Rocky Colavito
Rocky Colavito
Full name: Rocco Domenico Colavito Born: August 10, 1933, New York, New York First Game: September 10, 1955; Final Game: September 28, 1968 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 OF on TSN AL All-Star Team
Rocky Colavito
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1955 CLE A 1955 CLE A 1956 CLE A 1956 CLE A 1957 CLE A 1957 CLE A 1958 CLE A .620 5.1 1958 CLE A 1959 CLE A 42 111 71 8 86 2 0 3 13 3 3 .257 .337 .512 2.5 1959 CLE A 1960 DET A Daily Splits 145 555 67 138 18 1 35 87 53 4 80 4 1 3 0 4 17 3 6 .249 .317 .474 -0.2 1960 DET A 1961 DET A Daily Splits 163 583 129 169 30 2 45 140 113 2 75 2 2 8 0 7 14 1 2 .290 .402 .580 4.7 1961 DET A 1962 DET A Daily Splits 161 601 90 164 30 2 37 112 96 7 68 2 1 7 0 11 18 2 0 .273 .371 .514 3.1 1962 DET A 1963 DET A Daily Splits 160 597 91 162 29 2 22 91 84 9 78 1 2 8 0 11 18 0 0 .271 .358 .437 1.4 1963 DET A 1964 KC A Daily Splits 160 588 89 161 31 2 34 102 83 4 56 5 1 4 0 10 16 3 1 .274 .366 .507 2.0 1964 KC A 1965 CLE A Daily Splits 162 592 92 170 25 2 26 108 93 11 63 3 0 7 0 8 14 1 1 .287 .383 .468 2.5 1965 CLE A 1966 CLE A Daily Splits 151 533 68 127 13 0 30 72 76 4 81 3 0 2 0 7 25 2 1 .238 .336 .432 0.8 1966 CLE A 1967 CLE A Daily Splits 63 191 10 46 9 0 5 21 24 0 31 1 0 0 0 3 6 2 2 .241 .329 .366 -0.4 1967 CLE A 1967 CHI A Daily Splits 60 190 20 42 4 1 3 29 25 2 10 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 1 .221 .306 .300 -1.2 1967 CHI A 1967 TOT A 123 381 30 88 13 1 8 50 49 2 41 1 1 4 0 6 8 3 3 .231 .317 .333 -1.6 1967 TOT A
1968 LA N Daily Splits 40 113 8 23 3 0 3 11 15 1 18 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 .204 .295 .310 -0.4 1968 LA N 1968 NY A Daily Splits 39 91 13 20 2 2 5 13 14 0 17 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .220 .330 .451 -0.2 1968 NY A 1968 Total 79 204 21 43 5 2 8 24 29 1 35 1 0 1 0 2 7 0 1 .211 .311 .373 -0.6 1968 Total
Total NL 40 113 8 23 3 0 3 11 15 1 18 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 .204 .295 .310 -0.4 Total NL
Total AL 1801 6390 963 1707 280 21 371 1148 936 57 862 29 16 59 0i 66i176 19 26 .267 .360 .492 23.1 Total AL
Total Splits 1841 6503 971 1730 283 21 374 1159 951 58 880 29 16 60 0i 66i182 19 27 .266 .359 .489 22.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 AL Daily Splits 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1959 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .500 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .286 .800 1962 AL
1964 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1964 AL
1965 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1965 AL
1966 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 AL
Total Splits 9 25 3 6 1 0 3 8 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .240 .259 .640 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1958 CLE A 1958 CLE A 1968 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.3 1968 NY A Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.2 1 23 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1i 0i 0i 0i 1 0 0.00 0.4 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1955 CLE A 1956 CLE A 1957 CLE A 11 2 .962 0 0 130
1958 CLE A 6 .981 1 0 129
1958 CLE A 1958 CLE A 1959 CLE A 154 319 7 5 1 .985 0 0 154
1960 DET A Daily OF 144 143 141 1300 271 11 7 5 0 .976 0 0 144
1960 DET A 144 143 141 1300 272 9 7 5 0 .976
1961 DET A Daily OF 161 161 147 1425 329 16 9 4 0 .975 150 0 20
1961 DET A 150 144 136 1266 301 14 8 3 0 .975
1961 DET A 1962 DET A Daily OF 161 161 160 1434.2 359 10 3 1 0 .992 161 0 0
1962 DET A 161 161 160 1434.2 359 10 3 1 0 .992
1963 DET A Daily OF 159 159 152 1429.1 319 10 4 0 0 .988 141 0 24
1963 DET A .993
1963 DET A 1964 KC A Daily OF 159 159 154 1411.2 275 10 8 1 0 .973 3 0 157
1964 KC A 157 157 152 1391.2 277 13 8 1 0 .973
1964 KC A 1965 CLE A Daily OF 162 162 146 1428.1 265 9 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 162
1965 CLE A 162 162 146 1426.1 256 9 0 1 0 1.000
1965 CLE A 1966 CLE A Daily OF 146 145 123 1277 261 10 5 0 0 .982 0 0 146
1966 CLE A 146 145 123 1277 264 9 5 0 0 .982
1967 CLE A Daily OF 50 50 24 417 75 2 3 1 0 .962 28 0 31
1967 CLE A 1967 CLE A 1967 CHI A Daily OF 58 55 31 461.2 83 2 2 2 0 .977 14 0 51
1967 CHI A 1967 CHI A 1967 TOT A LF 42 28 8 242.2 37 0 2 0 0 .949
1967 TOT A RF 82 77 47 636 123 4 3 3 0 .977
1967 TOT A OF 108 105 55 878.2 158 4 5 3 0 .970 42 0 82
1968 LA N Daily OF 33 32 18 264 45 2 0 1 0 1.000 21 0 13
1968 LA N 1968 LA N 1968 NY A Daily OF 27 23 23 211.1 27 1 2 0 0 .933 6 0 21
1968 NY A 1968 NY A 1968 NY A 1968 Total LF 27 24 16 203 34 3 0 1 0 1.000
1968 Total RF 34 31 25 272.1 40 0 2 0 0 .952
1968 Total OF 60 55 41 475.1 72 3 2 1 0 .974 27 0 34
Total OF 1773 1250i1119i11060 i 3323 123 70 26 0i .980 526 0 1282
Total RF 769i 751i 663i 6642.1i 1300i 47i 28i 11i 0i .980
Total LF 525i 499i 456i 4417.2i 1016i 36i 15i 5i 0i .986
Total 1B 11 84 0 4 5 .955
Total P 2 0i 0i 2.2i 0 1 0 0 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1959 AL Daily OF 2 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
1959 AL RF 2 1 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily OF 2 2 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0
1961 AL LF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 AL Daily OF 2 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1
1962 AL RF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 AL LF 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1964 AL RF 1 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1965 AL Daily OF 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1965 AL RF 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 8 5 3 53.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 5
Total RF 5 3 1 30.2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 3 2 2 23 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1951).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Harvey Kuenn (April
17, 1960 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Anderson and $50000 to Kansas City Athletics in
exchange for Jerry Lumpe , Ed Rakow and Dave Wickersham (November 18, 1963 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians as part of 3-team trade in
which Chicago White Sox sent Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City
Athletics ; Cleveland Indians sent Tommy John , Tommie Agee and John Romano to Chicago
White Sox ; Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to Cleveland Indians (February 10,
1965 ) ; and Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot to Kansas City Athletics (February 10,
1965 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jim King and a
player to be named later (July 29, 1967 ); Cleveland Indians received Marv Staehle
(October 26, 1967 ).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Los Angeles Dodgers (March 26, 1968 ).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 11, 1968 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (July 15, 1968 ).
Released by New York Yankees (September 30, 1968 ).
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