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Stan Rojek
Stanley Andrew Rojek (Happy Rabbit)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 22, 1942
Final Game May 13, 1952
Born April 21, 1919 in North Tonawanda, NY
Died July 9, 1997 in N.Tonawanda, NY

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 23 BRO NL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0   0
 1946 27 BRO NL  45   47   11   13   2  1   0    2   1      4   1  .277  .333  .362   96   17   1           0   3
 1947 28 BRO NL  32   80    7   21   0  1   0    7   1      7   3  .263  .322  .288   60   23   1           0   3
 1948 29 PIT NL 156  641   85  186  27  5   4   51  24     61  41  .290  .355  .367   94  235   8           3   8 MVP-10
 1949 30 PIT NL 144  557   72  136  19  2   0   31   4     50  31  .244  .309  .285   59  159  16           2  10
 1950 31 PIT NL  76  230   28   59  12  1   0   17   2     18  13  .257  .313  .317   64   73   4           1   4
 1951 32 TOT NL  59  202   21   54   7  3   0   14   0  3  10  11  .267  .308  .332   71   67   5           2   7
         PIT NL   8   16    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .188  .188  .188   -0    3   1           0   0
         STL NL  51  186   21   51   7  3   0   14   0  3  10  10  .274  .318  .344   77   64   4           2   7
 1952 33 SLB AL   9    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   0  .143  .333  .143   34    1   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      522 1764  225  470  67 13   4  122  32  3 152 100  .266  .327  .326   75  575  35   0   0   8  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   70  146  21  4   1   38  10  1  47  31  .266  .327  .326   75  178  11   0   0   2  11
 Career High    156  641   85  186  27  5   4   51  24  3  61  41  .290  .355  .367   94  235  16   0   0   3  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 23 BRO NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1946 27 BRO NL   52   38    6   4.2    93| .277  .264| .333  .339| .362  .369| .695  .708|  96  .521  -0.3   0.0     
 1947 28 BRO NL   88   63    7   3.0   109| .263  .279| .322  .355| .288  .413| .610  .768|  60  .305  -4.8  -0.5     
 1948 29 PIT NL  713  471   83   4.7   104| .290  .271| .355  .346| .367  .401| .722  .747|  94  .523  -4.7  -0.5     
 1949 30 PIT NL  625  447   49   2.9   106| .244  .273| .309  .347| .285  .408| .594  .755|  59  .306 -32.3  -3.2     
 1950 31 PIT NL  253  179   23   3.4   111| .257  .273| .313  .350| .317  .424| .630  .774|  64  .357 -12.0  -1.2     
 1951 32 TOT NL  219  163   20   3.3   104| .267  .269| .308  .343| .332  .407| .640  .750|  71  .360  -8.6  -0.8   0%
         PIT NL   17   14    1   1.9   106| .188  .271| .188  .345| .188  .410| .376  .756|  -0  .173  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         STL NL  202  149   19   3.4   104| .274  .269| .318  .343| .344  .407| .662  .750|  77  .376  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1952 33 SLB AL    9    7    0   0.0    99| .143  .264| .333  .344| .143  .385| .476  .729|  34  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1959 1368  188   3.7   105| .266  .272| .327  .347| .326  .407| .653  .753|  75  .405 -63.3  -6.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 27 BRO NL SS 15 14 23 1 4 .974 .956 2.47 4.67 2B 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 5.08 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.85 1947 28 BRO NL SS 17 23 44 2 10 .971 .963 3.94 4.66 3B 9 4 11 0 3 1.000 .949 1.67 2.80 2B 7 14 18 0 4 1.000 .976 4.57 5.19 1948 29 PIT NL SS 156 262 475 29 91 .962 .959 4.72 4.59 1949 30 PIT NL SS 144 240 461 25 92 .966 .961 4.87 4.70 1950 31 PIT NL SS 68 102 160 9 39 .967 .961 3.85 4.74 2B 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 5.13 1951 32 TOT NL SS 59 100 144 8 36 .968 .955 4.14 4.47 PIT NL SS 8 5 13 2 0 .900 .957 2.25 4.47 STL NL SS 51 95 131 6 36 .974 .955 4.43 4.47 1952 33 SLB AL SS 4 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 3.00 4.30 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 27 BRO NL 2B 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 5.08 1947 28 BRO NL 2B 7 14 18 0 4 1.000 .976 4.57 5.19 1950 31 PIT NL 2B 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 5.13 1952 33 SLB AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.10 1946 27 BRO NL 3B 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.85 1947 28 BRO NL 3B 9 4 11 0 3 1.000 .949 1.67 2.80 1946 27 BRO NL SS 15 14 23 1 4 .974 .956 2.47 4.67 1947 28 BRO NL SS 17 23 44 2 10 .971 .963 3.94 4.66 1948 29 PIT NL SS 156 262 475 29 91 .962 .959 4.72 4.59 1949 30 PIT NL SS 144 240 461 25 92 .966 .961 4.87 4.70 1950 31 PIT NL SS 68 102 160 9 39 .967 .961 3.85 4.74 1951 32 TOT NL SS 59 100 144 8 36 .968 .955 4.14 4.47 PIT NL SS 8 5 13 2 0 .900 .957 2.25 4.47 STL NL SS 51 95 131 6 36 .974 .955 4.43 4.47 1952 33 SLB AL SS 4 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 3.00 4.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 463 745 1315 74 273 .965 .960 4.45 4.63 2B 17 26 27 0 4 1.000 .976 3.12 5.14 3B 13 7 12 0 3 1.000 .950 1.46 2.82 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 493 778 1354 74 280 .966 .960 4.32 4.60
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)
1948-NL-10-0.15
Car-788-0.15 shares

Games
1948 NL-156-1

At Bats
1948 NL-641-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1948 NL-713-1

Hits
1948 NL-186-3

Doubles
1948 NL-27-9

Stolen Bases
1948 NL-24-3

Singles
1948 NL-150-1

Times on Base
1948 NL-250-6

Sac. Hits
1949 NL-16-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1948 NL-15.6-10
1949 NL-18.0-9

Outs
1948 NL-471-1
1949 NL-447-7

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 1939 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

November 14, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 17, 1951: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Erv Dusak and Rocky Nelson.

January 24, 1952: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Ray Coleman, Bob Mahoney, and $95,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Billy Hunter.


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