Jim Rooker
Born: September 23, 1942, Lakeview, ORHeight: 6'0" Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1968 Detroit AL 25 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 4 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 1969 Kansas City AL 26 4 16 3.75 28 22 8 4 2 0 1 158.1 136 679 80 66 13 70 3 1 108 1970 Kansas City AL 27 10 15 3.54 38 29 6 4 5 1 3 203.2 190 879 99 80 11 98 4 1 117 1971 Kansas City AL 28 2 7 5.33 20 7 1 10 3 0 1 54.0 59 240 35 32 2 23 1 1 31 1972 Kansas City AL 29 5 6 4.38 18 10 4 5 3 0 2 72.0 78 310 37 35 3 24 0 1 44 1973 Pittsburgh NL 30 10 6 2.85 41 18 6 14 9 5 3 170.1 143 694 59 54 12 42 10 2 122 1974 Pittsburgh NL 31 15 11 2.78 33 33 15 0 0 0 1 262.2 228 1068 93 81 11 77 6 4 139 1975 Pittsburgh NL 32 13 11 2.97 28 28 7 0 0 0 1 196.2 177 839 80 65 16 63 13 3 102 1976 Pittsburgh NL 33 15 8 3.35 30 29 10 0 1 1 1 198.2 201 851 83 74 12 67 5 2 92 1977 Pittsburgh NL 34 14 9 3.08 30 30 7 0 0 0 2 204.1 196 854 87 70 24 60 4 0 89 1978 Pittsburgh NL 35 9 11 4.24 28 28 1 0 0 0 0 163.1 160 717 94 77 13 77 4 3 76 1979 Pittsburgh NL 36 4 7 4.60 19 17 1 2 0 0 0 103.2 106 444 58 53 11 34 5 0 44 1980 Pittsburgh NL 37 2 2 3.50 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 16 75 7 7 0 12 0 0 8 TOTALS 103 109 3.46 319 255 66 41 23 7 15 1810.1 1694 7668 814 696 128 648 55 18 976
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1968 Detroit AL 2 17 2 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 .235 .294 .278 1969 Kansas City AL 28 593 80 136 205 18 6 13 6 6 10 3 70 3 1 108 9 .229 .346 .312 1970 Kansas City AL 38 756 99 190 264 31 5 11 15 5 5 9 98 4 1 117 19 .251 .349 .339 1971 Kansas City AL 20 208 35 59 80 15 0 2 3 4 3 2 23 1 1 31 4 .284 .385 .354 1972 Kansas City AL 18 279 37 78 106 15 2 3 4 2 5 2 24 0 1 44 10 .280 .380 .337 1973 Pittsburgh NL 41 625 59 143 209 26 2 12 11 4 4 1 42 10 2 122 18 .229 .334 .288 1974 Pittsburgh NL 33 959 93 228 306 33 6 11 15 7 18 16 77 6 4 139 21 .238 .319 .299 1975 Pittsburgh NL 28 745 80 177 258 23 5 16 11 4 10 5 63 13 3 102 13 .238 .346 .309 1976 Pittsburgh NL 30 764 83 201 280 27 8 12 4 9 13 8 67 5 2 92 14 .263 .366 .325 1977 Pittsburgh NL 30 774 87 196 310 32 5 24 10 6 14 10 60 4 0 89 19 .253 .401 .308 1978 Pittsburgh NL 28 617 94 160 244 31 7 13 11 5 12 10 77 4 3 76 16 .259 .395 .346 1979 Pittsburgh NL 19 399 58 106 168 27 1 11 3 3 6 5 34 5 0 44 7 .266 .421 .329 1980 Pittsburgh NL 4 61 7 16 22 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 12 0 0 8 7 .262 .361 .378
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1968 Detroit AL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 Kansas City AL 26 34 57 7 16 31 3 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 2 .281 .544 .305 1970 Kansas City AL 27 41 70 12 14 21 4 0 1 13 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 35 3 .200 .300 .230 1971 Kansas City AL 28 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .167 1972 Kansas City AL 29 18 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .100 .100 .095 1973 Pittsburgh NL 30 42 49 5 12 12 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 24 0 .245 .245 .288 1974 Pittsburgh NL 31 33 95 8 29 38 5 2 0 8 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 31 1 .305 .400 .337 1975 Pittsburgh NL 32 28 63 4 6 6 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 1 .095 .095 .136 1976 Pittsburgh NL 33 33 74 9 16 23 2 1 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 1 .216 .311 .224 1977 Pittsburgh NL 34 30 70 4 13 14 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 27 2 .186 .200 .230 1978 Pittsburgh NL 35 32 56 2 9 13 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 2 .161 .232 .158 1979 Pittsburgh NL 36 19 33 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 .121 .121 .147 1980 Pittsburgh NL 37 4 7 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143 .571 .143 TOTALS 337 606 54 122 168 17 4 7 56 32 5 3 0 21 0 3 229 14 .201 .277 .230
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1968 Detroit AL P 4.2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 0 1969 Kansas City AL P 158.1 22 28 3 24 4 0 .871 1.53 10 3 2 1970 Kansas City AL P 203.2 29 38 6 32 2 4 .950 1.68 5 9 0 1970 Kansas City AL LF 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1971 Kansas City AL P 54.0 7 20 1 5 1 1 .857 1.00 3 2 0 1972 Kansas City AL P 72.0 10 18 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.38 5 2 1 1973 Pittsburgh NL P 170.1 18 41 6 29 2 3 .946 1.85 4 1 1 1974 Pittsburgh NL P 262.2 33 33 14 45 1 3 .983 2.02 18 16 4 1975 Pittsburgh NL P 196.2 28 28 10 32 4 1 .913 1.92 10 5 0 1976 Pittsburgh NL P 198.2 29 30 8 29 2 1 .949 1.68 13 8 2 1977 Pittsburgh NL P 204.1 30 30 6 27 2 2 .943 1.45 14 10 1 1978 Pittsburgh NL P 163.1 28 28 14 24 0 5 1.000 2.09 12 10 4 1979 Pittsburgh NL P 103.2 17 19 8 13 2 1 .913 1.82 6 5 1 1980 Pittsburgh NL P 18.0 4 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 1 0 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 21, 1960).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees (September 30, 1968).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from New York Yankees (6th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (August 1, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (October 1, 1971)
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Gene Garber (October 25, 1972).
- Placed on disabled list by Pittsburgh Pirates, (May 3, 1980).
- Activated by Pittsburgh Pirates, (October 8, 1980).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 10, 1980).
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