Mickey Rocco

Michael Dominick Rocco

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: March 2, 1916 in St. Paul, MN (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1943
Team: Indians 1943-1946

Final Game: June 24, 1946
Died: June 1, 1997 in St. Paul, MN
Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, MN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1935	19	PIT-min	C	96	368	368		125	26	2	11						.340	.340	.511	.851		188					PMO · MATL
1936	20	PIT-ATL-min	C,A1,AA	92	327	327		77	16	0	8						.235	.235	.358	.593		117					PMO,KNX,STP · MATL,SOUA,AA
1937	21	CHW-min	A1,AA	121	449	449		114	24	6	3						.254	.254	.354	.608		159					DAL,STP · TL,AA
1938	22	CHW-min	B	137	0	0		122	22	14	9											199					ANN · SEAL
1939	23	CHW-min	B	142	585	585		186	40	11	18						.318	.318	.516	.834		302					ANN · SEAL
1940	24	LAD-min	A1	148	568	568		173	36	2	21						.305	.305	.486	.790		276					NVL · SOUA
1941	25	DET-min	AA	153	619	545	85	155	20	5	21	79	9		67	43	.284	.363	.455	.818		248		0	7		BFL · IL
1942	26	DET-min	AA	103	421	364	61	108	9	1	23	82	5	4	53	23	.297	.388	.516	.904		188	7	1	3		BFL · IL
1943	27	DET-min	AA	32	137	111	12	27	4	0	2	18	0	1	22	22	.243	.368	.333	.702		37		0	4		BFL · IL
1943	27	CLE	AL	108	469	405	43	97	14	4	5	46	1	2	51	40	.240	.328	.331	.658	99	134	7	2	11	*3
1944	28	CLE	AL	155	722	*653*	87	174	29	7	13	70	4	8	56	51	.266	.325	.392	.717	108	256	11	1	11	*3
1945	29	CLE	AL	143	628	565	81	149	28	6	10	56	0	4	52	40	.264	.326	.388	.713	111	219	12	0	11	*3
1946	30	CHC-min	AA	37	126	126		37	8	0	2						.294	.294	.405	.698		51					NVL · SOUA
1946	30	CLE	AL	34	116	98	8	24	2	0	2	14	1	1	15	15	.245	.345	.327	.672	94	32	2	0	3	3
1947	31	SLE	AAA	144	588	504	81	151	24	6	18	99	9		77	57	.300	.393	.478	.872		241		1	6		SLE · PCL
1948	32	SFR	AAA	178	770	670	120	201	36	5	27	149	10		95	58	.300	.387	.490	.876		328		0	5		SFR · PCL
1949	33	SFR	AAA	163	637	557	87	154	22	2	25	114	9		75	56	.276	.363	.458	.821		255		1	4		SFR · PCL
1950	34	POR	AAA	183	738	623	97	161	25	1	26	108	3		111	64	.258	.371	.427	.798		266		1	3		POR · PCL
1951	35	LAD-NYY-min	AAA	96	289	237	31	52	9	1	7	33	1		48	21	.219	.355	.354	.710		84	2	2	2		STP,KCY,POR · AA,PCL
1952	36	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	112	382	321	33	82	12	6	5	47	2		58	33	.255	.369	.377	.746		121	0	0	3		SPF,STP · IL,AA
4 Yrs				440	1935	1721	219	444	73	17	30	186	6	15	174	146	.258	.327	.372	.700	106	641	32	3	36
162 Game Avg.				162	712	634	81	163	27	6	11	68	2	6	64	54	.258	.327	.372	.700	106	236	12	1	13

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	27	CLE	AL	108	469	1	-0	0	-5	-4	-0.5	10	6	0.5	.495	.497	0.4	-0.6	6	$	*3
1944	28	CLE	AL	155	722	6	-2	6	-7	3	0.3	15	18	1.8	.502	.502	1.2	-0.1	12	$	*3
1945	29	CLE	AL	143	628	8	-1	2	-7	2	0.1	13	15	1.5	.502	.501	1.3	-0.6	13	$	*3
1946	30	CLE	AL	34	116	-0	-0	2	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.4	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	3
4 Seasons				440	1935	15	-3	10	-20	1	0.0	41	42	4.2	.500	.500	3.0	-1.2	32	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	27	CLE	AL	469	328	43	3.6	81	.256	.240	.248	.328	.321	.331	.342	.658	.663	99	.473	0.3	0.0	.587	.215	.091	1.7
1944	28	CLE	AL	722	509	81	4.3	88	.273	.266	.263	.325	.329	.392	.360	.717	.689	108	.530	5.2	0.6	.620	.205	.126	6.1
1945	29	CLE	AL	628	443	70	4.2	84	.270	.264	.256	.326	.327	.388	.348	.713	.674	111	.542	6.8	0.7	.618	.209	.124	.0
1946	30	CLE	AL	116	80	11	3.7	90	.272	.245	.255	.345	.328	.327	.367	.672	.696	94	.443	-0.2	-0.0	.610	.235	.082	1.3
4 Yrs				1935	1360	205	4.1	85	.268	.258	.257	.327	.327	.372	.352	.700	.678	106	.516	12.1	1.3	.611	.210	.114	10.0
162 Game Avg.				712	501	75	4.1	85	.268	.258	.257	.327	.327	.372	.352	.700	.678	106	.516	4	0	.611	.210	.114	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	27	CLE	AL	469	1.1%	8.5%	10.9%	4.9%	24%	0.78	10.1	81.0	8.8	77%
1944	28	CLE	AL	722	1.8%	7.1%	7.8%	6.8%	28%	0.91	12.8	50.2	9.3	82%
1945	29	CLE	AL	628	1.6%	6.4%	8.3%	7.0%	30%	0.77	14.1	56.5	10.1	82%
1946	30	CLE	AL	116	1.7%	12.9%	12.9%	3.5%	17%	1.00	6.5	49.0	7.0	70%
4 Yrs				1935	1.6%	7.6%	9.0%	6.2%	27%	0.84	11.8	57.4	9.3	80%
MLB Averages					1.1%	9.1%	8.8%	5.6%	25%	1.03	9.8	81.5	9.1	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	27	108	469	405	43	97	14	4	5	46	1	2	51	40	.240	.328	.331	.658	99	134	7	2	11
1944	28	263	1191	1058	130	271	43	11	18	116	5	10	107	91	.256	.326	.369	.695	104	390	18	3	22
1945	29	406	1819	1623	211	420	71	17	28	172	5	14	159	131	.259	.326	.375	.701	107	609	30	3	33
1946	30	440	1935	1721	219	444	73	17	30	186	6	15	174	146	.258	.327	.372	.700	106	641	32	3	36

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	27	114	513	439	55	115	17	5	6	59	1	60	42	.262	.353	.364	.718	56	108
1944	28	162	772	697	103	196	33	8	15	83	5	63	53	.281	.342	.416	.758	98	155
1945	29	151	688	615	102	175	33	7	12	71	0	61	42	.285	.349	.420	.769	90	143
1946	30	36	126	105	10	28	2	0	2	17	1	18	16	.267	.374	.343	.717	14	34
4 Yrs		463	2099	1856	270	514	85	20	35	230	7	202	153	.277	.349	.401	.750	258	440
162 Game Avg.		162	734	649	94	180	30	7	12	80	2	71	54	.277	.349	.401	.750	90	440

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1944 AL 155 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 1944 AL 653 (1st) 1945 AL 565 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1944 AL 722 (2nd) 1945 AL 628 (9th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1945 AL 81 (4th)
Hits s c a p y 1944 AL 174 (5th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1944 AL 256 (8th) 1945 AL 219 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 1944 AL 125 (6th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1945 AL 44 (8th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1944 AL 231 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1944 AL 8 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1944 AL 509 (1st) 1945 AL 443 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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