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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

Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 23 ATL NL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 24 ATL NL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 25 ATL NL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 26 TOT MLB 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 26 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 26 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 27 TEX AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 206 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) 198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 23 ATL NL NLDS CHC W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 23 ATL NL NLCS SDP L 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 ATL NL NLCS NYM W 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 ATL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 25 ATL NL NLDS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 ATL NL 23 P 47 0 38.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.66 0.15 .957 1.85 0.54
1999 ATL NL 24 P 74 0 72.1 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.15 .945 1.72 0.48
2000 ATL NL 25 P 59 0 53.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.12 .957 1.73 0.48
2001 TOT MLB 26 P 68 0 66.2 15 3 8 4 0 .733 1.48 0.16 .967 1.74 0.48
2001 ATL NL 26 P 30 0 32.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.41 0.17 .967 1.74 0.46
2001 CLE AL 26 P 38 0 34.2 9 2 4 3 0 .667 1.56 0.16 .967 1.74 0.49
2002 TEX AL 27 P 30 0 24.1 4 1 2 1 1 .750 1.11 0.10 .975 1.70 0.48
2003 TBD AL 28 P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
6 Seasons P 280 0 255.1 44 7 32 5 1 .886 1.37 0.14 .959 1.74 0.49
6 Seasons TOT 280 0 255.1 44 7 32 5 1 .886 1.37 0.14 .845 1.74 0.49

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

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (840), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Atlanta Braves$170,000
1999Atlanta Braves$217,500
2000Atlanta Braves$290,000
2001Atlanta Braves$1,900,000
2002Texas Rangers$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,077,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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