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

Born: August 16, 1938 in Delaware, 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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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

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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 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 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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  1. Frank Duffy (971)
  2. Kirt Manwaring (967)
  3. Ray Mack (966)
  4. Mike Tyson (965)
  5. George Strickland (960)
  6. Marty Perez (960)
  7. Eddie Ainsmith (959)
  8. Gary Sutherland (958)
  9. Rey Ordonez (958)
  10. Fred Kendall (958)
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  1. Ray Mack (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Milt Bolling (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Wilson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Sundberg (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  8. Jerry Grote (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.

October 22, 1969: Released by the California Angels.

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