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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 LAA AL 22 C 14 13 115.1 85 71 11 3 2 .965 1.0 10.4 1 6.40 5.86 .989 6.21 5.44 1 1 8 6 43%
1962 LAA AL 23 C 150 144 1302.1 909 826 73 10 14 .989 5.0 4.6 5 6.21 5.99 .989 6.30 5.57 12 36 40 34 46% MVP-26,RoY-2
1963 LAA AL 24 C 85 77 695.1 474 416 48 10 5 .979 -2.0 -3.5 -2 6.01 5.46 .989 6.64 5.78 12 31 23 16 41%
1964 LAA AL 25 C 146 139 1255.2 984 884 87 13 14 .987 10.0 9.6 10 6.96 6.65 .990 7.07 6.07 4 36 36 33 48%
1965 CAL AL 26 C 128 112 1025.2 741 682 52 7 7 .991 0.0 0.0 0 6.44 5.73 .988 6.96 5.67 9 38 40 20 33%
1966 CAL AL 27 C 133 121 1103.0 737 662 69 6 7 .992 6.0 6.5 6 5.96 5.50 .988 6.86 5.86 11 31 47 34 42%
1967 CAL AL 28 C 134 121 1094.2 808 728 73 7 11 .991 6.0 6.6 6 6.59 5.98 .989 7.22 6.15 7 46 40 44 52%
1967 CAL AL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1967 CAL AL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1968 CAL AL 29 C 87 74 658.0 464 407 50 7 11 .985 -2.0 -3.6 -2 6.25 5.25 .990 6.97 6.01 7 34 32 24 43%
1969 CAL AL 30 C 18 14 132.0 83 74 9 0 3 1.000 -4.0 -36.4 -4 5.66 4.61 .987 6.65 5.59 3 9 17 4 19%
9 Seasons C 895 815 7382.0 5285 4750 472 63 74 .988 20.0 3.3 20 6.37 5.83 .989 6.84 5.86 66 262 283 215 43%
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
9 Seasons TOT 896 815 7383.0 5285 4750 472 63 74 .988 20.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 20 6.37 5.83 .977 6.84 5.85 66 262 283 215 43%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 LAA AL 22 16 13 16 16 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 LAA AL 23 155 144 155 155 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1963 LAA AL 24 100 77 100 100 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1964 LAA AL 25 148 139 148 148 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 CAL AL 26 132 112 132 132 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1966 CAL AL 27 133 121 133 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 CAL AL 28 139 121 139 139 0 134 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
1968 CAL AL 29 91 74 91 91 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1969 CAL AL 30 18 14 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 932 815 932 932 0 895 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 69 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 LAA AL 22 506 4.06 4.92 6 100% 0 0 71 3 0 1 67 11 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 23 5625 3.60 4.17 88 91% 0 0 818 55 6 21 735 74 17 3 1 10 9 0 4 5 1 14 1 1 4 16 81%
1963 LAA AL 24 3056 3.37 3.87 41 90% 0 0 417 27 3 5 382 47 8 1 2 9 10 0 5 5 0 5 0 1 1 4 100%
1964 LAA AL 25 5376 2.87 3.35 79 91% 0 0 880 43 9 15 813 87 21 4 2 14 13 0 8 5 3 12 1 5 6 8 38%
1965 CAL AL 26 4406 3.18 3.52 74 92% 0 1 689 45 5 29 609 45 7 1 1 6 7 0 5 2 2 6 0 1 2 4 25%
1966 CAL AL 27 4771 3.54 3.92 51 94% 0 0 661 37 4 13 607 70 9 0 1 18 6 1 2 3 1 7 0 1 1 3 100%
1967 CAL AL 28 4688 3.18 3.63 64 100% 0 0 732 44 4 22 662 73 7 2 0 16 7 1 3 3 0 11 0 1 1 2 100%
1968 CAL AL 29 2802 3.32 3.70 35 97% 0 0 411 19 5 6 381 49 11 1 0 3 7 0 3 4 0 11 0 2 4 5 100%
1969 CAL AL 30 602 3.68 4.36 6 100% 0 0 76 3 0 4 68 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 31832 3.31 3.77 444 93% 0 1 4755 276 36 116 4324 465 86 12 7 79 62 3 30 29 7 71 2 12 19 43 74%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.04 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 LAA AL 22 1 1 179 8 6 6 43% 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 1.22 0.35
1962 LAA AL 23 12 36 2128 40 34 32 46% 33 28 7 6 0 0 4 0 120 46 1.00 1.37
1963 LAA AL 24 12 31 1120 23 16 15 41% 19 15 4 1 0 0 3 0 89 28 1.18 1.37
1964 LAA AL 25 4 36 1958 36 33 33 48% 33 31 3 2 0 0 8 0 107 43 1.32 1.21
1965 CAL AL 26 8 38 1602 40 20 17 33% 36 17 4 3 0 0 3 0 108 35 1.26 1.42
1966 CAL AL 27 11 31 1681 47 34 32 42% 41 30 6 2 0 2 6 0 117 54 1.24 1.55
1967 CAL AL 28 7 46 1640 40 44 41 52% 37 39 3 3 0 2 2 0 119 56 1.51 1.33
1968 CAL AL 29 7 34 939 32 24 24 43% 30 22 2 2 0 0 1 0 96 31 1.29 1.45
1969 CAL AL 30 3 9 236 17 4 4 19% 15 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 37 5 2.04 1.41
9 Seasons 65 262 11483 283 215 204 43% 250 191 33 19 0 5 27 0 807 305 1.31 1.35
MLB Averages 38% 1.26 1.22

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* 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.

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