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John Rocker

John Loy Rocker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Indians/Rangers/DevilRays 1998-2003
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 14, 2003
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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
1994	19	ATL-min	Rk	1	5	.167	3.53	12	12	0	1	0	0	63.2	50	36	25	4	38	1	72	6	4	13	285		1.382	7.1	0.6	5.4	10.2	1.89	DAN · APPY
1995	20	ATL-min	A,A-	5	9	.357	4.77	28	28	0	0	0	0	145.1	131	90	77	9	88	0	135	6	3	12	635		1.507	8.1	0.6	5.4	8.4	1.53	MAC,EUG · SALL,NORW
1996	21	ATL-min	A,A+	9	6	.600	3.72	29	28	1	2	2	0	164.2	148	84	68	11	88	1	150	7	3	16	698		1.433	8.1	0.6	4.8	8.2	1.70	MAC,DHM · SALL,CARL
1997	22	ATL-min	AA,A+	6	7	.462	4.73	33	19	4	0	0	0	148.1	152	90	78	15	83	0	135	2	3	22	664		1.584	9.2	0.9	5.0	8.2	1.63	GRV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1998	23	ATL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.42	9	0	4	0	0	1	19.0	13	4	3	1	10	0	22	0	1	1	81		1.211	6.2	0.5	4.7	10.4	2.20	RMD · IL
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	197	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	181	1.161	5.8	0.6	4.6	12.9	2.81
2000	25	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		3.00	3	0	3	0	0	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	13		1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	18.0	6.00	RMD · IL
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	160	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	104	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	145	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	83	1.673	8.6	0.5	6.5	11.2	1.72
2002	27	TEX-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	3.18	9	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	4	0	4	0	19	0	0	1	44		0.971	5.6	0.0	3.2	15.1	4.75	OKC,TUL · PCL,TL
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	73	1.726	10.7	1.8	4.8	11.1	2.31
2003	28	TBD-min	AA	0	1	.000	9.15	17	0	4	0	0	0	19.2	23	23	20	4	26	0	20	1	1	2	105		2.492	10.5	1.8	11.9	9.2	0.77	ORL · SOUL
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	66	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	132	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	132	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	170	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	66	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	73	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	83	1.673	8.6	0.5	6.5	11.2	1.72

NL (4 yrs)			NL	8	12	.400	2.63	210	0	146	0	0	83	195.1	136	72	57	16	123	13	259	8	2	23	843	170	1.326	6.3	0.7	5.7	11.9	2.11
AL (3 yrs)			AL	5	10	.333	6.00	70	0	30	0	0	5	60.0	64	43	40	7	41	4	73	4	2	6	287	78	1.750	9.6	1.1	6.2	11.0	1.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1998	23	ATL	NL	38.0	0	10	21	2	1.2	11	1.0	$170,000
1999	24	ATL	NL	72.1	0	24	45	1	2.0	21	2.2	$217,500
2000	25	ATL	NL	53.0	0	25	33	1	1.5	8	0.5	$290,000
2001	26	ATL	NL	32.0	0	13	19	1	1.9	6	0.5	$1,900,000
2001	26	CLE	AL	34.2	0	23	24	-1	1.7	1	-0.3	$
2002	27	TEX	AL	24.1	0	19	17	0	1.7	-2	-0.5	$2,500,000
2003	28	TBD	AL	1.0	0	1	1	0	.5	0	0.0	$
6 Seasons				255.1	0	115	160	4	1.7	45	3.4	$5,077,500

ATL (4 yrs)				195.1	0	72	118	5	1.7	46	4.2	$2,577,500
TBD (1 yr)				1.0	0	1	1	0	.5	0	0.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				24.1	0	19	17	0	1.7	-2	-0.5	$2,500,000
CLE (1 yr)				34.2	0	23	24	-1	1.7	1	-0.3	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1994	19	ATL-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	DAN · APPY
1995	20	ATL-min	A,A-	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	MAC,EUG · SALL,NORW
1996	21	ATL-min	A,A+	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	MAC,DHM · SALL,CARL
1997	22	ATL-min	AA,A+	33	22	18	3	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.278	.316	.389	.705	7	0	0	3	0	0	GRV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1998	23	ATL-min	AAA	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1998	23	ATL	NL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	24	ATL	NL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	25	ATL-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
2000	25	ATL	NL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	26	TOT	MLB	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	26	ATL	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	26	CLE	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2002	27	TEX	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	28	TBD-min	AA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	ORL · SOUL
2003	28	TBD	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Seasons				280	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

ATL (4 yrs)				210	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				210	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	R	BB	OBP	IBB
1998	23	ATL	NL	NLDS	CHC	W	2	0	0	0
1998	23	ATL	NL	NLCS	SDP	L	6	1	1	1	1.000	0
1999	24	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	2	1	0	1	1.000	0
1999	24	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	6	0	0	0
1999	24	ATL	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0
2000	25	ATL	NL	NLDS	STL	L	1	0	0	0
3 Seasons (6 Series)							18	2	1	2	1.000	0
3 NLDS							5	1	0	1	1.000	0
2 NLCS							12	1	1	1	1.000	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1998	ATL	NL	23	P	47	38.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.66	0.15	.961	1.85	1.84	2	0	0%	0
1999	ATL	NL	24	P	74	72.1	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.37	0.15	.951	1.72	1.71	3	1	25%	0
2000	ATL	NL	25	P	59	53.0	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.19	0.12	.961	1.73	1.72	6	0	0%	0
2001	TOT	MLB	26	P	68	66.2	15	3	8	4	0	.733	1.48	0.16	.957	1.74	1.74	7	1	13%	1
2001	ATL	NL	26	P	30	32.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833	1.41	0.17	.958	1.74	1.73	0	0		0
2001	CLE	AL	26	P	38	34.2	9	2	4	3	0	.667	1.56	0.16	.956	1.74	1.74	7	1	13%	1
2002	TEX	AL	27	P	30	24.1	4	1	2	1	1	.750	1.11	0.10	.958	1.70	1.67	1	1	50%	0
2003	TBD	AL	28	P	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70	0	0		0
	6 Seasons			P	280	255.1	44	7	32	5	1	.886	1.37	0.14	.957	1.74	1.74	19	3	14%	1
	6 Seasons			TOT	280	255.1	44	7	32	5	1	.886	1.37	0.14	.957	1.74	1.74	19	3	14%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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 (151st)	Games Finished s c a p y 1999 NL 61 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1998 NL 1.000 (1st)

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 (151st)

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

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1998 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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John Franco (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Chuck McElroy (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Steve Kline (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1993.
June 22, 2001: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Troy Cameron (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.
December 18, 2001: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.
October 3, 2002: Released by the Texas Rangers.
April 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
June 27, 2003: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	23	Atlanta Braves	$170,000	11/23/98 USA Today
1999	24	Atlanta Braves	$217,500	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	25	Atlanta Braves	$290,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	26	Atlanta Braves	$1,900,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	27	Texas Rangers	$2,500,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,077,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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