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Jack Rothrock

Jack Houston Rothrock

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 14, 1905 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1925
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Athletics/WhiteSox 1925-1937

Final Game: October 2, 1937
Died: February 2, 1980 in San Bernardino, CA
Buried: Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA
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Standard Batting

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
1925 20 BOS AL 22 59 55 6 19 3 3 0 7 0 0 3 7 .345 .379 .509 .888 125 28 0 0 6
1926 21 BOS AL 15 23 17 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .294 .400 .353 .753 101 6 0 3 /6
1927 22 BOS AL 117 464 428 61 111 24 8 1 36 5 5 24 46 .259 .302 .360 .662 73 154 2 9 6453 MVP-22
1928 23 BOS AL 117 381 344 52 92 9 4 3 22 12 6 33 40 .267 .333 .343 .676 81 118 1 6 O795368/421
1929 24 BOS AL 143 530 473 70 142 19 7 6 59 24 13 43 47 .300 .361 .408 .769 100 193 2 13 *O8/9
1930 25 BOS AL 45 68 65 4 18 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 9 .277 .299 .354 .652 68 23 0 0 /O957
1931 26 BOS AL 133 526 475 81 132 32 3 4 42 13 7 47 48 .278 .343 .383 .726 95 182 0 2 O74/38596
1932 27 TOT AL 51 122 112 11 22 3 1 0 6 4 0 10 14 .196 .262 .241 .503 35 27 0 0 O7/5938
1932 27 BOS AL 12 53 48 3 10 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 5 .208 .283 .229 .512 38 11 0 0 7O
1932 27 CHW AL 39 69 64 8 12 2 1 0 6 1 0 5 9 .188 .246 .250 .496 33 16 0 0 O7/5938
1934 29 STL NL 154 709 647 106 184 35 3 11 72 10 49 56 .284 .336 .399 .734 90 258 6 1 11 *O9/74
1935 30 STL NL 129 579 502 76 137 18 5 3 56 7 57 29 .273 .347 .347 .694 84 174 6 0 20 *O9/87
1937 32 PHA AL 88 260 232 28 62 15 0 0 21 1 0 28 15 .267 .346 .332 .678 73 77 0 0 O8/74
11 Yrs 1014 3721 3350 498 924 162 35 28 327 76 33 299 312 .276 .336 .370 .706 86 1240 12 6 64
162 Game Avg. 162 594 535 80 148 26 6 4 52 12 48 50 .276 .336 .370 .706 86 198 1 10
BOS (8 yrs) 604 2104 1905 280 529 92 26 14 172 57 33 160 203 .278 .335 .375 .711 88 715 5 33
STL (2 yrs) 283 1288 1149 182 321 53 8 14 128 17 106 85 .279 .341 .376 .717 88 432 12 1 31
PHA (1 yr) 88 260 232 28 62 15 0 0 21 1 0 28 15 .267 .346 .332 .678 73 77 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 39 69 64 8 12 2 1 0 6 1 0 5 9 .188 .246 .250 .496 33 16 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 731 2433 2201 316 603 109 27 14 199 59 33 193 227 .274 .334 .367 .701 84 808 5 33
NL (2 yrs) 283 1288 1149 182 321 53 8 14 128 17 106 85 .279 .341 .376 .717 88 432 12 1 31

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1925 20 BOS AL 22 59 2 0 0 -3 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 6
1926 21 BOS AL 15 23 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /6
1927 22 BOS AL 117 464 -19 -1 0 -4 4 -19 -1.9 15 -5 -0.4 .484 .488 0.0 0.0 -1 $ 6453 MVP-22
1928 23 BOS AL 117 381 -9 0 0 -3 -1 -13 -1.2 12 -1 0.0 .489 .492 0.2 -0.4 2 $ O795368/421
1929 24 BOS AL 143 530 0 0 0 4 -3 2 0.2 17 19 1.9 .501 .501 1.4 0.1 15 $ *O8/9
1930 25 BOS AL 45 68 -3 -1 0 0 -0 -5 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .491 .497 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /O957
1931 26 BOS AL 133 526 -2 0 0 -2 -3 -7 -0.6 16 9 1.0 .495 .496 1.1 -0.4 11 $ O74/38596
1932 27 BOS AL 12 53 -4 1 0 2 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .484 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 7O
1932 27 CHW AL 39 69 -6 0 0 -6 -1 -13 -1.2 2 -11 -1.0 .470 .493 -0.4 -0.6 -5 $ O7/5938
1934 29 STL NL 154 709 -9 -1 0 4 -7 -13 -1.3 21 8 0.7 .492 .492 0.2 -0.3 4 $3,000 *O9/74
1935 30 STL NL 129 579 -9 -1 0 4 -6 -12 -1.1 17 5 0.5 .491 .493 0.1 -0.1 1 $ *O9/87
1937 32 PHA AL 88 260 -8 0 0 -2 -1 -11 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .489 .494 0.0 -0.3 -0 $ O8/74
11 Seasons 1014 3721 -67 -0 0 -7 -18 -92 -8.9 113 21 2.5 .491 .495 2.7 -2.2 28 $3,000
BOS (8 yrs) 604 2104 -35 0 0 -7 -3 -45 -4.3 66 21 2.5 .493 .497 2.8 -0.9 28 $
STL (2 yrs) 283 1288 -18 -1 0 8 -13 -24 -2.4 37 13 1.2 .491 .492 0.3 -0.4 5 $3,000
PHA (1 yr) 88 260 -8 0 0 -2 -1 -11 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .489 .494 0.0 -0.3 -0 $
CHW (1 yr) 39 69 -6 0 0 -6 -1 -13 -1.2 2 -11 -1.0 .470 .493 -0.4 -0.6 -5 $

Advanced Batting

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
1925 20 BOS AL 59 36 11 8.2 115 .396 .345 .298 .379 .368 .509 .418 .888 .787 125 .702 1.6 0.2 .861 .218 .164
1926 21 BOS AL 23 15 2 3.6 106 .313 .294 .285 .400 .356 .353 .399 .753 .755 101 .375 0.2 0.0 .750 .235 .059
1927 22 BOS AL 464 331 45 3.6 108 .289 .259 .289 .302 .357 .360 .406 .662 .763 73 .370 -18.2 -1.8 .559 .157 .100 1.7
1928 23 BOS AL 381 264 39 3.9 105 .296 .267 .284 .333 .348 .343 .403 .676 .751 81 .416 -9.2 -0.9 .612 .189 .076 4.8
1929 24 BOS AL 530 357 69 5.2 110 .324 .300 .288 .361 .354 .408 .416 .769 .771 100 .519 0.1 0.0 .724 .222 .108 9.6
1930 25 BOS AL 68 49 6 3.2 111 .321 .277 .289 .299 .352 .354 .424 .652 .777 68 .294 -3.2 -0.3 .469 .077 .077
1931 26 BOS AL 526 352 62 4.7 103 .303 .278 .279 .343 .345 .383 .399 .726 .744 95 .480 -1.7 -0.2 .671 .217 .105 6.1
1932 27 TOT AL 122 90 8 2.4 105 .224 .196 .277 .262 .347 .241 .407 .503 .754 35 .204 -10.6 -1.0 .456 .170 .045 .0
1932 27 BOS AL 53 38 4 2.8 106 .233 .208 .278 .283 .347 .229 .408 .512 .756 38 .259 -4.3 -0.4 .500 .188 .021 .0
1932 27 CHW AL 69 52 4 2.1 105 .218 .188 .276 .246 .346 .250 .406 .496 .752 33 .164 -6.4 -0.6 .423 .156 .063 .0
1934 29 STL NL 709 480 86 4.8 110 .298 .284 .296 .336 .352 .399 .420 .734 .772 90 .504 -9.4 -0.9 .678 .206 .114 10.5
1935 30 STL NL 579 391 60 4.1 107 .285 .273 .290 .347 .346 .347 .414 .694 .760 84 .440 -10.4 -1.0 .642 .201 .074 4.2
1937 32 PHA AL 260 170 27 4.2 115 .286 .267 .287 .346 .362 .332 .428 .678 .790 73 .399 -8.4 -0.8 .624 .190 .065 .0
11 Yrs 3721 2535 415 4.4 108 .298 .276 .288 .336 .351 .370 .412 .706 .763 86 .452 -69.3 -6.7 .643 .196 .094 40.9
162 Game Avg. 594 405 66 4.4 108 .298 .276 .288 .336 .351 .370 .412 .706 .763 86 .452 -69.3 -6.7 .643 .196 .094 7
BOS (8 yrs) 2104 1442 238 4.4 107 .305 .278 .285 .335 .352 .375 .407 .711 .759 88 .452 -34.6 -3.3 .642 .194 .098 22.5
STL (2 yrs) 1288 871 146 4.5 109 .292 .279 .293 .341 .349 .376 .417 .717 .767 88 .476 -19.9 -1.9 .662 .204 .097 15.4
PHA (1 yr) 260 170 27 4.2 115 .286 .267 .287 .346 .362 .332 .428 .678 .790 73 .399 -8.4 -0.8 .624 .190 .065 .0
CHW (1 yr) 69 52 4 2.1 105 .218 .188 .276 .246 .346 .250 .406 .496 .752 33 .164 -6.4 -0.6 .423 .156 .063 .0
AL (9 yrs) 2433 1664 269 4.3 108 .301 .274 .285 .334 .353 .367 .409 .701 .762 84 .439 -49.4 -4.7 .633 .193 .093 22.6
NL (2 yrs) 1288 871 146 4.5 109 .292 .279 .293 .341 .349 .376 .417 .717 .767 88 .476 -19.9 -1.9 .662 .204 .097 15.4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1934 29 STL NL WS DET W 7 33 30 3 7 3 1 0 6 0 0 1 2 .233 .258 .400 .658 12 1 0 2 0 0
1 WS 7 33 30 3 7 3 1 0 6 0 0 1 2 .233 .258 .400 .658 12 1 0 2 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1925 20 BOS AL 59 0.0% 11.9% 5.1% 10.2% 32% 2.33 7.9 7.9 81%
1926 21 BOS AL 23 0.0% 4.4% 13.0% 4.4% 20% 0.33 17.0 8.5 70%
1927 22 BOS AL 464 0.2% 9.9% 5.2% 7.1% 30% 1.92 9.3 428.0 11.9 82%
1928 23 BOS AL 381 0.8% 10.5% 8.7% 4.2% 17% 1.21 8.6 114.7 15.6 79%
1929 24 BOS AL 530 1.1% 8.9% 8.1% 6.0% 23% 1.09 10.1 78.8 8.0 79%
1930 25 BOS AL 68 0.0% 13.2% 2.9% 5.9% 22% 4.50 7.2 16.3 82%
1931 26 BOS AL 526 0.8% 9.1% 8.9% 7.4% 30% 1.02 9.9 118.8 11.3 80%
1932 27 TOT AL 122 0.0% 11.5% 8.2% 3.3% 18% 1.40 8.0 18.7 80%
1932 27 BOS AL 53 0.0% 9.4% 9.4% 1.9% 10% 1.00 9.6 81%
1932 27 CHW AL 69 0.0% 13.0% 7.3% 4.4% 25% 1.80 7.1 10.7 80%
1934 29 STL NL 709 1.6% 7.9% 6.9% 6.9% 27% 1.14 11.6 58.8 9.0 82%
1935 30 STL NL 579 0.5% 5.0% 9.8% 4.5% 19% 0.51 17.3 167.3 9.0 81%
1937 32 PHA AL 260 0.0% 5.8% 10.8% 5.8% 24% 0.54 15.5 11.0 83%
11 Yrs 3721 0.8% 8.4% 8.0% 6.1% 24% 1.04 10.7 119.6 10.2 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 7.9% 8.1% 6.9% 28% 0.98 11.2 70.0 7.6 80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1925 20 22 59 55 6 19 3 3 0 7 0 0 3 7 .345 .379 .509 .888 125 28 0 0
1926 21 37 82 72 9 24 4 3 0 9 0 0 6 8 .333 .385 .472 .857 119 34 0 3
1927 22 154 546 500 70 135 28 11 1 45 5 5 30 54 .270 .314 .376 .690 80 188 2 12
1928 23 271 927 844 122 227 37 15 4 67 17 11 63 94 .269 .322 .363 .685 80 306 3 18
1929 24 414 1457 1317 192 369 56 22 10 126 41 24 106 141 .280 .336 .379 .715 88 499 5 31
1930 25 459 1525 1382 196 387 59 23 10 130 41 26 108 150 .280 .334 .378 .712 87 522 5 31
1931 26 592 2051 1857 277 519 91 26 14 172 54 33 155 198 .279 .337 .379 .716 89 704 5 33
1932 27 643 2173 1969 288 541 94 27 14 178 58 33 165 212 .275 .332 .371 .704 86 731 5 33
1933 28 643 2173 1969 288 541 94 27 14 178 58 33 165 212 .275 .332 .371 .704 86 731 5 33
1934 29 797 2882 2616 394 725 129 30 25 250 68 33 214 268 .277 .333 .378 .711 87 989 6 6 44
1935 30 926 3461 3118 470 862 147 35 28 306 75 33 271 297 .276 .335 .373 .708 86 1163 12 6 64
1936 31 926 3461 3118 470 862 147 35 28 306 75 33 271 297 .276 .335 .373 .708 86 1163 12 6 64
1937 32 1014 3721 3350 498 924 162 35 28 327 76 33 299 312 .276 .336 .370 .706 86 1240 12 6 64

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1925 20 23 59 56 5 18 3 3 0 6 0 3 7 .321 .356 .482 .838 9 22
1926 21 16 24 18 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .278 .381 .333 .714 2 15
1927 22 122 478 443 60 112 24 8 1 35 5 24 48 .253 .294 .350 .644 45 117
1928 23 123 401 360 53 95 9 4 3 22 12 34 42 .264 .329 .336 .665 40 117
1929 24 151 551 492 67 142 19 7 6 57 24 43 50 .289 .348 .392 .741 67 143
1930 25 47 68 66 4 17 3 1 0 4 0 2 9 .258 .279 .333 .613 6 45
1931 26 139 538 489 77 131 32 3 4 40 13 47 50 .268 .332 .370 .702 60 133
1932 27 54 126 116 10 21 3 1 0 5 4 10 15 .181 .246 .224 .470 6 51
1934 29 164 736 675 99 182 35 3 11 68 10 48 60 .270 .319 .379 .698 81 154
1935 30 136 598 520 73 136 18 5 3 54 7 57 31 .262 .334 .333 .667 58 129
1937 32 91 263 236 25 59 14 0 0 19 1 27 16 .250 .327 .309 .636 24 88
11 Yrs 1066 3842 3471 476 918 161 35 28 312 76 298 329 .264 .324 .355 .679 398 1014
162 Game Avg. 162 584 527 72 140 24 5 4 47 12 45 50 .264 .324 .355 .679 60 1014

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1927 AL (22, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1934 NL  647 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1934 NL  709 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1934 NL  106 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1934 NL  35 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 NL  57 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1927 AL  46 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  24 (3rd)
1931 AL  13 (10th)
1934 NL  10 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1934 NL  135 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1934 NL  234 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1935 NL  20 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1929 AL  13 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1934 NL  10.5 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 NL  480 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1925 AL  born 1905-03-14 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1650), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Steve Ontiveros (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Menosky (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Finley (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Orsulak (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Braun (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Peanuts Lowrey (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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