Phil Roof

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: March 5, 1941 in Paducah, KY us

High School: St. Mary's HS (Paducah, KY)

Debut: April 29, 1961 (Age 20-055d, 11,843rd in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1977 (Age 36-086d)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Phillip Anthony Roof

Nicknames: Babe or The Duke of Paducah

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Relatives: Brother of Gene Roof; Cousin of Eddie Haas

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

2151

463

.215

190

RBI

210

OBP

.283

SLG

.319

OPS

.603

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 43 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
KCA/OAK	16
MIL	14
MIN	13

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	20

Outs
0	19
1	13
2	11

12 Opps
DET	7
MIN	6
CAL	5
KCR	4
CLE	4
BOS	3
TEX/WSA	3
NYY	3
OAK	2
BAL	2
MIL/SEP	2
CHW	2

37 Pitchers
Tom Murphy	3
Fritz Peterson	2
Les Cain	2
Dick Bosman	2
Stan Williams	2
Bob Reynolds	1
Jackie Brown	1
Phil Ortega	1
Rick Austin	1
Dave McNally	1
Aurelio Monteagudo	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Clyde Wright	1
Milt Wilcox	1
George Brunet	1
Steve Mingori	1
Dan Osinski	1
Ron Perranoski	1
Bill Landis	1
Hank Fischer	1
Luis Tiant	1
Jim Merritt	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Earl Wilson	1
Casey Cox	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Johnny Podres	1
Bruce Dal Canton	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Denny McLain	1
Garry Roggenburk	1
Steve Hamilton	1
Joe Horlen	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Dave Boswell	1

14 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	11
County Stad (MIL)	10
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Munic. Stad (KAN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	28
8	4
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
12-	6
1--	6
--3	2
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

72 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	24
1 on	10
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
2	7
3	5
4	5
5	8
6	3
7	6
8	4
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	12
4-6	16
7-end	15

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

Ahead	13
Tied	6
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	41
1B	1
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	21
7th	11
9th	10
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1966-05-23	KCA	@	WSA	Casey Cox	tied 3-3	t 12	2	1--	2	8	2	0.492	93%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Stahl Scores
2	2	2	1	1966-06-14	KCA		MIN	Dave Boswell	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.174	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1966-06-20	KCA		CHW	Joe Horlen	behind 0-2	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.128	33%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1966-07-01 (1)	KCA	@	DET	Denny McLain	behind 0-2	t 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.265	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Stahl Scores; D. Green Scores
5	5	5	1	1966-08-25 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	Hank Fischer	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.008	1%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1966-09-02	KCA		BOS	Dan Osinski	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.049	95%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1966-10-02	KCA	@	DET	Johnny Podres	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1967-05-30 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	Phil Ortega	behind 0-6	t 9	1	1--	2	7	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gosger Scores
9	9	2	1	1967-06-17 (2)	KCA	@	DET	Earl Wilson	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.128	50%		Home Run
10	10	3	1	1967-06-20	KCA	@	CLE	Luis Tiant	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.080	19%		Home Run
11	11	4	1	1967-07-13	KCA	@	MIN	Jim Merritt	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.125	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1967-07-16 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	Aurelio Monteagudo	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.085	82%		Home Run
13	13	6	1	1967-07-29	KCA	@	NYY	Steve Hamilton	behind 1-2	t 7	2	--3	2	8	2	0.437	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Harrelson Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1968-06-26	OAK	@	CAL	George Brunet	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.086	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1969-06-14	OAK	@	BOS	Bill Landis	ahead 10-4	t 7	2	12-	3	8	2	0.013	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Monday Scores; D. Green Scores
16	16	2	1	1969-07-03	OAK		SEP	Garry Roggenburk	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--	2	8	2	0.231	79%		Home Run; D. Green Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1970-05-12	MIL		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 0-9	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	2	1	1970-05-16	MIL		MIN	Stan Williams	behind 6-11	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	1970-06-07	MIL		BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 3-7	b 8	2	12-	3	9	PH	0.149	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hershberger Scores; R. Peña Scores
20	20	4	1	1970-06-17	MIL	@	BAL	Dave McNally	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.149	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	1970-06-19	MIL	@	CAL	Tom Murphy	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1--	2	7	2	0.109	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Peña Scores
22	22	6	1	1970-06-23	MIL		MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.145	35%		Home Run
23	23	7	1	1970-07-02	MIL		CAL	Tom Murphy	behind 2-8	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	8	1	1970-07-31 (2)	MIL		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 2-5	b 7	0	---	1	7	3	0.089	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	1970-08-21	MIL	@	DET	Les Cain	behind 3-5	t 5	2	---	1	5	2	0.110	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	10	1	1970-09-03	MIL		MIN	Stan Williams	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	12-	3	7	2	0.087	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hegan Scores; R. Peña Scores
27	27	11	1	1970-09-08	MIL	@	MIN	Ron Perranoski	behind 1-2	t 9	2	1--	2	7	2	0.739	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hegan Scores
28	28	12	1	1970-09-16	MIL		OAK	Rollie Fingers	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.107	41%		Home Run
29	29	13	1	1970-09-21	MIL		CAL	Tom Murphy	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1-3	3	7	2	0.293	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Savage Scores; R. Peña Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1971-05-28	MIL		DET	Les Cain	behind 0-4	b 5	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.117	22%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. May Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1972-05-30	MIN		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	2	2	1972-05-30	MIN		KCR	Bruce Dal Canton	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.148	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1972-06-28	MIN		CAL	Clyde Wright	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.148	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1973-08-17	MIN	@	CLE	Milt Wilcox	ahead 8-0	t 2	2	-23	3	9	2	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Holt Scores; S. Brye Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1974-07-14	MIN		CLE	Dick Bosman	behind 0-2	b 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.268	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Holt Scores/unER; J. Terrell Scores
36	36	2	1	1974-09-08	MIN	@	KCR	Steve Mingori	behind 2-3	t 6	0	123	4	9	2	0.268	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Terrell Scores; P. Bourque Scores; D. Thompson Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1975-07-31	MIN		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	12-	3	9	2	0.156	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Braun Scores; J. Briggs Scores
38	38	2	1	1975-08-10	MIN	@	DET	Bob Reynolds	ahead 2-0	t 9	1	--3	2	9	2	0.037	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Terrell Scores
39	39	3	1	1975-08-13	MIN		MIL	Rick Austin	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--	2	9	2	0.115	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Thompson Scores
40	40	4	1	1975-08-16	MIN		CLE	Jackie Brown	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	-2-	2	9	2	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Terrell Scores
41	41	5	1	1975-08-22	MIN		DET	Vern Ruhle	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	1	9	2	0.098	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	6	1	1975-09-01	MIN	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	9	2	0.120	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	1975-09-12 (1)	MIN		OAK	Dick Bosman	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1	9	2	0.089	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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