Jim Rooker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, OR us

High School: Cherry Creek HS (Greenwood Village, CO)

Debut: June 30, 1968 (Age 25-281d, 12,718th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 2, 1980 (Age 37-222d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: James Phillip Rooker

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1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.7

103

109

ERA

3.46

319

255

1810.1

976

WHIP

1.324

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1962	19	DET-min	D	0	0		8.10	3	0		0	0		10.0	11	10	9	2	8		3	0	1	0				1.900	9.9	1.8	7.2	2.7	0.38	JAM NYPL
1964	21	DET-min	A,WRk	4	6	.400	4.55	20	10		4	0		91.0	72	59	46	4	77	0	76	4	1	15				1.637	7.1	0.4	7.6	7.5	0.99	DSU,TGR NORL,FLIL
1965	22	DET-min	A,AA	2	11	.154	4.15	28	15		5	1		115.0	92	69	53	5	70	2	95	4	0	10				1.409	7.2	0.4	5.5	7.4	1.36	RKM,MTG CARL,SOUL
1966	23	DET-min	A,WRk,AA	14	7	.667	2.85	38	25		17	2		199.0	151	80	63	10	110	1	140	5	0	6				1.312	6.8	0.5	5.0	6.3	1.27	RKM,TGR,MTG CARL,FLIL,SOUL
1967	24	DET-min	AAA,AA	10	7	.588	3.46	27	22		8	1		156.0	148	70	60	12	73	2	137	5	0	15				1.417	8.5	0.7	4.2	7.9	1.88	TOL,MTG IL,SOUL
1968	25	DET-min	AAA	14	8	.636	2.61	25	25		14	2		190.0	144	67	55	16	72	1	206	2	1	2				1.137	6.8	0.8	3.4	9.8	2.86	TOL IL
1968	25	DET	AL	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	87	1.31	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
1969	26	KCR-min	A,AAA	4	0	1.000	0.75	4	4		4	0	0	36.0	23	7	3	0	6	0	43	0	0	0				0.806	5.8	0.0	1.5	10.8	7.17	HPT,OMA CARL,AA
1969	26	KCR	AL	4	16	.200	3.75	28	22	2	8	1	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	3	108	1	1	5	679	98	3.61	1.320	7.7	0.7	4.1	6.1	1.48
1970	27	KCR	AL	10	15	.400	3.54	38	29	5	6	3	1	203.2	190	99	80	11	102	4	117	1	1	3	879	105	3.71	1.434	8.4	0.5	4.5	5.2	1.15
1971	28	KCR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	2.74	6	6		2	0	0	46.0	52	22	14	3	13	0	38	0	0	0				1.413	10.2	0.6	2.5	7.4	2.92	OMA AA
1971	28	KCR	AL	2	7	.222	5.33	20	7	3	1	1	0	54.0	59	35	32	2	24	1	31	1	0	4	240	64	3.17	1.537	9.8	0.3	4.0	5.2	1.29
1972	29	KCR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	1.74	8	8		5	1	0	62.0	57	18	12	2	12	1	53	1	0	2				1.113	8.3	0.3	1.7	7.7	4.42	OMA AA
1972	29	KCR	AL	5	6	.455	4.38	18	10	3	4	2	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	0	44	1	0	3	310	69	2.76	1.417	9.8	0.4	3.0	5.5	1.83
1973	30	PIT	NL	10	6	.625	2.85	41	18	9	6	3	5	170.1	143	59	54	12	52	10	122	2	0	4	694	124	3.00	1.145	7.6	0.6	2.7	6.4	2.35
1974	31	PIT	NL	15	11	.577	2.78	33	33	0	15	1	0	262.2	228	93	81	11	83	6	139	4	0	9	1068	124	3.06	1.184	7.8	0.4	2.8	4.8	1.67
1975	32	PIT	NL	13	11	.542	2.97	28	28	0	7	1	0	196.2	177	80	65	16	76	13	102	3	1	5	839	119	3.81	1.286	8.1	0.7	3.5	4.7	1.34
1976	33	PIT	NL	15	8	.652	3.35	30	29	1	10	1	1	198.2	201	83	74	12	72	5	92	2	1	7	851	104	3.61	1.374	9.1	0.5	3.3	4.2	1.28
1977	34	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	3.08	30	30	0	7	2	0	204.1	196	87	70	24	64	4	89	0	2	8	854	128	4.33	1.272	8.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.39
1978	35	PIT	NL	9	11	.450	4.24	28	28	0	1	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	4	76	3	0	1	717	88	4.23	1.476	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.2	0.94
1979	36	PIT	NL	4	7	.364	4.60	19	17	0	1	0	0	103.2	106	58	53	11	39	5	44	0	0	6	444	85	4.39	1.399	9.2	1.0	3.4	3.8	1.13
1980	37	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	12	0	8	0	0	0	75	108	3.86	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.67
13 Yrs				103	109	.486	3.46	319	255	23	66	15	7	1810.1	1694	814	696	128	703	55	976	18	6	55	7668	104	3.64	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	4.9	1.39
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.486	3.46	38	30	3	8	2	1	214	201	96	82	15	83	7	116	2	1	7	908	104	3.64	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	4.9	1.39

PIT (8 yrs)				82	65	.558	3.29	213	187	10	47	8	6	1317.2	1227	561	481	99	479	47	672	14	4	40	5542	111	3.71	1.295	8.4	0.7	3.3	4.6	1.40
KCR (4 yrs)				21	44	.323	3.93	104	68	13	19	7	1	488.0	463	251	213	29	223	8	300	4	2	15	2108	91	3.48	1.406	8.5	0.5	4.1	5.5	1.35
DET (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	87	1.31	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00

NL (8 yrs)				82	65	.558	3.29	213	187	10	47	8	6	1317.2	1227	561	481	99	479	47	672	14	4	40	5542	111	3.71	1.295	8.4	0.7	3.3	4.6	1.40
AL (5 yrs)				21	44	.323	3.93	106	68	13	19	7	1	492.2	467	253	215	29	224	8	304	4	2	15	2126	91	3.46	1.403	8.5	0.5	4.1	5.6	1.36

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