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Buck Rodgers
Robert Leroy Rodgers

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 8, 1961
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1969
Born August 16, 1938 in Delaware, OH

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 22 LAA AL  16   56    8   18   2  0   2   13   0  0   1   6  .321  .333  .464  102   26   0   0   0   0   3
 1962 23 LAA AL 155  565   65  146  34  6   6   61   1  8  45  68  .258  .309  .372   85  210   6   8   6   0  16 MVP-26,RoY-2
 1963 24 LAA AL 100  300   24   70   6  0   4   23   2  2  29  35  .233  .303  .293   73   88   7   2   2   2   6
 1964 25 LAA AL 148  514   38  125  18  3   4   54   4  3  40  71  .243  .299  .313   79  161   7   7  11   4  15
 1965 26 CAL AL 132  411   33   86  14  3   1   32   4  5  35  61  .209  .271  .265   56  109   4   8   9   3  15
 1966 27 CAL AL 133  454   45  107  20  3   7   48   3  4  29  57  .236  .281  .339   80  154   0   6   8   2  11
 1967 28 CAL AL 139  429   29   94  13  3   6   41   1  4  34  55  .219  .277  .305   76  131   6   4   5   2  12
 1968 29 CAL AL  91  258   13   49   6  0   1   14   2  1  16  48  .190  .244  .225   46   58   2   2   3   3   4
 1969 30 CAL AL  18   46    4    9   1  0   0    2   0  0   5   8  .196  .288  .217   48   10   0   0   1   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      932 3033  259  704 114 18  31  288  17 27 234 409  .232  .288  .312   74  947  32  37  45  17  82
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        527   45  122  20  3   5   50   3  5  41  71  .232  .288  .312   74  165   6   6   8   3  14
 Career High    155  565   65  146  34  6   7   61   4  8  45  71  .258  .309  .372   85  210   7   8  11   4  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 22 LAA AL   57   41    7   4.6   113| .321  .276| .333  .353| .464  .430| .797  .783| 102  .490  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1962 23 LAA AL  624  457   61   3.6   100| .258  .260| .309  .331| .372  .404| .681  .736|  85  .392 -11.1  -1.1  11%
 1963 24 LAA AL  340  247   28   3.1    89| .233  .248| .303  .314| .293  .384| .596  .697|  73  .359  -9.8  -1.0  50%
 1964 25 LAA AL  572  421   47   3.0    87| .243  .244| .299  .310| .313  .379| .612  .689|  79  .348 -12.2  -1.3  57%
 1965 26 CAL AL  461  357   28   2.1    89| .209  .247| .271  .317| .265  .379| .536  .696|  56  .234 -22.9  -2.4  44%
 1966 27 CAL AL  491  368   41   3.0    87| .236  .245| .281  .311| .339  .378| .620  .689|  80  .381 -11.5  -1.2  42%
 1967 28 CAL AL  475  361   35   2.6    80| .219  .238| .277  .306| .305  .356| .582  .662|  76  .343 -12.6  -1.4  20%
 1968 29 CAL AL  281  218   15   1.8    76| .190  .232| .244  .301| .225  .344| .469  .645|  46  .236 -16.3  -1.9  66%
 1969 30 CAL AL   52   37    3   2.2    90| .196  .247| .288  .323| .217  .373| .505  .696|  48  .231  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3353 2507  265   2.8    89| .232  .247| .288  .315| .312  .379| .600  .694|  74  .341 -99.6 -10.6  38%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 22 LAA AL C 14 71 11 3 2 .965 .989 5.86 5.44 6.40 6.21 13 115.3 1 1 8 6 1962 23 LAA AL C 150 826 73 10 14 .989 .989 5.99 5.57 6.21 6.30 144 1302.3 12 36 40 34 1963 24 LAA AL C 85 416 48 10 5 .979 .989 5.46 5.78 6.01 6.64 77 695.3 12 31 23 16 1964 25 LAA AL C 146 884 87 13 14 .987 .990 6.65 6.07 6.96 7.07 139 1255.7 4 36 36 33 1965 26 CAL AL C 128 682 52 7 7 .991 .988 5.73 5.67 6.44 6.96 112 1025.7 9 38 40 20 1966 27 CAL AL C 133 662 69 6 7 .992 .988 5.50 5.86 5.96 6.86 121 1103.0 11 31 47 34 1967 28 CAL AL C 134 728 73 7 11 .991 .989 5.98 6.15 6.59 7.22 121 1094.7 7 46 40 44 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1968 29 CAL AL C 87 407 50 7 11 .985 .990 5.25 6.01 6.25 6.97 74 658.0 7 34 32 24 1969 30 CAL AL C 18 74 9 0 3 1.000 .987 4.61 5.59 5.66 6.65 14 132.0 3 9 17 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 22 LAA AL C 14 71 11 3 2 .965 .989 5.86 5.44 6.40 6.21 13 115.3 1 1 8 6 1962 23 LAA AL C 150 826 73 10 14 .989 .989 5.99 5.57 6.21 6.30 144 1302.3 12 36 40 34 1963 24 LAA AL C 85 416 48 10 5 .979 .989 5.46 5.78 6.01 6.64 77 695.3 12 31 23 16 1964 25 LAA AL C 146 884 87 13 14 .987 .990 6.65 6.07 6.96 7.07 139 1255.7 4 36 36 33 1965 26 CAL AL C 128 682 52 7 7 .991 .988 5.73 5.67 6.44 6.96 112 1025.7 9 38 40 20 1966 27 CAL AL C 133 662 69 6 7 .992 .988 5.50 5.86 5.96 6.86 121 1103.0 11 31 47 34 1967 28 CAL AL C 134 728 73 7 11 .991 .989 5.98 6.15 6.59 7.22 121 1094.7 7 46 40 44 1968 29 CAL AL C 87 407 50 7 11 .985 .990 5.25 6.01 6.25 6.97 74 658.0 7 34 32 24 1969 30 CAL AL C 18 74 9 0 3 1.000 .987 4.61 5.59 5.66 6.65 14 132.0 3 9 17 4 1967 28 CAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1967 28 CAL AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 895 4750 472 63 74 .988 .989 5.83 5.86 6.37 6.84 815 7382.0 66 262 283 215 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 896 4750 472 63 74 .988 .989 5.83 5.85 6.37 6.84 815 7383
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-AL-26-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

Doubles
1962 AL-34-5

Sac. Flies
1962 AL-8-7
1964 AL-7-3
1965 AL-8-2
1966 AL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1964 AL-11-4

Caught Stealing
1962 AL-8-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.

October 22, 1969: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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