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John Rocker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: October 17, 1974 in Statesboro, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from First Presbyterian Day School (Macon, GA).

High School: First Presbyterian Day School (Macon, GA)

School: Mercer University (Macon, GA)

Debut: May 5, 1998 (Age 23-200d, 17,234th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 14, 2003 (Age 28-209d)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: John Loy Rocker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

3.42

280

255.1

332

WHIP

1.426

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-23

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 5, Entered with runners on base: 20

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	32	May 5	ATL		LAD	W,8-3	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.14	4	20	10	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.10	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
2	2	34	May 7	ATL		SDP	W,6-3	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.64	3	13	9	2	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.044	.65	0.03%	0.51	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
3	3	37	May 10	ATL		SDP	W,8-5	7-8	H(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.64	6	28	17	7	2	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.140	1.35	0.10%	1.02	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a3
4	4	41	May 14	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	7-7	W(1-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.34	4	19	12	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.013	.29	0.01%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
5	5	44	May 17	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.81	4	15	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
6	6	49	May 23	ATL		CHC	L,6-10	3-4		5	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.53	8	30	21	7	4	1	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.129	1.35	0.05%	1.24	3t 12- 0 out tie	4t 123 2 out tie
7	7	54	May 28	ATL		MON	L,5-9	9-GF		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.26	2	8	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.11	9t --- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
8	8	55	May 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-5	10-GF(11)	L(1-1)	0	1.1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1.93	4.85	8	31	16	7	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	-0.215	1.93	-0.08%	-1.23	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	65	Jun 9	ATL		BOS	L,3-9	5-5		10	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.74	4.30	5	20	14	3	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.001	.15	0.00%	0.51	5t 12- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d6
10	10	68	Jun 13	ATL		MON	W,9-7	7-7	H(3)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	4.26	1	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.048	1.32	0.02%	0.51	7t 1-3 2 out a3	7t 3 out a3
11	11	73	Jun 19	ATL	@	MON	L,1-14	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.09	4.34	6	29	14	6	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out d11	8b end d13
12	12	76	Jun 22	ATL	@	NYY	L,4-6	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	4.60	1	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.013	.73	-0.01%	-0.19	7b -2- 2 out d1	7b 1-3 2 out d1
13	13	78	Jun 24	ATL		NYY	L,6-10	4-4		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	4.52	2	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.030	.35	0.01%	0.53	4t 1-- 1 out d3	4t 3 out d3
14	14	79	Jun 25	ATL		NYY	L,0-6	8-8		0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.70	4.49	5	19	13	2	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.007	.06	0.00%	-0.49	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
15	15	82	Jun 28	ATL		TOR	W,10-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	4.39	3	6	4	0	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	84	Jul 1	ATL	@	TBD	W,6-5	7-7	H(4)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	4.18	4	18	12	6	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.114	1.35	0.04%	0.57	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
17	17	88	Jul 5	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	10-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.20	4.24	5	28	14	4	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.07	0.140	1.16	0.03%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
18	18	89	Jul 9	ATL	@	FLA	W,6-4	8-8	H(5)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	4.22	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	0.092	.82	0.01%	0.46	8b 12- 1 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a2
19	19	90	Jul 10	ATL	@	FLA	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.12	4.37	3	14	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.101	.06	-0.01%	-1.58	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 3
20	20	95	Jul 16	ATL		MIL	W,4-3	9-9		5	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.12	4.55	2	7	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	-0.187	.46	-0.02%	-1.23	9t -2- 1 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a1
21	21	96	Jul 17	ATL		MIL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	4.41	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.013	.05	0.00%	0.33	9t -2- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
22	22	98	Jul 19	ATL		MIL	W,11-6	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	4.27	1	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.020	.07	0.00%	0.69	8t 1-3 1 out a5	8t 1-3 2 out a5
23	23	99	Jul 20	ATL		CHC	L,4-11	8-GF		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	4.19	4	10	6	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.29	8t 123 2 out d8	9t end d 7
24	24	100	Jul 21	ATL		CHC	L,0-3	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	4.09	5	23	11	3	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.016	.04	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
25	25	102	Jul 23	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-2	8-8	H(6)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	4.06	3	11	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.075	.28	0.01%	0.28	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
26	26	108	Jul 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,11-5	6-7		5	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.99	3.98	10	37	22	8	5	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.21	0.007	.01	0.00%	0.04	6b --- 0 out a6	7b 3 out a7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	27	114	Aug 5	ATL		CIN	L,9-13	8-8	BS(1)	6	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.31	4.55	4	17	8	5	1	0	1	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.232	.02	0.00%	-1.31	8t -2- 1 out a2	8t 3 out tie
28	28	118	Aug 9	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-5	7-7		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	4.68	1	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	-0.122	.01	0.00%	-0.66	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 123 1 out a1
29	29	119	Aug 11	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.22	4.45	3	11	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
30	30	123	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-3	8-8	H(7)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	4.42	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.34	0.232	.01	0.00%	1.12	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b --3 2 out a2
31	31	126	Aug 19	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.08	4.41	4	22	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
32	32	127	Aug 20	ATL		SDP	L,0-2	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	4.29	3	7	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
33	33	128	Aug 21	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	7-7	H(8)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	4.26	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	0.170	.01	0.00%	0.92	7t 12- 1 out a1	7t 3 out a1
34	34	134	Aug 27	ATL	@	STL	W,6-4	8-8	H(9)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.91	4.09	2	8	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.69	8b -2- 1 out a3	8b 3 out a3
35	35	135	Aug 28	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	9-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	3.93	2	10	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.27	9b --- 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
36	36	136	Aug 29	ATL	@	STL	W,4-3	8-8	H(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	3.91	3	9	9	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.143	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	37	140	Sep 2	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.74	3.91	5	15	7	1	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
38	38	141	Sep 4	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.69	3.70	4	16	11	1	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
39	39	142	Sep 5	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	7-7	H(11)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	3.69	2	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.19	7b 1-3 1 out a2	7b 3 out a1
40	40	144	Sep 7	ATL	@	NYM	L,7-8	8-GF(8)	BL(1-2)	1	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.14	4.09	5	25	14	6	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.531	.00	0.00%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
41	41	146	Sep 9	ATL	@	MON	L,2-3	9-GF	L(1-3)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.41	4.48	1	7	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-1.00	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
42	42	150	Sep 13	ATL		FLA	L,5-6	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.36	4.54	2	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.69	9t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
43	43	151	Sep 14	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	8-8	H(12)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.29	4.53	4	15	9	2	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	0.122	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
44	44	154	Sep 17	ATL	@	ARI	W,1-0	8-8	H(13)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	4.49	3	9	7	0	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.143	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
45	45	158	Sep 22	ATL	@	FLA	W,4-1	8-8	H(14)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	4.40	3	10	6	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
46	46	160	Sep 25	ATL		NYM	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	4.33	1	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	0.127	.00	0.00%	0.37	9t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
47	47	162	Sep 27	ATL		NYM	W,7-2	7-7	H(15)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	4.27	1	9	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.51	7t 1-3 2 out a3	7t 3 out a3
							24-23		W-L:1-3,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:15	2.0	38.0	22	10	9	22	42	4	3	2.13	4.27	156	634	60%	17%	13%	1.15		19%	2%	1		33	18%	2	0	0	128	2	1	4	5	0	1	1.18	0.561	.35	0.20%	9.76

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