Jim Rooker

Positions: Outfielder and Starting 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1962	19	-1.8	Jamestown	NYPL	D	DET	0	0		8.10	9.00	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

1964	21	0.0	Duluth-Superior	NORL	A	DET	3	4	.429	5.29	6.57	11	8		2	0		63.0	49	46	37	4	60	0	51	2	1	11		1.730	7.0	0.6	8.6	7.3	0.85
1964	21	0.4	Tigers	FLIL	WRk	DET	1	2	.333	2.89	4.18	9	2		2	0		28.0	23	13	9	0	17	0	25	2	0	4		1.429	7.4	0.0	5.5	8.0	1.47
1965	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	2	11	.154	4.15	5.40	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
1965	22	-1.0	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	1	4	.200	4.21	5.74	13	6		1	0		47.0	34	30	22	1	28	1	45	1	0	4		1.319	6.5	0.2	5.4	8.6	1.61
1965	22	0.4	Rocky Mount	CARL	A	DET	1	7	.125	4.10	5.16	15	9		4	1		68.0	58	39	31	4	42	1	50	3	0	6		1.471	7.7	0.5	5.6	6.6	1.19
1966	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	DET	12	5	.706	2.43	3.26	28	20		15	2		152.0	110	55	41	7	81	1	107	4	0	5		1.257	6.5	0.4	4.8	6.3	1.32
1966	23	-0.3	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	0	0		10.29	14.14	5	0		0	0		7.0	12	11	8	2	6	1	8	0	0	1		2.571	15.4	2.6	7.7	10.3	1.33
1966	23	0.9	Rocky Mount	CARL	A	DET	12	5	.706	2.05	2.73	23	20		15	2		145.0	98	44	33	5	75	0	99	4	0	4		1.193	6.1	0.3	4.7	6.1	1.32
1966	23	2.2	Tigers	FLIL	WRk	DET	2	2	.500	4.21	4.79	10	5		2	0		47.0	41	25	22	3	29	0	33	1	0	1		1.489	7.9	0.6	5.6	6.3	1.14
1967	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	DET	10	7	.588	3.46	4.04	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
1967	24	-1.8	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	5	5	.500	3.78	4.32	19	14		5	1		100.0	98	48	42	6	51	2	92	2	0	12		1.490	8.8	0.5	4.6	8.3	1.80
1967	24	0.4	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	DET	5	2	.714	2.89	3.54	8	8		3	0		56.0	50	22	18	6	22	0	45	3	0	3		1.286	8.0	1.0	3.5	7.2	2.05
1968	25	-0.3	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	14	8	.636	2.61	3.17	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
1968	25	-2.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	0		3.86	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
1969	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	KCR	4	0	1.000	0.75	1.75	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
1969	26	0.7	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	2	2		2	0	0	18.0	12	3	3	0	3	0	16	0	0	0		0.833	6.0	0.0	1.5	8.0	5.33
1969	26	3.6	High Point-Thomasville	CARL	A	KCR	2	0	1.000	0.00	2.00	2	2		2	0	0	18.0	11	4	0	0	3	0	27	0	0	0		0.778	5.5	0.0	1.5	13.5	9.00
1969	26	-1.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	16	.200	3.75	4.55	28	22	2	8	1	0	158.1	136	80	66	13	73	3	108	1	1	5	679	1.320	7.7	0.7	4.1	6.1	1.48
1970	27	-0.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	10	15	.400	3.54	4.37	38	29	5	6	3	1	203.2	190	99	80	11	102	4	117	1	1	3	879	1.434	8.4	0.5	4.5	5.2	1.15
1971	28	3.1	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	2	3	.400	2.74	4.30	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
1971	28	1.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	7	.222	5.33	5.83	20	7	3	1	1	0	54.0	59	35	32	2	24	1	31	1	0	4	240	1.537	9.8	0.3	4.0	5.2	1.29
1972	29	4.0	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	3	5	.375	1.74	2.61	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
1972	29	1.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	6	.455	4.38	4.63	18	10	3	4	2	0	72.0	78	37	35	3	24	0	44	1	0	3	310	1.417	9.8	0.4	3.0	5.5	1.83
1973	30	2.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	6	.625	2.85	3.12	41	18	9	6	3	5	170.1	143	59	54	12	52	10	122	2	0	4	694	1.145	7.6	0.6	2.7	6.4	2.35
1974	31	3.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	15	11	.577	2.78	3.19	33	33	0	15	1	0	262.2	228	93	81	11	83	6	139	4	0	9	1068	1.184	7.8	0.4	2.8	4.8	1.67
1975	32	4.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	13	11	.542	2.97	3.66	28	28	0	7	1	0	196.2	177	80	65	16	76	13	102	3	1	5	839	1.286	8.1	0.7	3.5	4.7	1.34
1976	33	5.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	15	8	.652	3.35	3.76	30	29	1	10	1	1	198.2	201	83	74	12	72	5	92	2	1	7	851	1.374	9.1	0.5	3.3	4.2	1.28
1977	34	6.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	9	.609	3.08	3.83	30	30	0	7	2	0	204.1	196	87	70	24	64	4	89	0	2	8	854	1.272	8.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.39
1978	35	7.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	9	11	.450	4.24	5.18	28	28	0	1	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	4	76	3	0	1	717	1.476	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.2	0.94
1979	36	7.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	4	7	.364	4.60	5.04	19	17	0	1	0	0	103.2	106	58	53	11	39	5	44	0	0	6	444	1.399	9.2	1.0	3.4	3.8	1.13
1980	37	8.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	2	.500	3.50	3.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	12	0	8	0	0	0	75	1.556	8.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.67
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		103	109	.486	3.46	4.05	319	255	23	66	15	7	1810.1	1694	814	696	128	703	55	976	18	6	55	7668	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	4.9	1.39
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		50	43	.538	3.08	3.95	140	108		55	7	0	830.0	686	364	284	51	395	7	733	18	3	45		1.302	7.4	0.6	4.3	7.9	1.86
Other (2 seasons)					Other		3	4	.429	3.72	4.56	19	7		4	0		75.0	64	38	31	3	46	0	58	3	0	5		1.467	7.7	0.4	5.5	7.0	1.26
All Levels (18 Seasons)							156	156	.500	3.35	4.03	478	370	23	125	22	7	2715.1	2444	1216	1011	182	1144	62	1767	39	9	105	7668	1.321	8.1	0.6	3.8	5.9	1.54

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		26	21	.553	2.73	3.42	60	55		28	4	0	416.0	363	158	126	27	151	4	405	5	1	16		1.236	7.9	0.6	3.3	8.8	2.68
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		6	6	.500	3.93	5.15	26	14		4	0		110.0	96	63	48	9	56	2	98	4	0	8		1.382	7.9	0.7	4.6	8.0	1.75
A (4 seasons)					Minors		18	16	.529	3.09	4.07	51	39		23	3	0	294.0	216	133	101	13	180	1	227	9	1	21		1.347	6.6	0.4	5.5	6.9	1.26
D (1 season)					Minors		0	0		8.10	9.00	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