Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > R Listing > Dick Rozek > Pitching

News: WAR 2.1, Baseball-Reference.com WAR Explained »post

 

Photo of Dick Rozek


Dick Rozek

Richard Louis Rozek

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 27, 1927 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Immaculate Conception HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1950
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics 1950-1954

Final Game: May 16, 1954
Died: September 27, 2001 in Indio, CA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
    About biographical information

26
26
23
23
49
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 23 CLE AL 0 0 4.97 12 2 5 0 0 0 25.1 28 15 14 3 19 14 0 0 1 119 88 1.855 9.9 1.1 6.8 5.0 0.74
1951 24 CLE AL 0 0 2.93 7 1 4 0 0 0 15.1 18 12 5 1 11 5 1 0 0 77 133 1.891 10.6 0.6 6.5 2.9 0.45
1952 25 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 4.97 10 1 5 0 0 0 12.2 11 8 7 0 13 5 0 0 1 62 70 1.895 7.8 0.0 9.2 3.6 0.38
1953 26 PHA AL 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 6 6 3 9 2 0 0 0 46 87 1.594 6.8 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22
1954 27 PHA AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 75 2.250 0.0 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
5 Yrs 1 0 1.000 4.55 33 4 14 0 0 0 65.1 65 42 33 7 55 26 2 0 3 313 90 1.837 9.0 1.0 7.6 3.6 0.47
162 Game Avg. 2 0 1.000 4.55 61 7 26 0 0 0 120 119 77 61 13 101 48 4 0 6 575 90 1.837 9.0 1.0 7.6 3.6 0.47
CLE (3 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.39 29 4 14 0 0 0 53.1 57 35 26 4 43 24 1 0 2 258 91 1.875 9.6 0.7 7.3 4.1 0.56
PHA (2 yrs) 0 0 5.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 8 7 7 3 12 2 1 0 1 55 86 1.667 6.0 2.3 9.0 1.5 0.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1950 23 CLE AL 25.1 12 2 15 5.33 4.82 0.16 0.00 95.8 4.47 -3 -0.2 .3 0.0 0.0 0 .480 .499 $
1951 24 CLE AL 15.1 7 1 12 7.04 4.78 0.08 0.00 87.8 4.13 -5 -0.5 .1 0.1 -0.3 -4 .431 .497 $
1952 25 CLE AL 12.2 10 1 8 5.68 4.12 0.01 0.00 96.6 3.98 -2 -0.3 .1 0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .498 $
1953 26 PHA AL 10.2 2 0 6 5.06 5.24 -0.19 0.00 106.6 5.79 1 0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.2 2 .546 .501 $
1954 27 PHA AL 1.1 2 0 1 6.75 5.33 -0.42 0.00 104.0 5.97 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.0 -0 .494 .500 $
5 Seasons 65.1 33 4 42 5.79 4.75 0.04 0.00 96.0 4.54 -9 -0.9 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .472 .499 $
CLE (3 yrs) 53.1 29 4 35 5.91 4.64 0.10 0.00 93.7 4.25 -10 -1.0 .2 0.1 -0.4 -5 .466 .498 $
PHA (2 yrs) 12.0 4 0 7 5.25 5.25 -0.22 0.00 106.3 5.81 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 2 .520 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1950 23 CLE AL 12 120 99 15 28 5 0 3 3 2 19 14 .283 .398 .424 .823 .305 42 2 0 2 0 1
1951 24 CLE AL 7 75 62 12 18 1 0 1 1 0 11 5 .290 .405 .355 .760 .304 22 4 1 1 0 3
1952 25 CLE AL 10 62 49 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 .224 .387 .224 .612 .250 11 1 0 0 0 2
1953 26 PHA AL 2 46 36 6 8 2 0 3 0 0 9 2 .222 .378 .528 .906 .161 19 1 0 1 0 0
1954 27 PHA AL 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .571 .000 .571 .000 0 0 1 1 1 0
5 Yrs 33 311 248 42 65 8 0 7 4 2 55 26 .262 .399 .379 .778 .269 94 8 2 5 1 6
162 Game Avg. 61 572 456 77 119 15 0 13 7 4 101 48 .262 .399 .379 .778 .269 173 15 4 9 2 11
MLB Averages .261 .336 .382 .717 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 23 CLE AL -1.5 -0.1 127 -0.4 0.7 -1.2 .44 -0.4 -0.5 -2.0 -0.2 0.44 -4.4 0 2 7
1951 24 CLE AL -1.3 -0.1 78 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .90 -0.5 0.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.90 -6.3 0 0 4
1952 25 CLE AL -2.4 -0.2 64 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .63 -0.2 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.63 -1.9 0 1 4
1953 26 PHA AL -0.4 -0.0 46 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .28 -0.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.28 -1.3 1 0 1
1954 27 PHA AL -0.2 -0.0 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .56 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.56 -0.7 0 1 1
5 Yrs -5.7 -0.6 324 -1.1 2.6 -3.7 .57 -1.4 -0.6 -12.0 -1.2 0.57 -14.6 1 4 17

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1950 23 CLE AL 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 1 1 0 0 1 50% 39.0 52 26 9 3 1 1 7.8 7.9 4.0
1951 24 CLE AL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 50.0 50 50 4 4 0 1 5.0 6.8 9.0
1952 25 CLE AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 57.0 57 57 5 3 0 1 8.0 3.0 6.0
3 Yrs 29 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 1 0 0 3 75% 46 57 26 18 10 1 3 7.0 6.1 5.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 109 -6 4.5 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1950 23 CLE AL 12 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 5 .442 0 2 7 1 0 9 3 7 6 3 6 0 5.2
1951 24 CLE AL 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .904 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 6 2 1 2 0 3.2
1952 25 CLE AL 10 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 9 .633 0 1 4 0 0 9 2 7 1 4 1 1 2.2
1953 26 PHA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 .278 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
1954 27 PHA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .560 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
5 Yrs 33 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 9 60% .570 1 4 17 1 1 27 9 20 11 9 11 1 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 23 CLE AL 120 34% 2.5% 11.7% 15.8% 6.7% 29% 0.62 68% 30 2 7%
1951 24 CLE AL 75 40% 1.3% 6.7% 14.7% 2.7% 11% 1.05 75% 24 4 17%
1952 25 CLE AL 62 23% 0.0% 8.1% 21.0% 0.0% 0% 0.38 71% 26 1 4%
1953 26 PHA AL 46 35% 6.5% 4.4% 19.6% 10.9% 63% 0.88 67% 13 1 8%
1954 27 PHA AL 8 0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.33 38% 2 0 0%
5 Yrs 311 32% 2.3% 8.4% 17.7% 4.8% 23% 0.68 69% 95 8 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 11.8% 10.9% 6.8% 26% 0.95 87% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1950 23 CLE AL 120 28 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 6 2 0 33% 1 1 1 56 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1951 24 CLE AL 75 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 0 60% 3 0 1 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1952 25 CLE AL 62 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 71% 2 1 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1953 26 PHA AL 46 8 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 27 PHA AL 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Yrs 311 65 7 0 8 5 2 5 2 24 13 1 54% 6 3 2 151 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 23 0 0 4.97 12 2 5 0 0 0 25.1 28 15 14 3 19 14 0 0 1 119 88 1.855 9.9 1.1 6.8 5.0 0.74 88
1951 24 0 0 4.20 19 3 9 0 0 0 40.2 46 27 19 4 30 19 1 0 1 196 100 1.869 10.2 0.9 6.6 4.2 0.63 100
1952 25 1 0 1.000 4.39 29 4 14 0 0 0 53.1 57 35 26 4 43 24 1 0 2 258 91 1.875 9.6 0.7 7.3 4.1 0.56 91
1953 26 1 0 1.000 4.50 31 4 14 0 0 0 64.0 65 41 32 7 52 26 1 0 2 304 91 1.828 9.1 1.0 7.3 3.7 0.50 91
1954 27 1 0 1.000 4.55 33 4 14 0 0 0 65.1 65 42 33 7 55 26 2 0 3 313 90 1.837 9.0 1.0 7.6 3.6 0.47 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 23 1 1 .500 4.85 26.0 28 16 14 3 19 14 0 1.808 9.7 6.6 4.8 0.74 1.0 12
1951 24 1 0 1.000 2.81 16.0 19 6 5 1 12 5 1 1.938 10.7 6.8 2.8 0.42 0.6 7
1952 25 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 12 9 8 0 14 5 0 2.000 8.3 9.7 3.5 0.36 0.0 10
1953 26 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 8 7 6 3 9 2 0 1.700 7.2 8.1 1.8 0.22 2.7 2
1954 27 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1.500 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
5 Yrs 2 3 .400 4.43 67.0 67 38 33 7 57 26 2 1.851 9.0 3.5 0.46 0.9 33

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Dick Rozek    

Viewed 3,053 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Louis Rozek

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.