Jim Rooker
Jim Rooker
Full name: James Phillip Rooker Born: September 23, 1942, Lakeview, Oregon First Game: June 30, 1968 ; Final Game: May 2, 1980 Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 195
Jim Rooker
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter 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
1968 DET A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1968 DET A 1969 KC A Daily Splits 34 57 7 16 3 0 4 8 1 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .281 .305 .544 0.0 1969 KC A 1970 KC A Daily Splits 41 70 12 14 4 0 1 13 2 0 35 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 .200 .230 .300 0.0 1970 KC A 1971 KC A Daily Splits 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0.0 1971 KC A 1972 KC A Daily Splits 18 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 .100 .095 .100 0.0 1972 KC A 1973 PIT N Daily Splits 42 49 5 12 0 0 0 5 2 0 24 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 .245 .288 .245 0.0 1973 PIT N 1974 PIT N Daily Splits 33 95 8 29 5 2 0 8 5 0 31 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 .305 .337 .400 0.0 1974 PIT N 1975 PIT N Daily Splits 28 63 4 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 20 0 9 0 0 2 1 0 0 .095 .136 .095 0.0 1975 PIT N 1976 PIT N Daily Splits 30 74 9 16 2 1 1 6 1 0 31 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .216 .224 .311 0.0 1976 PIT N 1977 PIT N Daily Splits 30 70 4 13 1 0 0 5 4 0 27 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .186 .230 .200 0.0 1977 PIT N 1978 PIT N Daily Splits 32 56 2 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .161 .158 .232 0.0 1978 PIT N 1979 PIT N Daily Splits 19 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .121 .147 .121 0.0 1979 PIT N 1980 PIT N Daily Splits 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .571 0.0 1980 PIT N Splits 333 606 54 122 17 4 7 56 21 0 229 3 32 5 1 9 14 3 0 .201 .230 .277 0.0 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
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series 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
1974 PIT N Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 PIT N
Total Splits 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 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
World Series Batting Record World Series 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
1979 PIT N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 PIT N
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
1968 DET A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 18 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.86 0.0 1968 DET A 1969 KC A Daily Splits 28 22 8 1 2 0 158.1 136 679 13 80 66 73 3 108 6 6 5 1 1 18 6 9 11 4 16 3.75 0.5 1969 KC A 1970 KC A Daily Splits 38 29 6 3 5 1 203.2 190 879 11 99 80 102 4 117 15 5 3 1 1 31 5 19 18 10 15 3.54 0.5 1970 KC A 1971 KC A Daily Splits 20 7 1 1 3 0 54 59 240 2 35 32 24 1 31 3 4 4 1 0 15 0 4 4 2 7 5.33 -1.8 1971 KC A 1972 KC A Daily Splits 18 10 4 2 3 0 72 78 310 3 37 35 24 0 44 4 2 3 1 0 15 2 10 6 5 6 4.38 -1.6 1972 KC A 1973 PIT N Daily Splits 41 18 6 3 9 5 170.1 143 694 12 59 54 52 10 122 11 4 4 2 0 26 2 18 10 10 6 2.85 1.7 1973 PIT N 1974 PIT N Daily Splits 33 33 15 1 0 0 262.2 228 1068 11 93 81 83 6 139 15 7 9 4 0 33 6 21 12 15 11 2.78 3.3 1974 PIT N 1975 PIT N Daily Splits 28 28 7 1 0 0 196.2 177 839 16 80 65 76 13 102 11 4 5 3 1 23 5 13 17 13 11 2.97 1.0 1975 PIT N 1976 PIT N Daily Splits 30 29 10 1 1 1 198.2 201 851 12 83 74 72 5 92 4 9 7 2 1 27 8 14 8 15 8 3.35 0.8 1976 PIT N 1977 PIT N Daily Splits 30 30 7 2 0 0 204.1 196 854 24 87 70 64 4 89 10 6 8 0 2 32 5 19 15 14 9 3.08 1.7 1977 PIT N 1978 PIT N Daily Splits 28 28 1 0 0 0 163.1 160 717 13 94 77 81 4 76 11 5 1 3 0 31 7 16 16 9 11 4.24 -1.2 1978 PIT N 1979 PIT N Daily Splits 19 17 1 0 0 0 103.2 106 444 11 58 53 39 5 44 3 3 6 0 0 27 1 7 6 4 7 4.60 -0.8 1979 PIT N 1980 PIT N Daily Splits 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 16 75 0 7 7 12 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 7 1 2 2 3.50 0.2 1980 PIT N Splits 319 255 66 15 23 7 1810.1 1694 7668 128 814 696 703 55 976 94 56 55 18 6 283 48 158 124 103 109 3.46 4.3 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
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series 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 Year Team
1974 PIT N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 32 1 2 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 19 1 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 1975 PIT N
Total Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 13 51 2 6 6 5 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.91 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 Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series 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 Year Team
1979 PIT N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 33 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1.04 1979 PIT N
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 1968 DET A Daily P 2 0 0 4.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000
1969 KC A Daily P 28 22 8 158.1 3 24 4 0 0 2 3 10 2 .871
1970 KC A Daily P 38 29 6 203.2 6 32 2 4 0 1 9 5 0 .950
1970 KC A 1970 KC A 1971 KC A Daily P 20 7 1 54 1 5 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 .857
1972 KC A Daily P 18 10 4 72 3 16 0 1 0 1 2 5 1 1.000
1973 PIT N Daily P 41 18 6 170.1 6 29 2 3 0 0 1 4 1 .946
1974 PIT N Daily P 33 33 15 262.2 14 45 1 3 0 0 16 18 4 .983
1975 PIT N Daily P 28 28 7 196.2 10 32 4 1 0 1 5 10 0 .913
1976 PIT N Daily P 30 29 10 198.2 8 29 2 1 0 3 8 13 2 .949
1977 PIT N Daily P 30 30 7 204.1 6 27 2 2 0 3 10 14 1 .943
1978 PIT N Daily P 28 28 1 163.1 14 24 0 5 0 2 10 12 4 1.000
1979 PIT N Daily P 19 17 1 103.2 8 13 2 1 0 0 5 6 1 .913
1980 PIT N Daily P 4 4 0 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000
Total P 319 255 66 1810.1 80 282 20 22 0 14 71 104 17 .948
Total LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1974 PIT N Daily P 1 1 0 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .750
1975 PIT N Daily P 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -
Total P 2 2 0 11 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .750
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 PIT N Daily P 2 1 0 8.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 21, 1960 ).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees (September 30, 1968 ).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from New York Yankees (6th pick overall) in the
expansion draft (October 15, 1968 ).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Gene Garber
(October 25, 1972 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 10, 1980 ).
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