MLB Stats for Jim Rooker

Jim Rooker Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac

Jim Rooker, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Wednesday, September 23, 1942, in Lakeview, Oregon. Rooker was 25 years old when he broke into the major leagues on June 30, 1968, with the Detroit Tigers. Jim Rooker stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"(Manager) Chuck Tanner used to have a bedcheck just for me every night. No problem. My bed was always there." - Pitcher Jim Rooker in The Little Red Book of Baseball Wisdom (Wayne Stewart, Skyhorse Publishing, June 5, 2012)

Birth Name:	James Phillip Rooker
Nickname:	Jim
Born On:	09-23-1942 (Virgo)
Born In:	Lakeview, Oregon
Died On:	Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, CO)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-00	Weight:	201
First Game:	06-30-1968 (Age 25)
Last Game:	05-02-1980
Draft:	Not Applicable

Jim Rooker Jim Rooker Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1968	26	Tigers	2	0	0	0	0	.000	3.86	0	0	0	4.2	18	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	-
1969	27	Royals	28	22	2	4	16	.200	3.75	8	1	0	158.1	679	136	66	80	13	73	3	108	5	1	1	-
1970	28	Royals	38	29	5	10	15	.400	3.54	6	3	1	203.2	879	190	80	99	11	102	4	117	3	1	1	-
1971	29	Royals	20	7	3	2	7	.222	5.33	1	1	0	54.0	240	59	32	35	2	24	1	31	4	1	0	-
1972	30	Royals	18	10	3	5	6	.455	4.38	4	2	0	72.0	310	78	35	37	3	24	0	44	3	1	0	-
1973	31	Pirates	41	18	9	10	6	.625	2.85	6	3	5	170.1	694	143	54	59	12	52	10	122	4	2	0	-
1974	32	Pirates	33	33	0	15	11	.577	2.78	15	1	0	262.2	1,068	228	81	93	11	83	6	139	9	4	0	0
1975	33	Pirates	28	28	0	13	11	.542	2.97	7	1	0	196.2	839	177	65	80	16	76	13	102	5	3	1	0
1976	34	Pirates	30	29	1	15	8	.652	3.35	10	1	1	198.2	851	201	74	83	12	72	5	92	7	2	1	-
1977	35	Pirates	30	30	0	14	9	.609	3.08	7	2	0	204.1	854	196	70	87	24	64	4	89	8	0	2	0
1978	36	Pirates	28	28	0	9	11	.450	4.24	1	0	0	163.1	717	160	77	94	13	81	4	76	1	3	0	0
1979	37	Pirates	19	17	0	4	7	.364	4.60	1	0	0	103.2	444	106	53	58	11	39	5	44	6	0	0	-
1980	38	Pirates	4	4	0	2	2	.500	3.50	0	0	0	18.0	75	16	7	7	0	12	0	8	0	0	0	0
Career	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
13 Years	319	255	23	103	109	.486	3.46	66	15	7	1,810.1	7,668	1,694	696	814	128	703	55	976	55	18	6	0
Jim Rooker Pitching Stats

Jim Rooker Jim Rooker Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1968	26	Tigers	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1969	27	Royals	34	57	7	16	3	0	4	0	8	1	0	19	0	0	1	2	.281	.305	.544
1970	28	Royals	41	70	12	14	4	0	1	0	13	2	0	35	2	1	1	3	.200	.230	.300
1971	29	Royals	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000
1972	30	Royals	18	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	.100	.095	.100
1973	31	Pirates	42	49	5	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	24	5	0	1	0	.245	.288	.245
1974	32	Pirates	33	95	8	29	5	2	0	0	8	5	0	31	5	1	0	1	.305	.337	.400
1975	33	Pirates	28	63	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	20	9	0	0	1	.095	.136	.095
1976	34	Pirates	33	74	9	16	2	1	1	0	6	1	0	31	5	1	0	1	.216	.224	.311
1977	35	Pirates	30	70	4	13	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	27	1	0	0	2	.186	.230	.200
1978	36	Pirates	32	56	2	9	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	17	1	1	0	2	.161	.158	.232
1979	37	Pirates	19	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	2	0	0	1	.121	.147	.121
1980	38	Pirates	4	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.571
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
13 Years	337	606	54	122	17	4	7	0	56	21	0	229	32	5	3	14	.201	.230	.277
Jim Rooker Hitting Stats

Jim Rooker Jim Rooker Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1968 Tigers	P	2	0	14	2	1.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.86
1969 Royals	P	28	22	475	31	1.1	27	3	24	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.871	1.53
1970 Royals	LF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1970 Royals	P	38	29	611	40	1.1	38	6	32	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.68
1971 Royals	P	20	7	162	7	0.4	6	1	5	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	1.00
1972 Royals	P	18	10	216	19	1.1	19	3	16	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.38
1973 Pirates	P	41	18	511	37	0.9	35	6	29	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	1.85
1974 Pirates	P	33	33	788	60	1.8	59	14	45	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.02
1975 Pirates	P	28	28	590	46	1.6	42	10	32	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	1.92
1976 Pirates	P	30	29	596	39	1.3	37	8	29	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.949	1.68
1977 Pirates	P	30	30	613	35	1.2	33	6	27	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	1.45
1978 Pirates	P	28	28	490	38	1.4	38	14	24	0	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.09
1979 Pirates	P	19	17	311	23	1.2	21	8	13	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	1.82
1980 Pirates	P	4	4	54	5	1.3	5	1	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.50
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		319	255	5,431	382	1.2	362	80	282	20	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	1.80
LF Totals		1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
13 Years		320	255	5,437	382	1.2	362	80	282	20	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	1.80
Jim Rooker Fielding Stats

Jim Rooker Jim Rooker Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1968 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.00	7.71	1.93
1969 Royals	0	0	.000	3	4	n/a	14.3	3.0	7.1	1.48	6.14	4.15
1970 Royals	0	0	.000	2	2	n/a	70.0	2.0	5.4	1.15	5.17	4.51
1971 Royals	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.29	5.17	4.00
1972 Royals	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.0	10.0	1.83	5.50	3.00
1973 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	2.0	9.8	2.35	6.45	2.75
1974 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.1	11.9	1.67	4.76	2.84
1975 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.2	31.5	1.34	4.67	3.48
1976 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	3	n/a	74.0	2.4	12.3	1.28	4.17	3.26
1977 Pirates	1	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.6	14.0	1.39	3.92	2.82
1978 Pirates	2	0	1.000	0	4	n/a	0.0	3.3	11.2	0.94	4.19	4.46
1979 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.13	3.82	3.39
1980 Pirates	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	7.0	3.5	3.5	0.67	4.00	6.00
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
13 Years	3	0	1.000	5	15	n/a	86.6	2.6	10.8	1.39	4.85	3.49
Jim Rooker Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Jim Rooker Jim Rooker Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1968 Detroit Tigers	34	$8,000.00	-	-
1969 Kansas City Royals	22, 13	$15,000.00	-	-
1970 Kansas City Royals	13	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Kansas City Royals	14	Undetermined	-	-
1972 Kansas City Royals	25	Undetermined	-	-
1973 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	-
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	$90,000.00	-	-
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	$115,000.00	-	-
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	Stats
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates	19	Undetermined	-	-
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Jim Rooker Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

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