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Roger Clemens

Q: When was Roger Clemens born?

Roger Clemens was born on August 4, 1962.

Q: Where was Roger Clemens born?

Roger Clemens was born in Dayton, OH .

Q: How tall is Roger Clemens?

Roger Clemens is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Roger Clemens weigh when playing?

Roger Clemens weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Roger Clemens play?

Roger Clemens played 24 seasons.

Q: Is Roger Clemens in the Hall of Fame?

Roger Clemens has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Roger Clemens drafted?

Roger Clemens was drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Roger Clemens have?

Roger Clemens had 4,672 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Roger Clemens played for?

Roger Clemens played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros.

Q: How many World Series has Roger Clemens won?

Roger Clemens has won 2 World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: August 4, 1962 in Dayton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Spring Woods HS (Houston, TX)

Schools: San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX), San Jacinto College, North Campus (Houston, TX), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: May 15, 1984 (Age 21-285d, 14,896th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.2 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 16, 2007 (Age 45-043d)
vs. BOS 6.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: William Roger Clemens

Nicknames: Rocket or The Texas Con Man

Twitter: @rogerclemens

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Relatives: Father of Kody Clemens

MVP
7x Cy Young
2x Triple Crown
11x All-Star
2x World Series
7x ERA Title
AS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

139.2

354

184

ERA

3.12

709

707

4916.2

4672

WHIP

1.173

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1983	20	BOS-min	AA,A	7	2	.778	1.33	11	11	0	4	2	0	81.0	53	12	12	1	12	0	95	3	0	2				0.802	5.9	0.1	1.3	10.6	7.92	NBR,WHV EL,FLOR
1984	21	BOS-min	AAA	2	3	.400	1.93	7	6	1	3	1	0	46.2	39	12	10	3	14	0	50	0	0	0				1.136	7.5	0.6	2.7	9.6	3.57	PAW IL
1984	21	BOS	AL	9	4	.692	4.32	21	20	0	5	1	0	133.1	146	67	64	13	29	3	126	2	0	4	575	97	2.84	1.313	9.9	0.9	2.0	8.5	4.34	RoY-6
1985	22	BOS	AL	7	5	.583	3.29	15	15	0	3	1	0	98.1	83	38	36	5	37	0	74	3	3	1	407	130	3.06	1.220	7.6	0.5	3.4	6.8	2.00
1986	23	BOS	AL	24	4	*.857*	2.48	33	33	0	10	1	0	254.0	179	77	70	21	67	0	238	4	3	11	997	*169*	2.81	0.969	6.3	0.7	2.4	8.4	3.55	AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1987	24	BOS	AL	20	9	.690	2.97	36	36	0	18	7	0	281.2	248	100	93	19	83	4	256	9	3	4	1157	154	2.91	1.175	7.9	0.6	2.7	8.2	3.08	CYA-1,MVP-19
1988	25	BOS	AL	18	12	.600	2.93	35	35	0	14	8	0	264.0	217	93	86	17	62	4	*291*	6	7	4	1063	141	*2.17*	1.057	7.4	0.6	2.1	*9.9*	*4.69*	AS,CYA-6
1989	26	BOS	AL	17	11	.607	3.13	35	35	0	8	3	0	253.1	215	101	88	20	93	5	230	8	0	7	1044	132	3.17	1.216	7.6	0.7	3.3	8.2	2.47
1990	27	BOS	AL	21	6	.778	*1.93*	31	31	0	7	4	0	228.1	193	59	49	7	54	3	209	7	0	8	920	*211*	*2.18*	1.082	7.6	*0.3*	2.1	8.2	*3.87*	AS,CYA-2,MVP-3
1991	28	BOS	AL	18	10	.643	2.62	35	35	0	13	4	0	*271.1*	219	93	79	15	65	12	*241*	5	0	6	*1077*	*165*	2.57	1.047	7.3	0.5	2.2	8.0	3.71	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1992	29	BOS	AL	18	11	.621	2.41	32	32	0	11	5	0	246.2	203	80	66	11	62	5	208	9	0	3	989	*174*	*2.54*	1.074	7.4	0.4	2.3	7.6	3.35	AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1993	30	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	8	1	0	0	16			1.364	2.5	0.0	9.8	19.6	2.00	PAW IL
1993	30	BOS	AL	11	14	.440	4.46	29	29	0	2	1	0	191.2	175	99	95	17	67	4	160	11	1	3	808	104	3.69	1.263	8.2	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.39
1994	31	BOS	AL	9	7	.563	2.85	24	24	0	3	1	0	170.2	124	62	54	15	71	1	168	4	0	4	692	176	3.62	1.143	*6.5*	0.8	3.7	8.9	2.37
1995	32	BOS-min	AAA,A+	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	12	0	0	0	33			0.667	1.0	0.0	5.0	12.0	2.40	PAW,SAR IL,FLOR
1995	32	BOS	AL	10	5	.667	4.18	23	23	0	0	0	0	140.0	141	70	65	15	60	0	132	14	0	9	623	117	4.20	1.436	9.1	1.0	3.9	8.5	2.20
1996	33	BOS	AL	10	13	.435	3.63	34	34	0	6	2	0	242.2	216	106	98	19	106	2	257	4	1	8	1032	139	3.43	1.327	8.0	0.7	3.9	9.5	2.42
1997	34	TOR	AL	21	7	.750	2.05	34	34	0	9	3	0	*264.0*	204	65	60	9	68	1	292	12	0	4	1044	*222*	*2.25*	1.030	7.0	0.3	2.3	10.0	4.29	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1998	35	TOR	AL	20	6	.769	2.65	33	33	0	5	3	0	234.2	169	78	69	11	88	0	271	7	0	6	961	174	2.65	1.095	6.5	0.4	3.4	10.4	3.08	AS,CYA-1,MVP-11
1999	36	NYY	AL	14	10	.583	4.60	30	30	0	1	1	0	187.2	185	101	96	20	90	0	163	9	0	8	822	102	4.36	1.465	8.9	1.0	4.3	7.8	1.81
2000	37	NYY	AL	13	8	.619	3.70	32	32	0	1	0	0	204.1	184	96	84	26	84	0	188	10	1	2	878	131	4.33	1.312	8.1	1.1	3.7	8.3	2.24	CYA-6
2001	38	NYY	AL	20	3	*.870*	3.51	33	33	0	0	0	0	220.1	205	94	86	19	72	1	213	5	0	14	918	128	3.29	1.257	8.4	0.8	2.9	8.7	2.96	AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2002	39	NYY-min	AA,A+	1	1	.500	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	13	0	0	1	47			1.000	7.5	0.8	1.5	9.8	6.50	NCH,TAM EL,FLOR
2002	39	NYY	AL	13	6	.684	4.35	29	29	0	0	0	0	180.0	172	94	87	18	63	6	192	7	0	14	768	102	3.30	1.306	8.6	0.9	3.2	9.6	3.05
2003	40	NYY	AL	17	9	.654	3.91	33	33	0	1	1	0	211.2	199	99	92	24	58	1	190	5	0	5	878	113	3.60	1.214	8.5	1.0	2.5	8.1	3.28	AS
2004	41	HOU	NL	18	4	*.818*	2.98	33	33	0	0	0	0	214.1	169	76	71	15	79	5	218	6	0	5	878	145	3.11	1.157	7.1	0.6	3.3	9.2	2.76	AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2005	42	HOU	NL	13	8	.619	*1.87*	32	32	0	1	0	0	211.1	151	51	44	11	62	5	185	3	1	3	838	*226*	2.87	1.008	*6.4*	0.5	2.6	7.9	2.98	AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
2006	43	HOU-min	AA,AAA,A	2	0	1.000	2.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	22	1	0	0	57			0.886	6.1	0.6	1.8	13.5	7.33	CPC,RRK,LEX TL,PCL,SALL
2006	43	HOU	NL	7	6	.538	2.30	19	19	0	0	0	0	113.1	89	34	29	7	29	1	102	4	0	3	451	194	3.02	1.041	7.1	0.6	2.3	8.1	3.52
2007	44	NYY-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	0	1.000	2.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	11	4	4	1	6	0	13	1	0	1	64			1.109	6.5	0.6	3.5	7.6	2.17	SWB,TRE,TAM IL,EL,FLOR
2007	44	NYY	AL	6	6	.500	4.18	18	17	0	0	0	0	99.0	99	52	46	9	31	0	68	5	0	7	420	108	4.14	1.313	9.0	0.8	2.8	6.2	2.19
24 Yrs				354	184	.658	3.12	709	707	0	118	46	0	4916.2	4185	1885	1707	363	1580	63	4672	159	20	143	20240	143	3.09	1.173	7.7	0.7	2.9	8.6	2.96
162 Game Avg.				17	9	.658	3.12	34	34	0	6	2	0	236	201	91	82	17	76	3	224	8	1	7	972	143	3.09	1.173	7.7	0.7	2.9	8.6	2.96
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (13 yrs)				192	111	.634	3.06	383	382	0	100	38	0	2776.0	2359	1045	943	194	856	43	2590	86	18	72	11384	144	2.94	1.158	7.6	0.6	2.8	8.4	3.03
NYY (6 yrs)				83	42	.664	4.01	175	174	0	3	2	0	1103.0	1044	536	491	116	398	8	1014	41	1	50	4684	114	3.80	1.307	8.5	0.9	3.2	8.3	2.55
HOU (3 yrs)				38	18	.679	2.40	84	84	0	1	0	0	539.0	409	161	144	33	170	11	505	13	1	11	2167	180	3.00	1.074	6.8	0.6	2.8	8.4	2.97
TOR (2 yrs)				41	13	.759	2.33	67	67	0	14	6	0	498.2	373	143	129	20	156	1	563	19	0	10	2005	196	2.44	1.061	6.7	0.4	2.8	10.2	3.61

AL (21 yrs)				316	166	.656	3.21	625	623	0	117	46	0	4377.2	3776	1724	1563	330	1410	52	4167	146	19	132	18073	139	3.10	1.185	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.6	2.96
NL (3 yrs)				38	18	.679	2.40	84	84	0	1	0	0	539.0	409	161	144	33	170	11	505	13	1	11	2167	180	3.00	1.074	6.8	0.6	2.8	8.4	2.97

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Roger Clemens?

Roger Clemens is 62 years old.

When was Roger Clemens born?

Roger Clemens was born on August 4, 1962.

Where was Roger Clemens born?

Roger Clemens was born in Dayton, OH.

How tall is Roger Clemens?

Roger Clemens is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Roger Clemens weigh when playing?

Roger Clemens weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Roger Clemens play?

Roger Clemens played 24 seasons.

Is Roger Clemens in the Hall of Fame?

Roger Clemens has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Roger Clemens drafted?

Roger Clemens was drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

What position did Roger Clemens play?

Roger Clemens was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Roger Clemens have?

Roger Clemens had 4,672 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Roger Clemens played for?

Roger Clemens played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros.

How many World Series has Roger Clemens won?

Roger Clemens has won 2 World Series.

When did Roger Clemens retire?

Roger Clemens last played in 2007.

What is Roger Clemens' Twitter account?

Roger Clemens is on Twitter at rogerclemens.

What are Roger Clemens' nicknames?

Rocket, The Texas Con Man are nicknames for Roger Clemens.

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