Jim Rooker
James Phillip Rooker
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 201 lb.

Born: September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, OR
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1968
Final Game: May 2, 1980
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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
1968 25 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 26 KCR AL 34 59 57 7 16 3 0 4 8 0 0 1 19 .281 .305 .544 .849 134 31 2 1 0 0 0 1
1970 27 KCR AL 41 76 70 12 14 4 0 1 13 0 0 2 35 .200 .230 .300 .530 46 21 3 1 2 1 0 1/7
1971 28 KCR AL 21 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 29 KCR AL 18 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .100 .095 .100 .195 -41 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
1973 30 PIT NL 42 57 49 5 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .245 .288 .245 .533 51 12 0 1 5 0 0 1
1974 31 PIT NL 33 106 95 8 29 5 2 0 8 0 0 5 31 .305 .337 .400 .737 109 38 1 0 5 1 0 1
1975 32 PIT NL 28 75 63 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 20 .095 .136 .095 .232 -34 6 1 0 9 0 0 1
1976 33 PIT NL 33 81 74 9 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 31 .216 .224 .311 .534 51 23 1 0 5 1 0 1
1977 34 PIT NL 30 75 70 4 13 1 0 0 5 1 0 4 27 .186 .230 .200 .430 16 14 2 0 1 0 0 1
1978 35 PIT NL 32 58 56 2 9 2 1 0 5 2 0 0 17 .161 .158 .232 .390 6 13 2 0 1 1 0 1
1979 36 PIT NL 19 36 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .121 .147 .121 .268 -27 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1980 37 PIT NL 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .571 .714 89 4 0 0 1 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 337 667 606 54 122 17 4 7 56 3 0 21 229 .201 .230 .277 .507 41 168 14 3 32 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 321 291 26 59 8 2 3 27 1 0 10 110 .201 .230 .277 .507 41 81 7 1 15 2 0
PIT (8 yrs) 221 496 447 34 90 10 4 2 33 3 0 16 165 .201 .229 .255 .484 34 114 8 1 29 3 0
KCR (4 yrs) 114 169 157 20 32 7 0 5 23 0 0 5 63 .204 .235 .344 .579 61 54 6 2 3 2 0
DET (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 221 496 447 34 90 10 4 2 33 3 0 16 165 .201 .229 .255 .484 34 114 8 1 29 3 0
AL (5 yrs) 116 171 159 20 32 7 0 5 23 0 0 5 64 .201 .232 .340 .572 59 54 6 2 3 2 0

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
1968 25 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 82 .000 .000 .241 .000 .311 .000 .357 .000 .668 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1969 26 KCR AL 59 43 9 5.6 95 .353 .281 .254 .305 .331 .544 .384 .849 .715 134 .630 2.0 0.2 .767 .281 .263 .0
1970 27 KCR AL 76 62 4 1.7 97 .371 .200 .257 .230 .331 .300 .392 .530 .723 46 .159 -5.2 -0.5 .407 .129 .100 .0
1971 28 KCR AL 13 11 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .254 .167 .326 .000 .377 .167 .702 -49 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
1972 29 KCR AL 21 20 0 0.0 82 .125 .100 .245 .095 .314 .100 .354 .195 .668 -41 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .105 .000 .000
1973 30 PIT NL 57 42 4 2.6 95 .480 .245 .260 .288 .329 .245 .387 .533 .716 51 .281 -3.3 -0.3 .405 .041 .000
1974 31 PIT NL 106 73 13 4.8 92 .446 .305 .259 .337 .330 .400 .374 .737 .704 109 .555 0.8 0.1 .642 .147 .095
1975 32 PIT NL 75 67 1 0.4 95 .140 .095 .264 .136 .335 .095 .382 .232 .716 -34 .013 -11.7 -1.2 .155 .048 .000
1976 33 PIT NL 81 65 5 2.1 92 .349 .216 .263 .224 .329 .311 .374 .534 .703 51 .223 -5.2 -0.6 .407 .108 .095 .0
1977 34 PIT NL 75 60 3 1.4 105 .302 .186 .272 .230 .340 .200 .414 .430 .753 16 .095 -8.6 -0.9 .322 .086 .014 .0
1978 35 PIT NL 58 51 2 1.0 99 .225 .161 .268 .158 .336 .232 .394 .390 .730 6 .074 -7.4 -0.8 .306 .107 .071 .0
1979 36 PIT NL 36 32 1 0.8 104 .200 .121 .275 .147 .341 .121 .408 .268 .749 -27 .046 -6.0 -0.6 .167 .030 .000
1980 37 PIT NL 8 7 1 3.9 97 .000 .143 .270 .143 .333 .571 .392 .714 .725 89 .457 -0.2 0.0 .667 .429 .429 .0
13 Seasons 667 535 43 2.2 96 .307 .201 .262 .230 .332 .277 .387 .507 .719 41 .225 -50.9 -5.3 .392 .116 .076 4.2
162 Game Avg. 321 257 21 2.2 96 .307 .201 .262 .230 .332 .277 .387 .507 .719 41 .225 -50.9 -5.3 .392 .116 .076 2
PIT (8 yrs) 496 397 30 2.0 97 .311 .201 .265 .229 .334 .255 .388 .484 .722 34 .203 -41.7 -4.3 .367 .096 .054 2.4
KCR (4 yrs) 169 136 13 2.6 94 .297 .204 .254 .235 .328 .344 .383 .579 .712 61 .293 -8.7 -0.9 .466 .172 .140 .0
DET (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 82 .000 .000 .241 .000 .311 .000 .357 .000 .668 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (8 yrs) 496 397 30 2.0 97 .311 .201 .265 .229 .334 .255 .388 .484 .722 34 .203 -41.7 -4.3 .367 .096 .054 2.4
AL (5 yrs) 171 138 13 2.5 94 .293 .201 .254 .232 .328 .340 .383 .572 .711 59 .288 -9.2 -1.0 .459 .170 .138 .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
1974 31 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 36 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1968 25 DET AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1969 26 KCR AL 59 6.8% 32.2% 1.7% 11.9% 44% 19.00 3.0 14.3 7.1 1.50 58%
1970 27 KCR AL 76 1.3% 46.1% 2.6% 6.6% 36% 17.50 2.0 70.0 5.4 1.33 46%
1971 28 KCR AL 13 0.0% 30.8% 15.4% 0.0% 2.00 2.5 1.33 46%
1972 29 KCR AL 21 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 10.0 0.67 76%
1973 30 PIT NL 57 0.0% 42.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.0 9.8 2.00 44%
1974 31 PIT NL 106 0.0% 29.3% 4.7% 6.6% 24% 6.20 3.1 11.9 2.31 61%
1975 32 PIT NL 75 0.0% 26.7% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 6.67 3.2 31.5 2.00 57%
1976 33 PIT NL 81 1.2% 38.3% 1.2% 4.9% 25% 31.00 2.4 74.0 12.3 1.77 53%
1977 34 PIT NL 75 0.0% 36.0% 5.3% 1.3% 8% 6.75 2.6 14.0 1.77 57%
1978 35 PIT NL 58 0.0% 29.3% 0.0% 5.2% 33% 3.3 11.2 1.92 69%
1979 36 PIT NL 36 0.0% 36.1% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 13.00 2.5 2.17 56%
1980 37 PIT NL 8 12.5% 25.0% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 3.5 7.0 3.5 4.00 50%
13 Seasons 667 1.1% 34.3% 3.2% 4.2% 23% 10.90 2.7 86.6 10.8 1.77 56%
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
1968 25 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 0 0 21% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1970 27 KCR AL 1 0 69% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 5 4 1 2 1 1 5 2 3
1971 28 KCR AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 KCR AL 0 1 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1973 30 PIT NL 2 0 33% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 64% 9 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 2
1974 31 PIT NL 0 0 24% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 9 6 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
1975 32 PIT NL 3 0 44% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 33 PIT NL 0 0 50% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 86% 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 3
1977 34 PIT NL 0 0 24% 25 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1978 35 PIT NL 0 0 22% 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1979 36 PIT NL 1 0 20% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 37 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 7 1 34% 229 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 40% 33 22 11 7 5 2 17 7 10
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
1968 25 DET AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 59 37% 16 2 0 0 0 1.15 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 9 0 0% 25 4 16% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1970 27 KCR AL 76 29% 14 1 0 0 0 1.03 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 18 3 17% 19 3 16% 53 13 25% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
1971 28 KCR AL 13 54% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1972 29 KCR AL 22 27% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 16 2 13% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1973 30 PIT NL 57 39% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 11 0 0% 10 2 20% 42 9 21% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1974 31 PIT NL 106 39% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 21 1 5% 22 5 23% 58 9 16% 8 2 25% 3 0 0% 0
1975 32 PIT NL 75 28% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 17 1 6% 21 4 19% 50 2 4% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 0
1976 33 PIT NL 81 27% 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 11 1 9% 15 3 20% 50 5 10% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1977 34 PIT NL 75 37% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 2 20% 14 2 14% 45 6 13% 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1978 35 PIT NL 58 38% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 11 2 18% 10 4 40% 45 5 11% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1979 36 PIT NL 36 39% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 1 13% 9 1 11% 25 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1980 37 PIT NL 8 0% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 6 1 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
13 Seasons 668 34% 122 3 0 0 0 1.11 7 0 22 4 3 1 6 0 50 32 64% 126 14 11% 142 27 19% 422 56 13% 40 14 35% 38 10 26% 0
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
1968 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 36 61 59 7 16 3 0 4 8 0 0 1 20 .271 .295 .525 .821 127 31 2 1 0 0 0
1970 27 77 137 129 19 30 7 0 5 21 0 0 3 55 .233 .259 .403 .662 82 52 5 2 2 1 0
1971 28 98 150 139 19 30 7 0 5 21 0 0 5 59 .216 .252 .374 .626 73 52 5 2 3 1 0
1972 29 116 171 159 20 32 7 0 5 23 0 0 5 64 .201 .232 .340 .572 59 54 6 2 3 2 0
1973 30 158 228 208 25 44 7 0 5 28 0 0 7 88 .212 .245 .317 .563 57 66 6 3 8 2 0
1974 31 191 334 303 33 73 12 2 5 36 0 0 12 119 .241 .274 .343 .617 73 104 7 3 13 3 0
1975 32 219 409 366 37 79 12 2 5 38 0 0 15 139 .216 .251 .301 .551 55 110 8 3 22 3 0
1976 33 252 490 440 46 95 14 3 6 44 0 0 16 170 .216 .246 .302 .548 54 133 9 3 27 4 0
1977 34 282 565 510 50 108 15 3 6 49 1 0 20 197 .212 .244 .288 .532 49 147 11 3 28 4 0
1978 35 314 623 566 52 117 17 4 6 54 3 0 20 214 .207 .236 .283 .518 44 160 13 3 29 5 0
1979 36 333 659 599 53 121 17 4 6 54 3 0 21 227 .202 .231 .274 .505 40 164 14 3 31 5 0
1980 37 337 667 606 54 122 17 4 7 56 3 0 21 229 .201 .230 .277 .507 41 168 14 3 32 5 0

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
1968 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1969 26 34 59 57 7 16 3 0 4 8 0 1 19 .281 .305 .544 .849 9 34
1970 27 41 75 71 14 15 4 0 1 15 0 2 35 .211 .240 .310 .550 5 41
1971 28 21 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 21
1972 29 19 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1973 30 42 53 50 5 13 0 0 0 5 0 2 24 .260 .302 .260 .562 4 42
1974 31 33 102 96 8 30 5 2 0 8 0 5 31 .313 .343 .406 .749 14 33
1975 32 28 68 64 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 20 .109 .162 .109 .271 1 28
1976 33 33 77 75 10 17 2 1 1 7 0 1 31 .227 .234 .320 .554 6 33
1977 34 30 73 69 4 12 1 0 0 5 1 4 27 .174 .219 .188 .408 3 30
1978 35 32 57 56 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 32
1979 36 19 35 34 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .147 .171 .147 .318 1 19
1980 37 4 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
13 Seasons 338 642 612 57 115 15 3 6 59 3 22 229 .188 .218 .252 .470 46 337
162 Game Avg. 162 308 293 27 55 7 1 3 28 1 11 110 .188 .218 .252 .470 22 337

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