Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Scott Rogers (the Gambler)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 10, 1964 in Savannah, GA
High School: Plant City (Plant City, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1989
Final Game: September 14, 2008
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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
1989 TEX AL 24 P 73 0 73.2 23 1 22 0 0 1.000 2.81 0.32 .957 1.87 0.66
1990 TEX AL 25 P 69 3 97.2 29 5 22 2 1 .931 2.49 0.39 .955 1.78 0.59
1991 TEX AL 26 P 63 9 109.2 23 5 15 3 1 .870 1.64 0.32 .961 1.80 0.58
1992 TEX AL 27 P 81 0 78.2 23 4 17 2 0 .913 2.40 0.26 .957 1.72 0.56
1993 TEX AL 28 P 35 33 208.1 68 18 46 4 4 .941 2.76 1.83 .953 1.79 0.56
1994 TEX AL 29 P 24 24 167.1 46 9 33 4 4 .913 2.26 1.75 .959 1.72 0.52
1995 TEX AL 30 P 31 31 208.0 48 11 35 2 3 .958 1.99 1.48 .960 1.79 0.53 AS
1996 NYY AL 31 P 30 30 179.0 51 15 34 2 1 .961 2.46 1.63 .961 1.77 0.52
1997 NYY AL 32 P 31 22 145.0 57 13 42 2 3 .965 3.41 1.77 .954 1.71 0.49
1998 OAK AL 33 P 34 34 238.2 88 20 66 2 4 .977 3.24 2.53 .957 1.78 0.50
1999 TOT MLB 34 P 31 31 195.1 76 10 62 4 4 .947 3.32 2.32 .951 1.70 0.47
1999 OAK AL 34 P 19 19 119.1 52 6 43 3 2 .942 3.70 2.58 .952 1.69 0.47
1999 NYM NL 34 P 12 12 76.0 24 4 19 1 2 .958 2.72 1.92 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 TEX AL 35 P 34 34 227.1 66 18 46 2 6 .970 2.53 1.88 .956 1.62 0.46 GG
2001 TEX AL 36 P 20 20 120.2 41 6 34 1 3 .976 2.98 2.00 .954 1.75 0.49
2002 TEX AL 37 P 33 33 210.2 65 22 40 3 5 .954 2.65 1.88 .957 1.69 0.48 GG
2003 MIN AL 38 P 33 31 195.0 58 20 36 2 4 .966 2.58 1.70 .957 1.73 0.49
2004 TEX AL 39 P 35 35 211.2 66 16 49 1 2 .985 2.76 1.86 .945 1.66 0.45 AS,GG
2005 TEX AL 40 P 30 30 195.1 66 18 47 1 7 .985 2.99 2.17 .953 1.69 0.46 AS,GG
2006 DET AL 41 P 34 33 204.0 57 14 38 5 2 .912 2.29 1.53 .960 1.56 0.41 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 DET AL 42 P 11 11 63.0 18 7 10 1 0 .944 2.43 1.55 .956 1.60 0.42
2008 DET AL 43 P 30 30 173.2 77 26 50 1 11 .987 3.94 2.53 .951 1.60 0.42
20 Seasons P 762 474 3302.2 1046 258 744 44 65 .958 2.73 1.31 .955 1.71 0.52
20 Seasons TOT 762 474 3302.2 1046 258 744 44 65 .958 2.73 1.31 .913 1.71 0.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1989 TEX AL 24 73 0 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TEX AL 25 69 0 1 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 26 63 0 1 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX AL 27 81 0 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 28 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 29 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 30 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 31 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 32 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 33 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 34 19 1 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NYM NL 34 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 35 34 2 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 36 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TEX AL 37 34 2 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 MIN AL 38 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX AL 39 35 2 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TEX AL 40 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 DET AL 41 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 42 11 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DET AL 43 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 763 31 35 762 762 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1989 TEX AL 24 333 67% 24% 17 88% 1 1 1 0 21 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1990 TEX AL 25 446 73% 30% 23 96% 1 5 1 4 22 18 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1991 TEX AL 26 521 73% 29% 15 93% 0 5 0 3 16 10 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 9 89%
1992 TEX AL 27 353 73% 24% 14 100% 1 4 0 4 17 10 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1993 TEX AL 28 917 77% 31% 42 90% 0 18 4 9 45 28 4 3 1 2 0 2 4 2 3 1 7 100%
1994 TEX AL 29 732 76% 35% 39 85% 0 9 1 6 35 25 4 4 0 0 4 1 4 3 3 1 4 25%
1995 TEX AL 30 897 76% 35% 41 90% 2 11 3 6 36 26 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1996 NYY AL 31 805 77% 35% 34 94% 2 13 2 8 35 21 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1997 NYY AL 32 667 78% 38% 43 88% 0 13 2 7 42 32 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 3 33%
1998 OAK AL 33 994 79% 37% 70 93% 1 19 8 5 67 49 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 9 78%
1999 OAK AL 34 543 78% 37% 42 98% 1 8 4 1 42 30 2 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1999 NYM NL 34 325 72% 38% 15 100% 0 4 0 3 19 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
2000 TEX AL 35 1016 79% 34% 45 93% 1 18 4 10 45 26 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 4 5 1 3 67%
2001 TEX AL 36 567 77% 32% 32 100% 0 6 1 5 34 26 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0
2002 TEX AL 37 901 80% 40% 47 96% 0 7 3 2 45 34 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 4 1 3 33%
2003 MIN AL 38 872 80% 31% 48 90% 1 20 4 6 36 27 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 10 80%
2004 TEX AL 39 946 79% 33% 47 96% 0 16 3 11 48 37 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 7 86%
2005 TEX AL 40 831 82% 37% 54 91% 1 18 3 14 47 37 6 1 0 1 0 1 7 6 6 1 5 60%
2006 DET AL 41 864 80% 39% 46 87% 1 14 4 10 38 32 3 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 4 50%
2007 DET AL 42 278 78% 39% 10 90% 0 7 1 6 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DET AL 43 796 80% 32% 62 90% 2 26 6 12 50 31 11 1 0 0 1 0 11 7 9 2 8 50%
20 Seasons 14604 78% 34% 786 92% 15 242 55 132 750 531 72 43 2 11 30 16 65 42 53 12 101 77%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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