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Mike Roarke
Michael Thomas Roarke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Boston College

Debut April 19, 1961
  vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1964
Born November 8, 1930 in West Warwick, RI

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 30 DET AL  86  229   21   51   6  1   2   22   0  0  20  31  .223  .283  .284   51   65   2   2   3   0   6
 1962 31 DET AL  56  136   11   29   4  1   4   14   0  0  13  17  .213  .287  .346   68   47   0   0   2   1   4
 1963 32 DET AL  23   44    5   14   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   3  .318  .362  .318   91   14   0   0   1   1   1
 1964 33 DET AL  29   82    4   19   1  0   0    7   0  0  10  10  .232  .315  .244   57   20   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      194  491   41  113  11  2   6   44   0  0  45  61  .230  .296  .297   60  146   3   2   6   2  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        410   34   94   9  2   5   37   0  0  38  51  .230  .296  .297   60  122   3   2   5   2  10
 Career High     86  229   21   51   6  1   4   22   0  0  20  31  .223  .283  .284   51   65   2   2   3   1   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 30 DET AL  253  188   18   2.6   106| .223  .267| .283  .343| .284  .416| .567  .759|  51  .250 -16.6  -1.6   0%
 1962 31 DET AL  150  111   13   3.2   105| .213  .266| .287  .339| .346  .415| .633  .754|  68  .337  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1963 32 DET AL   47   31    5   4.4    97| .318  .259| .362  .325| .318  .399| .680  .725|  91  .517  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1964 33 DET AL   93   65    7   2.9    98| .232  .258| .315  .327| .244  .401| .559  .727|  57  .333  -4.6  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       543  395   43   2.9   104| .230  .265| .296  .338| .297  .412| .593  .749|  60  .310 -28.6  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 30 DET AL C 85 383 22 5 5 .988 .989 4.76 5.44 6.01 6.21 67 606.3 6 10 17 14 1962 31 DET AL C 53 247 24 5 1 .982 .989 5.11 5.57 6.64 6.30 39 367.3 3 9 16 12 1963 32 DET AL C 16 68 5 1 1 .986 .989 4.56 5.78 6.94 6.64 9 94.7 2 3 3 2 1964 33 DET AL C 27 165 11 1 0 .994 .990 6.52 6.07 7.16 7.07 25 221.3 4 13 3 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 30 DET AL C 85 383 22 5 5 .988 .989 4.76 5.44 6.01 6.21 67 606.3 6 10 17 14 1962 31 DET AL C 53 247 24 5 1 .982 .989 5.11 5.57 6.64 6.30 39 367.3 3 9 16 12 1963 32 DET AL C 16 68 5 1 1 .986 .989 4.56 5.78 6.94 6.64 9 94.7 2 3 3 2 1964 33 DET AL C 27 165 11 1 0 .994 .990 6.52 6.07 7.16 7.07 25 221.3 4 13 3 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 181 863 62 12 7 .987 .989 5.11 5.60 6.45 6.41 140 1289.7 15 35 39 32 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 181 863 62 12 7 .987 .989 5.11 5.60 6.45 6.41 140 1290
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 19, 1952: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1959: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Don Kaiser and Casey Wise to the Detroit Tigers for Charley Lau and Don Lee.

October 9, 1964: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

August 16, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

September 7, 1966: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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