#5 Buck Rodgers, Catcher, 30 yrs, Oakland Athletics Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Buck Rodgers
8/16/1938 30 USA,OH, 6"2 205
Catcher S R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average Great Leader 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 1.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1968 $ 594,000 (2 year(s)) 6 Year(s), 0 Days (1032 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 0 Days (1032 total Days) 6 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Talent | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 5 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 4 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/16 | CAL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/17 | CAL | L 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/20 | CHA | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/22 | @BOS | L 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/24 | WS2 | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/25 | WS2 | W 12-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/26 | @DET | W 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
10/1 | CLE | L 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
10/5 | WS2 | W 5-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/8 | CAL | L 3-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 89 | 142 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 8 | .282 | .352 | .451 | .803 | .736 | .169 |
Projected | 89 | 142 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 8 | .282 | .352 | .451 | .803 | .736 | .169 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 26 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 22.7 | 5.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 53 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .333 | .358 | .692 |
vs. RHP | 89 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .360 | .506 | .866 |
Close/Late | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .375 | .424 | .799 |
Scoring Position | 41 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .390 | .426 | .463 | .889 |
Pinch Hitting | 48 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .379 | .479 | .858 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 46 | 74 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | .257 | .337 | .405 | .743 |
Road | 43 | 68 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .309 | .364 | .500 | .864 |
March/April | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .278 | .316 | .333 | .649 |
May | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .348 | .407 | .435 | .842 |
June | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .200 | .310 | .360 | .670 |
July | 12 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .174 | .333 | .507 |
August | 17 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .379 | .471 | .655 | 1.126 |
Sept/Oct | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .308 | .357 | .500 | .857 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1963 | 136 | 451 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .301 | .317 | .618 | KC |
1964 | 86 | 155 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .298 | .252 | .549 | KC |
1965 | 65 | 136 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .338 | .360 | .698 | KC |
1966 | 106 | 184 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .337 | .353 | .690 | KC |
1967 | 101 | 174 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .342 | .379 | .721 | KC |
1968 | 89 | 142 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .282 | .352 | .451 | .803 | KC |
Total | 583 | 1242 | 308 | 45 | 8 | 19 | 153 | 139 | 131 | 9 | 11 | 131 | 2 | 4 | .248 | .322 | .343 | .665 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1962, AA | 138 | 501 | 161 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 80 | 68 | 86 | 45 | 7 | 8 | .321 | .415 | .501 | .916 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1964 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 27 | 26 | 153 | 11 | 0 | 165 | 1 | .994 | 227.1 | 6.53 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 21.1 |
Centerfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.2 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Had first career hit on 4/5/1963, off Sandy Koufax (NYY)... Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1963, off Dave Mcnally (CLE)... Won World Series with Kansas City in 1964... 6/5/1968: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $594,000 per year, for 2 years.
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