Rocky Colavito

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: August 10, 1933 in New York, NY us

High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Bronx, NY)

Debut: September 10, 1955 (Age 22-031d, 11,292nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1968 (Age 35-049d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Rocco Domenico Colavito

Pronunciation: \co-la-VEE-toh\

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9x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.9

6503

1730

374

.266

971

RBI

1159

OBP

.359

SLG

.489

OPS

.848

OPS+

132

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	DET		LAA	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	DET		LAA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
9	10	Apr 26	DET		NYY	L,11-13	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	11	Apr 27	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	13	Apr 30 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15 (1)	May 2	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	16	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	17	May 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	18	May 5	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	19	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
18	20	May 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	21	May 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
20	22	May 9 (1)	DET		WSA	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	23	May 9 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	24	May 10	DET		WSA	W,7-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
23	25	May 11	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
24	26	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	45	10.2	1	1	0	2	0	LF
27	29	May 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	30	May 15	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	31	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	32	May 17	DET	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
31	33	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	34	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	35	May 21	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	36	May 22	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	37	May 23	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	38	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	39	May 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	40	May 26	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	41	May 27	DET	@	LAA	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
40	42	May 28	DET	@	LAA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
41	43	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
42	44	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
43	45	May 31	DET		KCA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	DET		KCA	T,4-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	47	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
46	48	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	49	Jun 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
48	50	Jun 4 (2)	DET		MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	51	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	52	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
51	53	Jun 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	54	Jun 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	GS	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
53	55	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	56	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	57	Jun 11 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
56	58	Jun 11 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	59	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,7-1	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
58	60	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	61	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	62	Jun 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	63	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	64	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	65	Jun 20	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
64	66	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	67	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	68	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
67	69	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	70	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-11	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	73	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	74	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
73	75	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	76	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	52	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
75	77	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	LF
77	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
78	80	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	81	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
80	82	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	83	Jul 7	DET		LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	84	Jul 8	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	85	Jul 9 (1)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	86	Jul 9 (2)	DET		LAA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	87	Jul 14	DET		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	88	Jul 15	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
87	89	Jul 16 (1)	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	90	Jul 16 (2)	DET		KCA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	91	Jul 17	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
90	92	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	93	Jul 19	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
93	95	Jul 21	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	96	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	97	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	98	Jul 24	DET	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
97	99	Jul 25	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	100	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	101	Jul 28	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	102	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
101	103	Jul 30	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	105	Aug 2 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-6	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	106	Aug 3	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	107	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
106	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	109	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	110	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
109	111	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	112	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	113	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	114	Aug 11	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	115	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,17-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	116	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	117	Aug 15 (1)	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	118	Aug 15 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	119	Aug 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	120	Aug 17	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
119	121	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
120	122	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	123	Aug 20 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	124	Aug 20 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	125	Aug 22	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	126	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	127	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
126	128	Aug 25	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	129	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
128	130	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	131	Aug 28	DET	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
130	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	133	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
132	134	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	136	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
135	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	138	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	139	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
138	140	Sep 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	141	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
140	142	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	143	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
142	144	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF RF
143	145	Sep 12	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	146	Sep 13	DET		KCA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
145	147	Sep 14	DET		KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
146	148	Sep 15 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
147	149	Sep 15 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
148	150	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
149	151	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
150	152	Sep 19	DET		LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
151	153	Sep 20	DET		LAA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
152	154	Sep 22	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
153	155	Sep 23	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
154	156	Sep 24	DET	@	LAA	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
155	157	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
156	158	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
157	159	Sep 26	DET	@	KCA	L,5-8	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
158	160	Sep 27	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
159	161	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
160	162	Sep 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
161	163	Oct 1	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							170gm		1425.0	331	16	9	356	4