Mike Roarke
Michael Thomas Roarke
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 8, 1930 in West Warwick, RI
School: Boston College
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1961
Final Game: October 3, 1964
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 DET AL 30 C 85 67 606.1 410 383 22 5 5 .988 3.0 5.9 3 6.01 4.76 .989 6.21 5.44 6 10 17 14 45%
1962 DET AL 31 C 53 39 367.1 276 247 24 5 1 .982 2.0 6.5 2 6.64 5.11 .989 6.30 5.57 3 9 16 12 43%
1963 DET AL 32 C 16 9 94.2 74 68 5 1 1 .986 0.0 0.0 0 6.94 4.56 .989 6.65 5.78 2 3 3 2 40%
1964 DET AL 33 C 27 25 221.1 177 165 11 1 0 .994 -1.0 -5.4 -1 7.16 6.52 .990 7.07 6.07 4 13 3 4 57%
4 Seasons C 181 140 1289.2 937 863 62 12 7 .987 4.0 3.7 4 6.46 5.11 .989 6.41 5.60 15 35 39 32 45%
4 Seasons TOT 181 140 1289.2 937 863 62 12 7 .987 4.0 3.7 4 6.46 5.11 .976 6.41 5.60 15 35 39 32 45%

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
1961 DET AL 30 86 67 86 86 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1962 DET AL 31 56 39 56 56 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1963 DET AL 32 23 9 23 23 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 DET AL 33 29 25 29 29 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 194 140 194 194 0 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 DET AL 30 2584 3.52 3.96 35 97% 0 0 387 31 1 7 348 22 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 100%
1962 DET AL 31 1629 3.36 3.80 31 97% 0 0 250 23 0 6 221 24 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1963 DET AL 32 421 3.90 4.09 3 100% 0 0 70 1 0 3 66 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 DET AL 33 969 3.90 4.43 16 94% 0 0 156 10 0 3 143 13 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
4 Seasons 5603 3.57 4.01 85 96% 0 0 863 65 1 19 778 64 13 0 0 8 12 0 2 10 0 7 0 0 0 10 100%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.27 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 DET AL 30 6 10 924 17 14 14 45% 15 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 42 20 1.12 1.29
1962 DET AL 31 3 9 630 16 12 12 43% 16 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 39 15 1.20 1.22
1963 DET AL 32 2 3 160 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 1.24 1.62
1964 DET AL 33 4 13 337 3 4 4 57% 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 31 5 1.43 1.11
4 Seasons 15 35 2051 39 32 32 45% 36 31 3 1 0 0 5 0 125 44 1.19 1.26
MLB Averages 37% 1.21 1.17

* 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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