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John Rocker

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.

Debut May 5, 1998
  vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 14, 2003
Born October 17, 1974 in Statesboro, GA

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 23 ATL NL   1   3  47   0   0   0  16  2   38.0   22   10    9   4   22   42   3   6   156   4   0  2.13  4.15  195 1.158
 1999 24 ATL NL   4   5  74   0   0   0  61 38   72.3   47   24   20   5   37  104   1   7   301   4   0  2.49  4.48  180 1.161
 2000 25 ATL NL   1   2  59   0   0   0  41 24   53.0   42   25   17   5   48   77   2   5   251   4   2  2.89  4.59  159 1.698
 2001 26 TOT      5   9  68   0   0   0  48 23   66.7   58   36   32   4   41   79   5  11   300   4   2  4.32  4.47  103 1.485
         ATL NL   2   2  30   0   0   0  28 19   32.0   25   13   11   2   16   36   2   5   135   1   0  3.09  4.45  144 1.281
         CLE AL   3   7  38   0   0   0  20  4   34.7   33   23   21   2   25   43   3   6   165   3   2  5.45  4.48   82 1.673
 2002 27 TEX AL   2   3  30   0   0   0  10  1   24.3   29   19   18   5   13   30   0   0   114   1   0  6.66  4.78   72 1.726
 2003 28 TBD AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    2    1    1   0    3    0   1   0     8   0   0  9.00  4.39   49 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .371  13  22 280   0   0   0 176 88  255.3  200  115   97  23  164  332  12  29  1130  17   4  3.42  4.48  131 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   5  68   0   0   0  42 21   62.0   48   27   23   5   39   80   2   7   274   4   0  3.42  4.48  131 1.426
 Career High      5   9  74   0   0   0  61 38   72.3   58   36   32   5   48  104   5  11   301   4   2  2.49  4.59  180 1.161

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 23 ATL NL P 47 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.15 0.54 1.66 1.85 0 38.0 1999 24 ATL NL P 74 1 10 0 0 1.000 .948 0.15 0.48 1.37 1.72 0 72.3 2000 25 ATL NL P 59 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.12 0.48 1.19 1.73 0 53.0 2001 26 TOT P 68 3 8 4 0 .733 .957 0.16 0.48 1.48 1.74 0 66.7 ATL NL P 30 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.17 0.46 1.41 1.74 0 32.0 CLE AL P 38 2 4 3 0 .667 .952 0.16 0.49 1.56 1.74 0 34.7 2002 27 TEX AL P 30 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.10 0.48 1.11 1.70 0 24.3 2003 28 TBD AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 23 ATL NL P 47 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.15 0.54 1.66 1.85 0 38.0 1999 24 ATL NL P 74 1 10 0 0 1.000 .948 0.15 0.48 1.37 1.72 0 72.3 2000 25 ATL NL P 59 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.12 0.48 1.19 1.73 0 53.0 2001 26 TOT P 68 3 8 4 0 .733 .957 0.16 0.48 1.48 1.74 0 66.7 ATL NL P 30 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.17 0.46 1.41 1.74 0 32.0 CLE AL P 38 2 4 3 0 .667 .952 0.16 0.49 1.56 1.74 0 34.7 2002 27 TEX AL P 30 1 2 1 1 .750 .968 0.10 0.48 1.11 1.70 0 24.3 2003 28 TBD AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 280 7 32 5 1 .886 .956 0.14 0.49 1.37 1.75 0 255.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 280 7 32 5 1 .886 .956 0.14 0.49 1.38 1.75 0 255
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1998   NLDS  ATL CHC     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   2 
        NLCS  ATL SDP     L   6   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   4.2   3   0   1   5 
 1999   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  1  0   3.1   0   0   2   5 
        NLCS  ATL NYM     W   6   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   6.2   3   0   2   9 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   0   2   4 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   1   0 
 2001   ALDS  CLE SEA     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2   6   0   0.00  1  0  1  0   6.1   2   0   3   8 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  12   0   0.00  1  0  2  0  11.1   6   0   3  14 
  7 Postseason Ser      3-4  20   0   0.00  2  0  3  0  20.2  10   0   8  26 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   NLDS  ATL CHC     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL SDP     L   6   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL NYM     W   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  CLE SEA     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  12   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   3-4  20   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1999 NL-74-7

Saves
1999 NL-38-4
2000 NL-24-9

Games Finished
1999 NL-61-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (827) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1993.

June 22, 2001: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Troy Cameron (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Karsay and Steve Reed.

December 18, 2001: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder.

October 3, 2002: Released by the Texas Rangers.

April 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

June 27, 2003: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Atlanta Braves$170,000
1999Atlanta Braves$217,500
2000Atlanta Braves$290,000
2001Atlanta Braves$1,900,000
2002Texas Rangers$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,077,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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