FLA	Josh Johnson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	8	0.125	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Lugo Scores
31	31	4	1	2006-06-30	TBD	@	WSN	Mike O'Connor	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) 1FBX	2	3	8	0.081	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Crawford Scores
32	32	5	1	2006-07-26	TBD		LAA	Bartolo Colón	behind 1-2	b 1	0	--3	3,(1-1) >B.SX	2	3	8	0.102	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Crawford Scores
33	33	6	1	2006-08-11	TBD	@	OAK	Dan Haren	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	1	8	0.094	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	7	1	2006-08-30	TBD	@	CHW	Jon Garland	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.090	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
35	35	8	1	2006-09-02	TBD		SEA	Cha-Seung Baek	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.097	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	9	1	2006-09-08	TBD		OAK	Dan Haren	behind 5-8	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.095	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	10	1	2006-09-10	TBD		OAK	Justin Duchscherer	behind 6-8	b 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.125	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	11	1	2006-09-13	TBD	@	NYY	Cory Lidle	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(1-2) BCSFX	1	1	8	0.092	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	12	1	2006-09-14	TBD	@	NYY	Jeff Karstens	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.109	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	13	2	2006-09-14	TBD	@	NYY	Jeff Karstens	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) FB+11X	2	1	8	0.157	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Zobrist Scores
41	41	14	1	2006-09-22	TBD		NYY	Chien-Ming Wang	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	1	8	0.094	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
42	42	15	1	2006-09-27	TBD	@	BOS	Josh Beckett	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	1	8	0.033	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Riggans Scores; T. Pérez Scores
43	43	16	1	2006-09-29	TBD	@	CLE	Brian Slocum	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.135	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2007-04-08	TBD		TOR	Roy Halladay	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	5,(1-2) CBFFX	1	3	DH	0.122	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	2007-04-18	TBD		BAL	Érik Bédard	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	DH	0.095	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	2007-04-23	TBD		NYY	Kei Igawa	tied 1-1	b 2	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	DH	0.250	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Dukes Scores; J. Paul Scores
47	47	4	1	2007-04-29	TBD	@	OAK	Dallas Braden	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	DH	0.113	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	5	1	2007-05-03	TBD		MIN	Ramón Ortiz	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	4,(2-1) BSB+1X	2	1	DH	0.182	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Harris Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2008-08-22	TBR	@	CHW	Octavio Dotel	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	4	DH	0.119	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	2	1	2008-08-24	TBR	@	CHW	Mark Buehrle	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	0.174	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Peña Scores/unER; R. Baldelli Scores/unER
51	51	3	1	2008-09-06	TBR	@	TOR	B.J. Ryan	behind 0-3	t 9	0	1--	5,(2-2) .B*BCFX	2	4	PH/DH	0.093	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Peña Scores
52	52	4	1	2008-09-28	TBR	@	DET	Zach Miner	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BBFX	1	4	DH	0.042	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2009-05-09	BOS		TBR	Scott Kazmir	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	1	6	9	0.097	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54	54	2	1	2009-05-30	BOS	@	TOR	Brian Tallet	tied 1-1	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	8	9	0.155	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Varitek Scores
55	55	3	1	2009-06-14	BOS	@	PHI	J.A. Happ	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	9	0.105	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	4	1	2009-06-25	BOS	@	WSN	Tyler Clippard	behind 1-9	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Lugo Scores
57	57	5	1	2009-08-02	BOS	@	BAL	Jim Johnson	ahead 17-10	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	6	1	2009-08-30	BOS		TOR	Roy Halladay	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.087	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	7	1	2009-09-03	BOS	@	TBR	David Price	tied 2-2	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	9	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2010-09-05	TBR	@	BAL	Mike Gonzalez	behind 5-8	t 7	1	-2-	4,(2-1) .BB.CX	2	5	PH	0.143	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Longoria Scores