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 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 DET AL 25 P 2 0 4.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 1.00 .950 1.93 0.75
1969 KCR AL 26 P 28 22 158.1 31 3 24 4 0 .871 1.53 0.96 .955 1.88 0.69
1970 KCR AL 27 P 38 29 203.2 40 6 32 2 4 .950 1.68 1.00 .950 1.86 0.67
1970 KCR AL 27 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1970 KCR AL 27 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1971 KCR AL 28 P 20 7 54.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 1.00 0.30 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 29 P 18 10 72.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.38 1.06 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 PIT NL 30 P 41 18 170.1 37 6 29 2 3 .946 1.85 0.85 .951 1.88 0.73
1974 PIT NL 31 P 33 33 262.2 60 14 45 1 3 .983 2.02 1.79 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 PIT NL 32 P 28 28 196.2 46 10 32 4 1 .913 1.92 1.50 .948 1.86 0.72
1976 PIT NL 33 P 30 29 198.2 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1.68 1.23 .951 1.88 0.72
1977 PIT NL 34 P 30 30 204.1 35 6 27 2 2 .943 1.45 1.10 .951 1.85 0.67
1978 PIT NL 35 P 28 28 163.1 38 14 24 0 5 1.000 2.09 1.36 .947 1.91 0.72
1979 PIT NL 36 P 19 17 103.2 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.82 1.11 .952 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 37 P 4 4 18.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 1.25 .940 1.90 0.70
13 Seasons P 319 255 1810.1 382 80 282 20 22 .948 1.80 1.13 .949 1.87 0.71
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
13 Seasons TOT 320 255 1812.1 382 80 282 20 22 .948 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.80 1.13 .897 1.87 0.71

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
1968 DET AL 25 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 26 34 22 34 34 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1970 KCR AL 27 41 29 41 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2
1971 KCR AL 28 21 7 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 KCR AL 29 18 10 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 PIT NL 30 42 18 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 PIT NL 31 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 32 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 33 33 29 33 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1977 PIT NL 34 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 35 32 28 32 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1979 PIT NL 36 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 37 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 337 255 337 330 319 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 15
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%
1968 DET AL 25 21 76% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 26 700 74% 27% 23 96% 1 3 0 3 23 17 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 KCR AL 27 901 76% 25% 31 97% 0 7 1 5 31 21 5 2 1 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 9 100%
1971 KCR AL 28 250 77% 25% 7 71% 1 2 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1972 KCR AL 29 322 79% 28% 20 95% 0 3 0 1 19 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1973 PIT NL 30 704 75% 30% 32 94% 1 6 1 3 29 23 3 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 3 100%
1974 PIT NL 31 1110 80% 28% 46 100% 1 14 3 5 47 36 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 11 100%
1975 PIT NL 32 861 79% 27% 40 88% 0 10 3 7 32 27 3 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 10 80%
1976 PIT NL 33 887 81% 27% 34 88% 0 7 3 2 29 23 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1977 PIT NL 34 891 83% 25% 28 96% 0 4 2 1 26 20 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 7 100%
1978 PIT NL 35 741 78% 26% 29 86% 1 11 4 2 24 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 2 9 78%
1979 PIT NL 36 463 82% 26% 16 81% 0 8 1 7 14 10 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1980 PIT NL 37 77 74% 26% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 7928 79% 27% 310 92% 5 76 18 38 284 211 23 20 1 10 9 8 22 13 17 5 60 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

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%
1970 KCR AL 27 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 7 57% 86% 29% 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 7 57% 86% 29% 0
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

* 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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