Jim Rooker | Major Leaguer 1968-1980

Full Name: James Phillip Rooker
Born: September 23,1942 in Lakeview, Oregon
Height: 6-0 Weight: 201 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: Cherry Creek (Englewood,CO)
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Transactions: [Jun 21,1960] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers. [Sep 30,1968] - Purchased by Yankees from Tigers. [Oct 15,1968] - Selected by Royals from Yankees in expansion draft (Pick #6). [Oct 25,1972] - Traded by Royals to Pirates for Gene Garber. [Oct 10,1980] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1962	Jamestown	Nypl	19	Det	D	0	0	8.10	3						10.0	11	10	9		8	3			9.90	---	7.20	2.70	1.90	--
1964	Duluth-Sup	Northern	21	Det	A	3	4	5.29	11						63.0	49	46	37		60	51			7.00	---	8.57	7.29	1.73	--
1965	Rocky Mnt	Caro	22	Det	A+	1	7	4.10	15						68.0	58	39	31		42	50			7.68	---	5.56	6.62	1.47	--
	Montgomery	Sou	22	Det	AA	1	4	4.21	13						47.0	34	30	22		28	45			6.51	---	5.36	8.62	1.32	--
1966	Rocky Mnt	Caro	23	Det	A+	12	5	2.05	23						145.0	98	44	33		75	99			6.08	---	4.66	6.14	1.19	--
	Montgomery	Sou	23	Det	AA	0	0	10.29	5						7.0	12	11	8		6	8			15.43	---	7.71	10.29	2.57	--
1967	Montgomery	Sou	24	Det	AA	5	2	2.89	8						56.0	50	22	18		22	45			8.04	---	3.54	7.23	1.29	--
	Toledo	IL	24	Det	AAA	5	5	3.78	19						100.0	98	48	42		51	92			8.82	---	4.59	8.28	1.49	--
1968	Toledo	IL	25	Det	AAA	14	8	2.61	25						190.0	144	67	55		72	206			6.82	---	3.41	9.76	1.14	--
	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	4	0	0	7.73	0.00	1.93	7.73	1.07	57%
1969	HP-Thoms	Caro	26	Kc	A+	2	0	0.00	2						18.0	11	4	0		3	27			5.50	---	1.50	13.50	0.78	--
	Omaha	Amer	26	Kc	AAA	2	0	1.50	2						18.0	12	3	3		3	16			6.00	---	1.50	8.00	0.83	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	4	16	3.75	28	22	8	1	2	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	108	5	1	7.73	0.74	4.15	6.14	1.32	47%
1970	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	10	15	3.54	38	29	6	3	5	1	203.2	190	99	80	11	102	117	3	1	8.40	0.49	4.51	5.17	1.43	52%
1971	Omaha	Amer	28	Kc	AAA	2	3	2.74	6						46.0	52	22	14		13	38			10.17	---	2.54	7.43	1.41	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	2	7	5.33	20	7	1	1	3	0	54.0	59	35	32	2	24	31	4	0	9.83	0.33	4.00	5.17	1.54	54%
1972	Omaha	Amer	29	Kc	AAA	3	5	1.74	8						62.0	57	18	12		12	53			8.27	---	1.74	7.69	1.11	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	5	6	4.38	18	10	4	2	3	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	44	3	0	9.75	0.38	3.00	5.50	1.42	60%
1973	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	10	6	2.85	41	18	6	3	9	5	170.1	143	59	54	12	52	122	4	0	7.56	0.63	2.75	6.45	1.14	56%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	15	11	2.78	33	33	15	1	0	0	262.2	228	93	81	11	83	139	9	0	7.81	0.38	2.84	4.76	1.18	50%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	13	11	2.97	28	28	7	1	0	0	196.2	177	80	65	16	76	102	5	1	8.10	0.73	3.48	4.67	1.29	53%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	15	8	3.35	30	29	10	1	1	1	198.2	201	83	74	12	72	92	7	1	9.11	0.54	3.26	4.17	1.37	52%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	14	9	3.08	30	30	7	2	0	0	204.1	196	87	70	24	64	89	8	2	8.63	1.06	2.82	3.92	1.27	47%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	9	11	4.24	28	28	1	0	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	76	1	0	8.82	0.72	4.46	4.19	1.48	51%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	4	7	4.60	19	17	1	0	0	0	103.2	106	58	53	11	39	44	6	0	9.20	0.96	3.39	3.82	1.40	46%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	2	2	3.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	12	8	0	0	8.00	0.00	6.00	4.00	1.56	52%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						103	109	3.46	319	255	66	15	23	7	1,810.1	1694	814	696	128	703	976	55	6	8.42	0.64	3.49	4.85	1.32	51%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						50	43	3.08	140						830.0	686	364	284		395	733			7.44	---	4.28	7.95	1.30	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1968	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	p	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1969	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	p	9	34	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	2	.281	.305	.544	849	61%
1970	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	p	9	41	70	12	14	4	0	1	13	0	0	2	35	1	0	2	1	3	.200	.230	.300	530	55%
1971	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	p	9	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	50%
1972	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	p	9	18	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	.100	.095	.100	195	33%
1973	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	42	49	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	24	1	0	5	0	0	.245	.288	.245	533	46%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	95	8	29	5	2	0	8	0	0	5	31	0	0	5	1	1	.305	.337	.400	737	60%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	p	9	28	63	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	20	0	0	9	0	1	.095	.136	.095	231	55%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	74	9	16	2	1	1	6	0	0	1	31	0	0	5	1	1	.216	.224	.311	535	60%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p	9	30	70	4	13	1	0	0	5	1	0	4	27	0	0	1	0	2	.186	.230	.200	430	48%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	2	.161	.158	.232	390	77%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	p	9	19	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	0	1	.121	.147	.121	268	64%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	p	9	4	7	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.571	714	67%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								337	606	54	122	17	4	7	56	3	0	21	229	3	0	32	5	14	.201	.230	.277	507	58%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	31		Ch	0	0	2.57	1		0			0	7.0	6		2		5	4			7.71	---	6.43	5.14	1.57	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32		Ch	0	1	9.00	1		0			0	4.0	7		4		0	5			15.75	---	0.00	11.25	1.75	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	36		Ws	0	0	1.04	2		0			0	8.2	5		1		3	4			5.20	---	3.12	4.16	0.92	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	1	3.20	4		0			0	19.2	18		7		8	13			8.24	---	3.66	5.95	1.32	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	Ch	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	Ch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1968	Detroit	AL	25	Det	MLB	P	2		4.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.86

1969	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	P	28		158.1	3	24	4	31	0	-	-	-	.871	1.53

1970	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	P	38		203.2	6	32	2	40	4	-	-	-	.950	1.68
1970	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1971	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	P	20		54	1	5	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	1.00

1972	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	P	18		72	3	16	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.38

1973	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	41		170.1	6	29	2	37	3	-	-	-	.946	1.85

1974	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	33		262.2	14	45	1	60	3	-	-	-	.983	2.02

1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	P	28		196.2	10	32	4	46	1	-	-	-	.913	1.92

1976	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	P	30		198.2	8	29	2	39	1	-	-	-	.949	1.68

1977	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	30		204.1	6	27	2	35	2	-	-	-	.943	1.45

1978	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	28		163.1	14	24	0	38	5	-	-	-	1.000	2.09

1979	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	P	19		103.2	8	13	2	23	1	-	-	-	.913	1.82

1980	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	P	4		18	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.50

Awards

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Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979.

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