Buck Rodgers
Robert Leroy Rodgers (Buck)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 16, 1938 in Delaware, OH
High School: Prospect (Prospect, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1961
Final Game: October 1, 1969
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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
1961 22 LAA AL 16 57 56 8 18 2 0 2 13 0 0 1 6 .321 .333 .464 .798 102 26 3 0 0 0 0 2
1962 23 LAA AL 155 624 565 65 146 34 6 6 61 1 8 45 68 .258 .309 .372 .681 85 210 16 0 6 8 6 *2 MVP-26,RoY-2
1963 24 LAA AL 100 340 300 24 70 6 0 4 23 2 2 29 35 .233 .303 .293 .597 73 88 6 2 7 2 2 2
1964 25 LAA AL 148 572 514 38 125 18 3 4 54 4 3 40 71 .243 .299 .313 .612 79 161 15 4 7 7 11 *2
1965 26 CAL AL 132 461 411 33 86 14 3 1 32 4 5 35 61 .209 .271 .265 .537 56 109 15 3 4 8 9 *2
1966 27 CAL AL 133 491 454 45 107 20 3 7 48 3 4 29 57 .236 .281 .339 .620 80 154 11 2 0 6 8 *2
1967 28 CAL AL 139 475 429 29 94 13 3 6 41 1 4 34 55 .219 .277 .305 .583 76 131 12 2 6 4 5 *2/7
1968 29 CAL AL 91 281 258 13 49 6 0 1 14 2 1 16 48 .190 .244 .225 .469 46 58 4 3 2 2 3 2
1969 30 CAL AL 18 52 46 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .196 .288 .217 .506 48 10 0 1 0 0 1 2
9 Seasons 932 3353 3033 259 704 114 18 31 288 17 27 234 409 .232 .288 .312 .600 74 947 82 17 32 37 45
162 Game Avg. 162 583 527 45 122 20 3 5 50 3 5 41 71 .232 .288 .312 .600 74 165 14 3 6 6 8

Advanced Batting

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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
1961 22 LAA AL 57 41 7 4.6 113 .333 .321 .276 .333 .353 .464 .430 .798 .783 102 .490 -0.2 0.0 .659 .161 .143 .0
1962 23 LAA AL 624 457 61 3.6 100 .281 .258 .260 .309 .331 .372 .404 .681 .736 85 .392 -11.1 -1.1 .560 .181 .113 1.7
1963 24 LAA AL 340 247 28 3.1 89 .251 .233 .248 .303 .314 .293 .384 .597 .697 73 .359 -9.8 -1.0 .500 .157 .060 2.7
1964 25 LAA AL 572 421 47 3.0 87 .271 .243 .244 .299 .310 .313 .379 .612 .689 79 .348 -12.2 -1.3 .506 .150 .070 4.0
1965 26 CAL AL 461 357 28 2.1 89 .238 .209 .247 .271 .317 .265 .379 .537 .696 56 .234 -22.9 -2.4 .423 .139 .056 1.6
1966 27 CAL AL 491 368 41 3.0 87 .253 .236 .245 .281 .311 .339 .378 .620 .689 80 .381 -11.5 -1.2 .508 .165 .104 4.2
1967 28 CAL AL 475 361 35 2.6 80 .237 .219 .238 .277 .306 .305 .356 .583 .662 76 .343 -12.6 -1.4 .467 .159 .086 1.7
1968 29 CAL AL 281 218 15 1.8 76 .227 .190 .232 .244 .301 .225 .344 .469 .645 46 .236 -16.3 -1.9 .364 .101 .035 1.3
1969 30 CAL AL 52 37 3 2.2 90 .237 .196 .247 .288 .323 .217 .373 .506 .696 48 .231 -3.0 -0.3 .432 .130 .022
9 Seasons 3353 2507 265 2.8 89 .256 .232 .247 .288 .315 .312 .379 .600 .694 74 .341 -99.6 -10.6 .487 .154 .080 22.0
162 Game Avg. 583 436 46 2.8 89 .256 .232 .247 .288 .315 .312 .379 .600 .694 74 .341 -99.6 -10.6 .487 .154 .080 4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 22 LAA AL 57 3.5% 10.5% 1.8% 7.0% 22% 6.00 9.3 28.0 4.3 1.27 84%
1962 23 LAA AL 624 1.0% 10.9% 7.2% 7.4% 32% 1.51 8.3 94.2 9.3 0.93 80%
1963 24 LAA AL 340 1.2% 10.3% 8.5% 2.9% 14% 1.21 8.6 75.0 13.0 1.14 77%
1964 25 LAA AL 572 0.7% 12.4% 7.0% 4.4% 20% 1.78 7.2 128.5 9.5 0.94 78%
1965 26 CAL AL 461 0.2% 13.2% 7.6% 3.9% 21% 1.74 6.7 411.0 12.8 1.11 77%
1966 27 CAL AL 491 1.4% 11.6% 5.9% 6.1% 28% 1.97 8.0 64.9 9.5 0.84 81%
1967 28 CAL AL 475 1.3% 11.6% 7.2% 4.6% 23% 1.62 7.8 71.5 10.5 0.97 78%
1968 29 CAL AL 281 0.4% 17.1% 5.7% 2.5% 14% 3.00 5.4 258.0 18.4 0.88 75%
1969 30 CAL AL 52 0.0% 15.4% 9.6% 1.9% 11% 1.60 5.8 23.0 0.61 73%
9 Seasons 3353 0.9% 12.2% 7.0% 4.9% 23% 1.75 7.4 97.8 10.5 0.96 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 22 LAA AL 2 0 35% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 71% 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 23 LAA AL 4 0 32% 198 1 8 11% 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 11 66% 22 14 8 7 3 4 26 1 24
1963 24 LAA AL 5 0 21% 117 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 56% 19 10 9 3 1 2 5 1 4
1964 25 LAA AL 3 0 21% 203 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 10 60% 25 13 12 5 2 3 12 1 10
1965 26 CAL AL 8 0 26% 158 4 5 44% 4 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 9 12 42% 22 13 8 2 0 2 14 7 6
1966 27 CAL AL 5 0 29% 170 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 50% 23 14 9 2 2 0 11 2 9
1967 28 CAL AL 8 0 19% 146 1 4 20% 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 6 36% 20 15 3 4 2 1 15 4 10
1968 29 CAL AL 2 0 18% 94 2 1 67% 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 62% 11 7 4 3 0 3 7 1 6
1969 30 CAL AL 2 0 27% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 39 0 25% 1125 17 27 39% 15 22 2 1 0 4 7 0 47 62 53% 150 89 58 26 10 15 92 18 70
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 22 LAA AL 57 100% 18 3 2 0 1 2.33 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 6 0 0% 40 11 28% 4 3 75% 4 1 25% 0
1962 23 LAA AL 609 100% 146 11 1 0 1 1.48 6 0 16 3 2 0 5 0 7 6 86% 119 16 13% 65 26 40% 406 59 15% 45 22 49% 25 12 48% 14
1963 24 LAA AL 340 100% 70 15 5 0 3 1.29 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 0 7 7 100% 68 6 9% 40 12 30% 205 19 9% 23 10 43% 19 6 32% 0
1964 25 LAA AL 571 100% 125 5 2 0 1 1.38 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 1 7 7 100% 99 15 15% 55 19 35% 344 52 15% 33 20 61% 36 10 28% 0
1965 26 CAL AL 460 100% 86 8 2 0 1 2.41 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 92 15 16% 45 19 42% 277 35 13% 35 20 57% 30 6 20% 1
1966 27 CAL AL 491 100% 107 7 2 0 1 2.52 7 0 15 6 1 4 3 0 0 0 81 11 14% 40 11 28% 290 43 15% 34 16 47% 21 6 29% 0
1967 28 CAL AL 475 100% 94 7 1 0 0 1.64 6 0 13 5 1 3 3 0 6 6 100% 97 12 12% 49 20 41% 303 38 13% 26 12 46% 26 6 23% 0
1968 29 CAL AL 281 100% 49 6 0 0 1 3.06 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 52 4 8% 31 4 13% 167 14 8% 14 3 21% 15 3 20% 0
1969 30 CAL AL 52 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 5 1 20% 30 3 10% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
9 Seasons 3336 100% 704 62 15 0 9 1.87 31 1 80 22 8 11 19 1 35 32 91% 632 82 13% 336 112 33% 2062 274 13% 217 107 49% 178 52 29% 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 22 16 57 56 8 18 2 0 2 13 0 0 1 6 .321 .333 .464 .798 102 26 3 0 0 0 0
1962 23 171 681 621 73 164 36 6 8 74 1 8 46 74 .264 .311 .380 .691 87 236 19 0 6 8 6
1963 24 271 1021 921 97 234 42 6 12 97 3 10 75 109 .254 .309 .352 .660 83 324 25 2 13 10 8
1964 25 419 1593 1435 135 359 60 9 16 151 7 13 115 180 .250 .305 .338 .643 81 485 40 6 20 17 19
1965 26 551 2054 1846 168 445 74 12 17 183 11 18 150 241 .241 .298 .322 .619 76 594 55 9 24 25 28
1966 27 684 2545 2300 213 552 94 15 24 231 14 22 179 298 .240 .294 .325 .620 77 748 66 11 24 31 36
1967 28 823 3020 2729 242 646 107 18 30 272 15 26 213 353 .237 .292 .322 .614 77 879 78 13 30 35 41
1968 29 914 3301 2987 255 695 113 18 31 286 17 27 229 401 .233 .288 .314 .601 74 937 82 16 32 37 44
1969 30 932 3353 3033 259 704 114 18 31 288 17 27 234 409 .232 .288 .312 .600 74 947 82 17 32 37 45

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 22 16 53 52 7 14 2 0 2 11 0 1 6 .269 .283 .423 .706 6 16
1962 23 155 613 561 67 142 33 6 6 63 1 44 68 .253 .303 .365 .669 63 155
1963 24 100 344 308 28 78 7 0 4 27 2 32 35 .253 .326 .315 .641 32 100
1964 25 147 580 525 46 138 20 3 4 65 4 44 71 .263 .321 .335 .656 57 148
1965 26 132 465 417 39 92 15 3 1 37 4 37 61 .221 .284 .278 .562 33 132
1966 27 134 502 463 53 114 21 3 7 56 3 31 57 .246 .293 .350 .643 48 133
1967 28 139 484 440 37 105 15 3 7 52 1 38 55 .239 .300 .334 .634 44 139
1968 29 91 296 270 18 61 7 0 1 19 2 20 48 .226 .287 .263 .550 20 91
1969 30 18 55 48 5 11 1 0 0 2 0 6 8 .229 .327 .250 .577 4 18
9 Seasons 932 3392 3084 300 755 121 18 32 332 17 253 409 .245 .302 .327 .629 307 932
162 Game Avg. 162 590 536 52 131 21 3 6 58 3 44 71 .245 .302 .327 .629 53 932

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1987-NL-Mgr of the year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-AL-26-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL--34--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 AL--8--7th
1964 AL--7--3rd
1965 AL--8--2nd
1966 AL--6--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL--11--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 AL--8--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Sundberg (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Mack (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jerry Grote (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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