Mike Roarke

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: November 8, 1930 in West Warwick, RI us

Died: July 27, 2019 in Cranston, RI

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick, RI

High School: West Warwick HS (West Warwick, RI)

School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: April 19, 1961 (Age 30-162d, 11,828th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 33-330d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Michael Thomas Roarke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

491

113

.230

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.297

OPS

.594

OPS+

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	4 (3)	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	8 (3)	Apr 23 (2)	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	13 (4)	Apr 30 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	14	Apr 30 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (1)	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
6	19 (2)	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	28 (8)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	41 (12)	May 27	DET	@	LAA	L,1-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	44 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,3-9	GS	33	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	48 (3)	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	50 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	54 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	55	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	58 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
15	66 (7)	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	67	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	68	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	69	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	70	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-11	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	73	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	74	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	75	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	44	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	76	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	77	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	81 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	84 (2)	Jul 8	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	85	Jul 9 (1)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
31	86	Jul 9 (2)	DET		LAA	W,6-3	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	87	Jul 14	DET		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
33	88	Jul 15	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	23	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	89	Jul 16 (1)	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	90	Jul 16 (2)	DET		KCA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	91	Jul 17	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	92	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	93	Jul 19	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	95	Jul 21	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	96	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	97	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
43	98	Jul 24	DET	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
44	99	Jul 25	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	100	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	101	Jul 28	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
47	102	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	103	Jul 30	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET		WSA	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	105	Aug 2 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-6	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	106	Aug 3	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	107	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	110 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
55	111	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
56	112	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
57	113	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	114	Aug 11	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
59	115	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,17-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	116	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	117	Aug 15 (1)	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
62	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	120	Aug 17	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	121	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	122	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	124 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	125	Aug 22	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	126	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
69	127	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	128	Aug 25	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	130 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	131	Aug 28	DET	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
73	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	133	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
75	134	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	135	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	136	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	138	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	139	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
81	141 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	151 (6)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
84	158 (6)	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	161 (2)	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							85gm		606.1	383	22	5	410	5