John Rocker
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 17, 1974 in Statesboro, GA
High School: First Presbyterian (Macon, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1998
Final Game: May 14, 2003
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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
1998 23 ATL NL 1 3 .250 2.13 47 0 16 0 0 2 38.0 22 10 9 4 22 4 42 3 0 6 156 195 1.158 5.2 0.9 5.2 9.9 1.91
1999 24 ATL NL 4 5 .444 2.49 74 0 61 0 0 38 72.1 47 24 20 5 37 4 104 1 0 7 301 180 1.161 5.8 0.6 4.6 12.9 2.81
2000 25 ATL NL 1 2 .333 2.89 59 0 41 0 0 24 53.0 42 25 17 5 48 4 77 2 2 5 251 159 1.698 7.1 0.8 8.2 13.1 1.60
2001 26 TOT MLB 5 9 .357 4.32 68 0 48 0 0 23 66.2 58 36 32 4 41 4 79 5 2 11 300 103 1.485 7.8 0.5 5.5 10.7 1.93
2001 26 ATL NL 2 2 .500 3.09 30 0 28 0 0 19 32.0 25 13 11 2 16 1 36 2 0 5 135 144 1.281 7.0 0.6 4.5 10.1 2.25
2001 26 CLE AL 3 7 .300 5.45 38 0 20 0 0 4 34.2 33 23 21 2 25 3 43 3 2 6 165 82 1.673 8.6 0.5 6.5 11.2 1.72
2002 27 TEX AL 2 3 .400 6.66 30 0 10 0 0 1 24.1 29 19 18 5 13 1 30 0 0 0 114 72 1.726 10.7 1.8 4.8 11.1 2.31
2003 28 TBD AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 49 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 13 22 .371 3.42 280 0 176 0 0 88 255.1 200 115 97 23 164 17 332 12 4 29 1130 131 1.426 7.0 0.8 5.8 11.7 2.02
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .371 3.42 68 0 43 0 0 21 62 49 28 24 6 40 4 81 3 1 7 274 131 1.426 7.0 0.8 5.8 11.7 2.02
ATL (4 yrs) 8 12 .400 2.63 210 0 146 0 0 83 195.1 136 72 57 16 123 13 259 8 2 23 843 169 1.326 6.3 0.7 5.7 11.9 2.11
TBD (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 49 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
TEX (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.66 30 0 10 0 0 1 24.1 29 19 18 5 13 1 30 0 0 0 114 72 1.726 10.7 1.8 4.8 11.1 2.31
CLE (1 yr) 3 7 .300 5.45 38 0 20 0 0 4 34.2 33 23 21 2 25 3 43 3 2 6 165 82 1.673 8.6 0.5 6.5 11.2 1.72
NL (4 yrs) 8 12 .400 2.63 210 0 146 0 0 83 195.1 136 72 57 16 123 13 259 8 2 23 843 169 1.326 6.3 0.7 5.7 11.9 2.11
AL (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 6.00 70 0 30 0 0 5 60.0 64 43 40 7 41 4 73 4 2 6 287 77 1.750 9.6 1.1 6.2 11.0 1.78

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
1998 23 ATL NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1998 23 ATL NL NLCS L SDP 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 17 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00
1999 24 ATL NL NLDS W HOU 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 12 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 13.5 2.50
1999 24 ATL NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 0.00 6 0 3 0 0 2 6.2 3 2 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 1 27 0.750 4.1 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50
1999 24 ATL NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
2000 25 ATL NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2001 26 CLE AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 2 0 1.000 0.00 20 0 5 0 0 3 20.2 10 2 0 0 8 2 26 0 0 2 80 0.871 4.4 0.0 3.5 11.3 3.25
3 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 1 5.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 1 20 0.750 1.7 0.0 5.1 11.8 2.33
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 12 0 3 0 0 2 11.1 6 2 0 0 3 1 14 0 0 1 44 0.794 4.8 0.0 2.4 11.1 4.67
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00

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
1998 23 ATL NL 47 156 128 10 22 2 1 4 2 0 22 42 .172 .307 .297 .604 .220 38 5 3 3 0 4
1999 24 ATL NL 74 301 261 24 47 8 0 5 3 1 37 104 .180 .284 .268 .552 .276 70 2 1 2 0 4
2000 25 ATL NL 59 251 200 25 42 3 1 5 6 0 48 77 .210 .368 .310 .678 .314 62 3 2 1 0 4
2001 26 TOT MLB 68 300 248 36 58 7 1 4 7 1 41 79 .234 .351 .319 .670 .323 79 4 5 4 2 4
2001 26 ATL NL 30 135 116 13 25 2 1 2 0 0 16 36 .216 .319 .302 .620 .291 35 3 2 0 1 1
2001 26 CLE AL 38 165 132 23 33 5 0 2 7 1 25 43 .250 .379 .333 .712 .352 44 1 3 4 1 3
2002 27 TEX AL 30 114 97 19 29 4 1 5 1 1 13 30 .299 .372 .515 .887 .369 50 2 0 1 3 1
2003 28 TBD AL 2 8 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 .500 2 1 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 280 1130 938 115 200 24 4 23 19 3 164 332 .213 .336 .321 .657 .301 301 17 12 11 5 17
162 Game Avg. 68 274 228 28 49 6 1 6 5 1 40 81 .213 .336 .321 .657 .301 73 4 3 3 1 4
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
1998 23 ATL NL 47 47 16 1 3 4 2 2 50% 21 15 33 6 18% 8 1.205 24 6 15 25 5 17 20 27 5 21 5 12 2.4 13
1999 24 ATL NL 74 74 61 4 5 45 38 7 84% 45 0 27 10 37% 9 1.963 44 14 15 59 13 2 14 60 9 9 9 24 2.9 16
2000 25 ATL NL 59 59 41 1 2 27 24 3 89% 35 4 17 2 12% 9 1.538 29 13 17 46 5 8 11 48 8 15 8 13 2.7 19
2001 26 TOT MLB 68 68 48 5 9 30 23 7 77% 37 7 18 4 22% 1.819 39 12 16 48 11 9 11 57 8 8 8 19 2.9 18
2001 26 ATL NL 30 30 28 2 2 23 19 4 83% 23 0 14 3 21% 9 1.928 19 6 5 27 2 1 7 23 5 1 5 9 3.2 18
2001 26 CLE AL 38 38 20 3 7 7 4 3 57% 14 7 4 1 25% 8 1.730 20 6 11 21 9 8 4 34 3 7 3 10 2.7 18
2002 27 TEX AL 30 30 10 2 3 4 1 3 25% 15 10 18 4 22% 8 1.733 17 7 6 19 4 7 13 17 3 14 4 9 2.4 15
2003 28 TBD AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.525 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.5 17
6 Seasons 280 280 176 13 22 110 88 22 80% 154 36 113 26 23% 1.692 153 53 70 198 38 44 69 211 33 68 34 77 2.7 16

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%
1998 23 ATL NL 156 60% 2.6% 26.9% 14.1% 4.5% 32% 1.07 1.81 53% 19% 10.3% 5% 31 5 16%
1999 24 ATL NL 301 80% 1.7% 34.6% 12.3% 4.3% 28% 0.74 0.85 51% 20% 6.4% 12% 55 2 4%
2000 25 ATL NL 251 79% 2.0% 30.7% 19.1% 3.6% 21% 0.48 0.58 47% 30% 7.0% 11% 56 3 5%
2001 26 TOT MLB 300 78% 1.3% 26.3% 13.7% 4.0% 21% 0.70 0.88 56% 25% 4.8% 15% 66 4 6%
2001 26 ATL NL 135 80% 1.5% 26.7% 11.9% 3.7% 20% 0.68 0.88 59% 26% 5.3% 19% 29 3 10%
2001 26 CLE AL 165 77% 1.2% 26.1% 15.2% 4.2% 21% 0.73 0.88 53% 23% 4.4% 12% 37 1 3%
2002 27 TEX AL 114 62% 4.4% 26.3% 11.4% 8.8% 35% 0.67 0.95 57% 32% 13.9% 8% 23 2 9%
2003 28 TBD AL 8 38% 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 50% 25% 0.0% 0% 5 1 20%
6 Seasons 1130 75% 2.0% 29.4% 14.5% 4.5% 26% 0.70 0.93 52% 25% 7.4% 11% 236 17 7%
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
1998 23 ATL NL 156 634 4.06 380 60% 29% 22% 26% 23% 71% 6% 43% 69% 57% 8% 12 5 24% 37 21 2 36% 4 3 0 0 0
1999 24 ATL NL 301 1209 4.02 766 63% 28% 25% 26% 21% 72% 3% 45% 65% 64% 7% 20 8 32% 96 53 3 25% 14 9 0 0 0
2000 25 ATL NL 251 1093 4.35 633 58% 37% 22% 21% 20% 63% 3% 36% 65% 50% 10% 24 11 30% 75 45 4 26% 13 11 0 0 0
2001 26 TOT MLB 300 1214 4.05 741 61% 31% 21% 25% 24% 69% 3% 42% 70% 55% 8% 24 13 29% 86 55 10 18% 17 7 0 0 0
2001 26 ATL NL 135 533 3.95 337 63% 32% 23% 22% 24% 68% 2% 43% 67% 59% 8% 11 7 27% 37 26 5 14% 9 3 0 0 0
2001 26 CLE AL 165 681 4.13 404 59% 30% 19% 27% 23% 70% 4% 41% 72% 51% 8% 13 6 30% 49 29 5 21% 8 4 0 0 0
2002 27 TEX AL 114 436 3.82 281 64% 30% 21% 24% 25% 70% 3% 45% 70% 59% 4% 5 3 28% 32 21 3 37% 11 1 0 0 0
2003 28 TBD AL 8 34 4.25 14 41% 43% 14% 14% 29% 57% 0% 24% 75% 25% 0% 0 0 13% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1130 4620 4.09 2815 61% 31% 22% 24% 22% 69% 3% 42% 67% 57% 8% 85 40 29% 327 195 22 26% 59 31 0 0 0
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
1998 23 ATL NL 156 22 3 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 5 1 4 20% 1 6 0 75 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 24 ATL NL 301 47 1 1 5 0 15 3 2 1 4 13 6 2 46% 2 7 2 116 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2000 25 ATL NL 251 42 4 0 5 0 9 3 2 2 3 12 2 5 17% 3 5 0 105 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2001 26 TOT MLB 300 58 9 0 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 21 9 5 43% 3 11 1 125 7 1 88% 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 22 0
2001 26 ATL NL 135 25 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 11 5 3 45% 0 5 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
2001 26 CLE AL 165 33 5 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 10 4 2 40% 3 6 0 69 7 1 88% 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
2002 27 TEX AL 114 29 3 0 5 0 4 2 3 2 3 11 5 2 45% 1 0 3 46 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
2003 28 TBD AL 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1130 200 20 1 23 0 39 13 10 9 14 64 24 18 38% 10 29 6 472 19 3 86% 14 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 56 0
MLB Averages

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+
1998 23 1 3 .250 2.13 47 0 16 0 0 2 38.0 22 10 9 4 22 4 42 3 0 6 156 195 1.158 5.2 0.9 5.2 9.9 1.91 195
1999 24 5 8 .385 2.37 121 0 77 0 0 40 110.1 69 34 29 9 59 8 146 4 0 13 457 184 1.160 5.6 0.7 4.8 11.9 2.47 184
2000 25 6 10 .375 2.53 180 0 118 0 0 64 163.1 111 59 46 14 107 12 223 6 2 18 708 175 1.335 6.1 0.8 5.9 12.3 2.08 175
2001 26 11 19 .367 3.05 248 0 166 0 0 87 230.0 169 95 78 18 148 16 302 11 4 29 1008 146 1.378 6.6 0.7 5.8 11.8 2.04 146
2002 27 13 22 .371 3.40 278 0 176 0 0 88 254.1 198 114 96 23 161 17 332 11 4 29 1122 132 1.412 7.0 0.8 5.7 11.7 2.06 132
2003 28 13 22 .371 3.42 280 0 176 0 0 88 255.1 200 115 97 23 164 17 332 12 4 29 1130 131 1.426 7.0 0.8 5.8 11.7 2.02 131

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1998 23 3 1 .750 2.25 36.0 22 10 9 4 22 40 3 1.222 5.5 5.5 10.0 1.82 1.0 47
1999 24 6 2 .750 2.22 73.0 45 20 18 5 35 105 1 1.096 5.5 4.3 12.9 3.00 0.6 74
2000 25 4 2 .667 2.50 54.0 40 17 15 5 46 78 2 1.593 6.7 7.7 13.0 1.70 0.8 59
2001 26 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 57 34 31 4 40 78 5 1.470 7.8 5.5 10.6 1.95 0.5 68
2002 27 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 29 19 17 5 13 30 0 1.750 10.9 4.9 11.3 2.31 1.9 30
2003 28 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 5.000 18.0 27.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
6 Seasons 17 10 .630 3.22 254.0 195 101 91 23 159 331 12 1.394 6.9 11.7 2.08 0.8 280

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1999 NL--74--7th

Saves s c a p y
1999 NL--38--4th
2000 NL--24--9th
Career--88--143rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1999 NL--61--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (833), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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